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Nine NATO Allies are gathering in the Polish-led multinational exercise “Dragon 2024”. The exercise involves infantry operations and urban combat, and a live-fire tank exercise. Defense Now March - 2024 NATO Allies conduct drills in exercise Dragon 2024 POLAND Nine Allies are participating in the Polish-led multinational exercise “Dragon 2024”. It involves troops from France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States. The exercise helps NATO Allies train on military operations at both the tactical and operational level. It involves training on infantry operations and urban combat, and a live-fire tank exercise. Exercise Dragon falls under Steadfast Defender 2024 – NATO’s largest exercise in decades. Steadfast Defender 2024 is testing the Alliance’s new regional defence plans with forces practising rapid deployment and combat in both Norway and Poland. It is enabling Allies to demonstrate their ability to command and control large ground, air and sea forces across significant distances, within the Euro-Atlantic area. Exercise Dragon 2024 runs from 4 to 14 March. Footage includes shots of a Polish Pilica anti-aircraft system operating, US troops practising tank recovery operations, M1 Abrams tanks firing, troops embarking and disembarking from a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and trench-clearing operations, as well as French infantry firing, and going through urban combat training. Footage also includes interviews with two French and one US officer. Film Credits: Video by Michael Linennen Natochannel #ExerciseDragon2024 #NATO #Allies #InfantryOperations #UrbanCombat #MilitaryExercise #Defense #Strength #Training #Soldiers #Strategy #Tactics #Security #CombatTraining #AlliedForces #JointOperations #Warfare #MilitaryAlliance #NATOStrong #ReadyForBattle
