Air Defender 23: the largest air force deployment exercise in NATO's history | DW News

The German Air Force is facing its biggest challenge in decades: After four years of preparation, the NATO military exercise Air Defender 23 is set to begin on Monday, June 12.
It's the biggest drill of its type since the military alliance was formed in 1949, and Germany will serve as the host and logistical hub.
From June 12 to 23, up to 250 aircraft will be stationed across six military bases, with 25 countries taking part. The US alone is sending 100 aircraft across the Atlantic. In the air, participants will train in crisis situations over three flight zones: over northern Germany in the North Sea, in the east and in a small strip of southern Germany. These zones will be alternately closed to civilian aircraft each day for several hours.
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[@wasdq9748]

DW: - "it's unclear how russia will respond". My 🇺🇸/🇪🇺 response: - Who gives a F. This is an ally drill. Their opinion wasn't invited.

[@OmmerSyssel]

DW is a tax funded Leftist channel obsessed with minority issues and woke nonsense. There's always something to observe, except for the normal working German and daily hardship! 🤷🏼😴

[@rippspeck]

Show of force is the best deterrent against aggressors.

[@tigranhovhannisyan6026]

True, Russia and China are right on the path! ...This was sarcasm. NATO Air forrce is still fresh of bloodbath memories it carried out from Korea, Vietnam and Egypt.

[@donovan2723]

Aggressors, he said, lol.

[@Writeous0ne]

The thing is none of those air force would be able to fly over Russian air defense systems. That exercise changes massively if there is anti air battalions underneath it...

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@donovan2723 yah RUSSIA IS THE AGGRESSOR.

[@Writeous0ne]

@Null Pointer I think Serbia figured it out with their small 30 piece anti air defense systems in the 90's

[@AlfredJPLin]

Germany is standing up as big brother & Germans look having more confidence now!

[@AnnStoddard]

You obviously are not familiar with Big Brother as a metaphor used in George Orwell’s book 1984 or you wouldn't use that phrase. It has bad connotations of totalitarianism, something Germans have an intimate history with Hans.

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@AnnStoddard he doesn't mean as a surveillance state (like big brother is watching you). he means Germany is acting like a big brother to protect his little siblings (the smaller nations on the European continent. like the Baltic nations and it neighbors)

[@LFGerm]

​@@AnnStoddard You can see it in context of George Orwell’s book - or you can see it in context of what probably many Anglo-Americans see it in. The bigger brother protecting the little brother against school yard bullies. Context and interpretation depend on the individual and are subjective. One does not always have to see everything in a negative light. The term "Big Brother" is not soly coined and patented by Orwell.

[@JiannanChen]

Sounds like Naxx.

[@MrMr-ws3tv]

I don't think Germany should be a country anymore. - Norm MacDonald

[@sloperdad4835]

Those unwilling to fight for freedom are destined to lose it.

[@poopoosplatter99]

You clowns really need to stop watching super hero movies.😅

[@RoundBaguette]

​@TSVBHSUPROJECTS hilarious quote when you just mentioned in another comment you'd rather live in a world where Germany and Japan won WW2, clown

[@expletivedeleted]

NATO does not fight for freedom, it fights for corporate world domination...for the German banking system...just like the USA...nothing but abuse and war and control...nothing to do with freedom, just the military industrial complex...that paid for most of the comments on this offensive sick video.

[@diollinebranderson6553]

​@@tsvbhsuprojectsthat quote in its full context is about taxes and the ability to “raise money for defense against French and Indian attacks. The governor kept vetoing the assembly’s efforts at the behest of the family, which had appointed him" and “Our assemblies have of late had so many supply bill, and of such different kinds, rejected, on various pretences,” wrote Franklin

[@asoriano6575]

Yes, fight against USA tirany!

[@deecee1522]

Putin to Shoigu: "Hold my poop bag"

[@coffeecake8098]

Special greetings to the Ruscists, they have their Day of Ruzzia today.

[@TITANMAN251]

Strongest Alliance in the world.

[@nc3826]

As long as Putin stays in office

[@diollinebranderson6553]

​@@nc3826NATO is no longer about Russia. But becoming more about the chyna

[@doubleslit9513]

Germany is up to the task of defending Free Europe. It’s an honor to be backing them up during this exercise. Pax Per Fortitudinem ! 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇪🇺

[@user-lq5yo7qt8f]

Germany is practically a disarmed nation. They have nothing to fight with

[@kobra6335]

In reality Germany can't even defend itself right now. Like most European countries, Germany relies on the US military for its defense.

[@olivergarcia2304]

@@kobra6335 Give Germany some time and you'll be surprised. If the orange clown cult leader becomes president then forget about relying on the USA for anything but lies.

[@DiviAugusti]

@@wildschwein9066 You're being trolled by an account pretending to be an American. They're not exactly subtle. They'll have an American flag or something obviously American as their pfp, often start their response with "As an American" or use "we" to make it clear they're American, then immediately say something that will piss off Europeans.

[@ThisNinjaSays_]

Germany depends on America to defend it.

[@ANTheWhizkid]

That’s our NATO. So proud on these guys.

[@nc3826]

NATO's relevance, like it or not was defined by Putin

[@BizarreIoveTriangle]

@@nc3826 Not wrong. Putin has almost single-handedly revived NATO as a concept and has gifted it a new and clear mission for the 21st century. The US and the EU have not been this unified in decades. Trump tried to break away the US and give Putin a relatively free-hand in Ukraine. Thankfully Trump only got his one term, forcing Putin into a desperate gamble that he continues to double down on.

[@user-xy8hx7zj6i]

china , south korea and russia will destroy nato

[@rasaunharrigan2302]

Please understand Trump was making other NATO countries pay there 2% per GDP which only the USA was doing an putin invade when Trump left office

[@TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc]

Super Proud!

[@SilvanaDil]

"I's unclear how Russia will respond." No, it's clear: with nothing.

[@axxojaxx2510]

uNnclear Nuclear 😄

[@MetallicReg]

Well ofc… Russia knows everything about this drill since it was planned and communicated with them since 2018. This drill was prepared for 4-5 years.

[@violetbunny1457]

A loooot of nuclear booombas

[@SilvanaDil]

@@axxojaxx2510 - Don't be dumb. No one can use nukes in an age when there is no nuclear monopoly. The USA had that monopoly in 1945 and for a few years afterwards.

[@thegreatdane3627]

i'm sure russia will respond with some more empty nuclear threats, which we all will ignore since we all know it's nothing but empty threats 😄

[@YssaRee]

Feels a lot less like a typical, routine drill this go round..... Any interruption to civilian traffic may be annoying, yet I think/hope ppl will understand. It's very wise to give civil traffic control/airports/airline staff the practice of utilizing alternate routes or switching gears quickly - Heaven forbid they ever need to do it for real. Many thank yous, to all the men & women who keep us safe! ❤

[@diDaN75]

Thank Germany for heading up these exercises. Let the NATO alliance air force be recognized as a big threat to Russia. Thank you to all nations for helping Ukraine.

[@sarjokujabi9730]

Nato is covering their shame for being failing in ukraine😅😅😅😅

[@-Eisenfaust-]

@@sarjokujabi9730 Your channel is one year old and you have already written 417 Russian-bot comments only on this channel. That explains everything about you 😂😂

[@user-in5hs3vy3z]

NÄTTOwillLeaveUkrianJustLikeLeavingAfghanistan.LearnFromAfghänistan-DontBeStuppid.

[@blardymunggas6884]

Great CGI to fool kids. We all know N A T O has junks. I laugh when I saw N A T O and their master U S A ran away like scared kids when the taliban rush towards them with camels and toyota🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ivanskirchak4935]

@@user-in5hs3vy3z Yeah the country that rolled over rather than fight.

[@geo7619]

Respect NATO from your Allies Asia Pacific Nations (Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea)

[@BingoPaletot]

Hi from Germany. Expect our presence in the region to increase, brothers. We're in this together.

[@N7-WAR-HOUND]

The A10 is my absolute favorite. But admittedly outdated for an enemy with significant air defense, would be Fascinating if we could turn em into drones though,

[@erikitter6773]

It is cool but dumb, unless one really, really, really wants to lean into psychology on both sides.

[@Shadowdncer]

Fully autonomous blue-on-blue 😀

[@s.m.1354]

Incorrect information. We have ‘phased domination’ strategies. No fool would first deploy A-10 before the B-21/B-2.

[@autopagesja1436]

I agree, the gun on theA10 is a silent killer for tanks. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that platform will always have a place because it would be more effective to deploy once air superiority is established to provide close air support and make quick work of enemy armor with its cannon.

[@MrDanisve]

@@autopagesja1436 Why put a pilot and a plane in danger by flowing low. When an F-35 can get the same result without being in any danger what so ever. But firing from a safe distance. Sure killing with the F-35 might be more expensive. But is really cost an issues in the wars we are supposed to fight? The era of total war is over, well due to nuclear weapons. In an "total war" yea sure, the A10 might be cost effective. But thats in a scenario where human life is cheap (aka a total war) and not really feasible in todays situation.

[@cameron6770]

Can confirm, my flight was delayed 😅 But only 90 minutes, no big catastrophe.

[@OmmerSyssel]

At least you are able to travel freely in a independent democracy! Pootin don't like such citizens..

[@williamknows3908]

Long live democracy and hopefully we can join soon🇸🇪

[@poopoosplatter99]

Dumbocracy You spelled it incorrectly.

[@Blodhelm]

@@poopoosplatter99 Said the fascist Russian who joined this month and doesn't even know what freedom is.

[@TheGonzogibby]

You aren’t joining a democratic institution, sorry. You’re buying into a very effective business model. Straight from Council on Foreign Relations: Today some NATO member states can no longer be described as liberal democracies but instead demonstrate the traits of competitive authoritarian regimes. The characteristics of such administrations include free but unfair national elections, an erosion of checks and balances on political power, laws that are simply rubber-stamped by the legislature, loss of an independent judiciary, curtailed media freedoms, a stifling of civil society, and severe limitations placed on academic freedoms. Turkey and Hungary can be more accurately labeled as competitive authoritarian regimes, while Poland is gradually moving in the same direction.

[@shqiperia60]

Weäcome

[@readembersofnightredhorizo5822]

Been wishing and waiting for good ole Sweden to be ratified as well. Soon! 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@berndhofmann752]

Good so! Its not interesting, how Russia reaponds!!! Its necessary, that Nato shows , how unique they act facing russias aggressions Greatings from Germany

[@TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc]

And most of Germany is on the right side of history this time by Standing with 🇺🇦! 🌏 International people too.

[@Debaucherousgeek]

Ich LIEBE Deutschland!!! Almost as much as I love my own country. My father was a soldier, then I was. Lived in Germany 20 years and love that nation and people. ♥HOPE to live there again for a few years at least before I get too old and retire.

[@TrooperLFC]

Scouser here. Since Jurgen Klopp arrived at Anfield, i bloody well love Deutschland as well :)

[@ssm445]

​@@TrooperLFC you had plenty of time to learn how to type an ü now! 😅😉

[@TrooperLFC]

@@ssm445 i dont have that letter on my keyboard lad

[@OmmerSyssel]

​@@ssm445Korrektheit muß sein! 😂

[@mar3869]

@@TrooperLFC YNWA

[@dagoncalves1986]

A good deterrent would be to do the same exercise in Poland or in the Baltics

[@user-lq5yo7qt8f]

What difference would it make? A bunch of disparate and incompatible forces, ironing the air, clowning around.

[@Spearca]

​@@user-lq5yo7qt8f Nato has the best interoperability and cooperative command structure of any multinational alliance, ever.

[@Spearca]

Also, part of the exercise _is_ in Baltic Estonia, as well as Romania.

[@pathat8869]

​@@Spearca yeah nato is more competent than any other country in the world. The only other countries that nato can be compared to is Israel, russia or China.

[@speckkatze]

@@pathat8869 and Israel is pretty close to NATO, while russia and china, but especially russia lack a lot compared to NATO, especially when it comes to airforces.

[@wokeaf1337]

I dont care how RuZZia will respond.

[@cristixav]

my thoughts exactly!

[@violetbunny1457]

With loooooooot of nuclear bombastic

[@wokeaf1337]

@@violetbunny1457 Bring it on if u dare!

[@Ultraviolence2024]

​@@violetbunny1457 they would never

[@violetbunny1457]

@@Ultraviolence2024 They will do it, they cant afforf to lose the war. They will simple have no choise, losing equals to suicide.

[@Burkhard_Ehnes]

it makes one just desperate and crying. We had to serve compulsory military service towards the end of Cold War, we there learned about the scenarios of aggression (that we can see now almost exactly executed on screen in Ukraine), the power we learned to defend against has been called SovietUnion, but we called them in short "Russians", we had an incredible apparatus with incredible machinery developed against that, these "Russians" fell apart, we learned, that they are in fact mostly many different beautiful people with no other aims as ours, we helped the remaining Russian Federation with credits and offered them partnership to NATO and within European Organizations, we partnered up with other people of the former SovietUnion, some of them got our friends within the EU and after a short and limited period of getting nursed they are now partly driving forces, we have been reluctant and appeasing during more than a decade of Russian increasing aggression and imperialistic endeavors, we took regarding Ukraine the path we thought would be least risky for all, we continued business with the Russian Federation culminating in a new gas pipeline. Now for almost 16 moths we watch images of mass destruction, mass murder, mass drowning, children deportation, hospital bombing, torture, raping, looting - and losing - we never ever expected before, and watch such reports about "military might", read cheers in the comments, discuss how this RuZZia would fail against that NAT0, instead that we care about our beautiful planet, our unsolved real issues on it and maybe one day just enjoy life. How sad. What an epic derailment. How pre-stone-age. By the way: I am happy about such an exercise and hope it helps optimizing these forces...

[@OmmerSyssel]

Well explained, truely saddening how one single maniac are capable of terrorising so many innocent people. We surely need a strong and united NATO!

[@asoriano6575]

Russia is winning against NATO, just because its fighting for free world of US

[@catrush6642]

Russian propagandist keep on saying that they are fighting NATO forces in Ukraine, haven't they even imagine the force of NATO?

[@ddr3629]

All NATO forces with most of civilians will be evaporated in less than 5min if they attack Russia.

[@rouz0]

There is sufficient help from NATO to keep UKriane going for a while. It includes the so-called voluntary troops of NATO, training, money, ammunition, weapons of different sorts, and most importantly tactical and intelligence help.

[@r3yuk682]

if it nato didnt have supplied the wepon for ukrain it would have fall

[@catrush6642]

@@rouz0 yeah I agree their is, and NATO is not silent nor making it as a secret... However the Russians are fighting Ukraine not NATO cause if this was NATO, Russian navy will be crashed, they will be pushed back easily in Ukraine and the Russian air force will face difficulties and danger during missions, you know it why😁

[@Percival5]

​@@catrush6642what makes you think NATO is untouchable😂😂😂🚮

[@oliverrojas3185]

I am so thankful for Germany strength of character, conviction, and intelligence.

[@toxictroll7843]

It's very intelligent to die in a pointless war.

[@rippspeck]

@@toxictroll7843 Tell that to the Muscovites.

[@dingodingo7011]

@@toxictroll7843 It's not a pointless war. Gays from all over the world are united to fight their enemy - Russians who will never accept this evil way of living.

[@danielcaldwell1110]

Yeah it takes an utter amount of strength of character, conviction and intelligence to let the americans have 30 military bases in your soil.

[@jjuanmarin]

not really germany is an occupied country just like the rest of europe

[@woof3065]

I'm pretty happy to see all this activity... If a powerful nation invades a European country, threatens to nuke Yellowstone, threatens to nuke and cause a massive tsunami over all of Britain, threatens to nuke Germany... well I prob left something out... but the point is this deserves some very serious message AND deserves preparations to handle an unstable terrorist state full of nukes. We have to be ready for anything.

[@gerritstegeman2648]

Excellent summary by Terry, outstanding programme. Please continue. 💯👏🇳🇱 compliments!!! (Retired Nato staff officer)

[@darsky7942]

Better bleed in practice than die in actual battle

[@Redmanticore]

militarily, its actually hard to make 1 country to move something like hundreds of fighter planes. "but its just 1, at least." to move accordingly with dozens of countries, is mind boggling administrator challenge. it alone, is achievement.

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

NATO combined airpower is about 20 times that of Russia. I m pretty sure Russia is aware of this. Combined NATO operations are good training exercises I suppose but I m not sure why Russia has to respond to NATO training exercises. It s not like NATO is a secret alliance or anything. As for official war between NATO and Russia, to be precise activation of NATO article 5, if things ever get to that, the issue is not one of conventional warfare military power that NATO is 20 times stronger, but the nuclear war potential of such a conflict that is catastrophic for everyone.

[@pnduarte4696]

Its 3 not 20 times and that is if most nato jet work.

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

@@dieterdodel835 No 💩😂

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

​@@pnduarte4696 Depends what you are counting, The US alone are 4 times the size of airpower Russia has. e.g. You make the typical mistake of only counting USAF plane count, but not the naval airpower or the US army aviation airpower which is e.g. 4400 aircraft. They are mostly helicopters but it is airpower as well. The same applies to the rest of the NATO countries not just US. To make it simple aircraft carriers maybe navy but they are definitely air power.

[@neil_googleverse]

Precisely why the war doctrine of RU takes that into account and designed its assets for an asymmetrical warfare.

[@ParallelComparison]

@@pnduarte4696 Doesn't matter. Look at the kill rate ratio of US planes vs Russia. Even if there are less NATO planes, they would still win

[@shoot-n-scoot3539]

Putin attacked Ukraine because he thought Ukraine was weak compared to Russia. Lesson learned...Don't look weak. This is why a strong military is needed even in times of peace.

[@deinse82]

I have a feeling Russia will respond with empty threats:)

[@TedFanat]

Nobody care how they respond

[@Dan5482]

Japan believed that regarding the USA in 1945.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

Putin: wE wIlL dEfEnD wItH nUcLeAr cApAbIlItY i wE gEt sAnD iN mY mAnGiNa

[@illiryansforeveralbanian5020]

@@IEye-SR- you clearly doesn’t understand they can’t respond because they lost allmost jets tanks etc in Ukraine

[@marcobelli6856]

@@Dan5482Japanese barely knew what a nuke was

[@thedirty530]

You guys are one of our biggest allies... We are in this together!

[@kayhoorn]

Feels good too see the Germans on our side for ones❤

[@user-lq5yo7qt8f]

Except they have nothing in common with the most formidable military force they were 80 years back. Today they are pathetic soyboys commanded by masculinized women

[@olivergarcia2304]

kay - it's "for once"

[@ThisNinjaSays_]

Germany has never won a major war in Europe 🤣. Prussia, Austria & Russia were once the land Powers, and Britain was the Naval Powera of Europe. France, Venice and Ottomans (Turks) had been relegated to Middle Powers by the time America started rising. Without Prussia, Britain and Russian backing there'd be no unified Germany. If a war were to break out in Central Europe, France would never side with a militarized Germany. A land battle in Europe would most likely boil down to Anglo-Americans (UK&US) vs Franco-Russia. Germany and Poland being the battlefield. The French and Russians share a common continental fear of being swallowed up by the Anglos. Furthermore the French don't trust America in their former colonies.

[@PopularesVox]

I believe Stalin said something similar.😆

[@reinoldgaming9780]

@@PopularesVox lets just w8 and see

[@DJBuell]

Anyone remember Reforger? Spent days in the woods being buzzed by F4 Phantoms. The XA-10 was being tested in Grafenwoehr during my time in Germany.

[@TBBrickYT]

Was at Hahn AB FRG, 78-82. Our F-4s then F-16s supported Reforger. My main memory if it was that each several Airborne member would get hurt crashing into trees, if not out right killed. 😢

[@Intentspunk19]

When it comes to being precise, Germany is quite something.

[@Thea-gj2or]

Yes. They precisely lost their pipeline. Then they precisely overpaid the country responsible, for their energy supplies. Beaten wife syndrome. Thank you,sir. May I please have some more.

[@Intentspunk19]

@@Thea-gj2or this illustrates nothing to do with what I said.

[@OmmerSyssel]

​@@Thea-gj2or😂 Germany didn't loose any pipeline! Mafia Pootin had some serious delivery problems! Germany are now buying gas elsewhere. Are you upset? 😂 🇺🇦SLAVA UKRAINI🇺🇦

[@Thea-gj2or]

@@OmmerSyssel not upset, just not understanding how Germany can accept being attacked by their friends like that. Then they payed through the nose to replace the gas leading to the stagflation that you are now experiencing. Luckily you had an amazingly warm winter otherwise you would have spent yourself broke while still freezing. Like the old saying goes " bend over, were driving".

[@marcobelli6856]

@@Thea-gj2orI don’t Care if Us destroyed the pipeline. It was for hurting Russia Not sabotage of Germany. Eu and Us Are united wheter you Like it or Not. Free world is unstoppable🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺

[@alexcarter8807]

I never thought we Yanks would be teaming up with the Germans to defend against the Russians but here we are. General Patton, you were right.

[@69quato]

Oh it's like this since (roughly) 60 years , you know? ^^

[@duartesimoes508]

That was obvious in 1945 already.

[@dm5129]

I simply applaud people who fight for the common good, who have sense enough to be resourceful, respectful and helpful in crisis situations in which all have to work together or sink together. Apparently that is a very tough subject to grasp for many people. But when seeing the team work that both nations salute, one can have hope for humanity.

[@hansmeyer7225]

Your life must be like the history channel 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TBBrickYT]

You are just figuring this out? You must have been born after the Berlin Wall and the old Soviet Union fell. 😮

[@s.m.1354]

PHASED DOMINATION: Today’s training was successful we learned a lot. Like the “phased domination” strategy. Off course the A-10 will only be scrambled in huge waves, after the B-21’s have taken out AA, and fighter jets like F-16 and F-35 have taken control over enemy squadrons.

[@tshifhiwaramatswana6862]

Keep on dreaming, meanwhile China is projected to be the only superpower by 2025 , but definitely by 2030.

[@robertwilkinson2232]

As if russia stands any chance against 31 countries it can't conquer 1

[@N3therWolf]

@@Percival5 hahahahahahahahahaha no.

[@PlayJasch]

@@Percival5 You are barley holding out against Ukraine. How can your mouth still be so loud. Last year you were saying you conquer Ukraine, now you hope you can keep what you occupied. Your brothers are dead. Nobody from NATO died....

[@GOTOHOBBIES]

That's funny well said and glory to Ukraine.

[@OmmerSyssel]

You never know, something very dangerous is kept secret in RuZZian Mafia storage! ☠️😱

[@Morkorio]

Let's go Germany!

[@user-lq5yo7qt8f]

The last time they went East, it did not end well for them

[@ddshiranui]

@@user-lq5yo7qt8f The last time America and Europe rallied against authoritarian aggressors kicking off a war worked out pretty well.

[@silentblackhole]

Thanky ou Germany for helping to keep the peace of the free world through strength with your fellow peace-loving brothers and sisters

[@brianfreeman8290]

Nice one Germany !

[@moonwatcher6594]

Awesome! BTW, how is your population growth rate doing since 2020?

[@jibril2950]

I can't imagine a world without America

[@dogzdigital]

It would be a very peaceful place.

[@acslater017]

@@dogzdigitalVery orderly, with half the world speaking German and the other Japanese

[@razorburn7745]

You’d be stuck under Chinese authoritarianism. Cameras everywhere, no chance to elect a new leader, and if you speak against the government they arrest you.

[@dogzdigital]

@@acslater017 Not likely as Russia crushed Germany in WW2.

[@toxictroll7843]

@@acslater017 true, current clown world with "all age drag shows" is much better

[@TheBlackIdentety]

How would Russia respond when they're so low on pilots they're calling old farts back from retirement? 🤡🤣

[@user-lq5yo7qt8f]

A little Russian birdie told me that's not true. You are making that up

[@TheBlackIdentety]

Clown Requires Humiliation. Search Bar: "Putin's Pilot Crisis: Russia's fighter pilot training problems"

[@planetcaravan2925]

​@@user-lq5yo7qt8f what?

[@Dan5482]

ICBMs...

[@JG-xi4tu]

​@@user-lq5yo7qt8fLet us have a bit of fun on the cost of that terror state.

[@isaacmarumo1433]

I am so happy Germany is leading this exercise. Slava democracy

[@imsorfa]

Thank you, NATO, and especially to Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz Head of Germany Air Force...

[@bastianalegria644]

"germany leading as one of our strongest partners" .... a little smile after the word strongest

[@tommyselbe1999]

How many tons of carbon 😢

[@Kim-J312]

Good 👍 glad Germany 🇩🇪 is stepping up , now go close the sky over Ukraine

[@dingodingo7011]

OMG you're so ignorant to not see how USA is pushing Europeans to war. I wonder how glad will you be when rockets will start falling on your head. 🙄

[@arijitdakshi820]

Revisiting the AirLand Battle doctrine 2.0 and going more and beyond the operation Desert Storm 🌀🌪🌪🌀🌀🌪🌪🌀

[@Cryosxify]

that's gonna be quite the thing to see on a flight

[@Thor_Asgard_]

Just imagine how good the Ukranians are doing with so little Western Equip.... now imagine Nato... no need for deterence, Ruzzia would be gone in 2 wekks without nukes.

[@wokeaf1337]

Even with nukes RuZZia would be gone, in a nuclear war everything is gone.

[@poopoosplatter99]

"with so little western equipment" What war are you watching? 😂

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

@@poopoosplatter99 The special military operation to kick the Russian rape slavers off of Ukraine.

[@wokeaf1337]

@@poopoosplatter99 It is true. Nato has given only what they replaced with newer versions. The western equipment in Ukraine is just a drop of water on a hot stone and Ukraine knows that, they also say it is not enough. Only RuZZia is of the opinion that Ukraine received enough support for obvious reasons.

[@poopoosplatter99]

@@wokeaf1337 tell yourself whatever you need to.

[@hemanshuchudasama3535]

Where is my luftwaffe

[@sammurphy3343]

Germany has stepped up here recently.

[@josepha9184]

In Seattle there a lot of drills

[@AndrewGrey22]

I understand Russia has seen about 2% of total NATO combat power, so far.

[@dogzdigital]

So about the same as Ukraine have seen of Russia's combat power.

[@thegreatdane3627]

@Null Pointer savage 😄

[@GetFochD]

But almost all their ammo xd

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@GetFochD don't worry, we still have all the good stuff that is meant to be launched from the air or sea 🙂

[@GetFochD]

@@thegreatdane3627 so we are letting Ukraine fight with scraps?

[@user-bd8ib2ep3y]

Bom dia a todos os guerreiros e guerreiras do dw.

[@NC.237]

Bravo 👏

[@stephentaylor5337]

That will be a fantastic opportunity to buy beer steins in Germany.

[@k.t.5405]

Air Defender '23!!! Hail yeah!!! Lets go NA-TO! Let's GO!!!!

[@NATO_HQ]

Beautiful stuff. Greetings from an allied country 🇦🇱

[@adamciemniewski764]

Bundeswher should focus on fighting jets, transport avations, drones and AA systems. Poland will make a strong ground force and ruZki shall not pass :) Ther`s not such thing as "kliningrand" - kalinin soviet wargomer and murderer. Its Królewiec or Konigsberg

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

Man I initially thought you had written "Budweiser", but definitely agree with you about the bundeswher.

[@BingoPaletot]

Hi from Germany. There is little doubt that Poland will soon have the strongest land army in NATO. We should never forget that you saved Europe from communism in 1920 at the Vistula. 🇵🇱❤🇺🇦❤🇩🇪

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Kalinin was responsible for the Katyn massacre.

[@dm5129]

Bundeswehr is at least 30 or 40 years behind the curve when it comes to having even enough weaponry to defend their own country. When you listen in on German shows the Bundeswehr is a big joke. They have failed to develop to fend off future attacks. We all thought people from different nations would not want to repeat history, but here we are.

[@TheMightyKingzuru]

"I proposed this exercise in 2018. That was already my perception..." - General I, I, General Me, Me

[@ronruggieri9817]

Why was my " FALSE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO " scratched over ?

[@jefo2405]

This constant talk about "further provocation" sounds like a horribly broken record! Does it provoke criminals when the police get better equipment in order to defend against criminals? Sure, to some degree. Does that mean one should disband the police force and ignore the criminals because they "may be provoked"? Russia will do what ever they want wether anybody supports Ukraine or not. Stop asking Russia/Putin for permission to use self defence against them!

[@atugonzaaidah1288]

How Russia will respond? That is being ridiculous.

[@Ran2thedom]

8:29 - nope

[@dionoliveira4058]

Posturing and threatening......its like watching children play ....the military industrial complex costs mankind more than we have.

[@johnhemryjson8673]

How much does it cost for all these drill oh just 1.5-2B$

[@antonebeach3609]

It’s not a drill….it’s a rehearsal.

[@wokeaf1337]

what is $2B ? peanuts for the West.

[@dogzdigital]

@@antonebeach3609 It's not a rehearsal, it's a cover for something else, probably blowing up the nuke power plant.

[@antonebeach3609]

@@dogzdigital maybe they’ll bomb Moscow? Who knows.

[@mithileshjha2561]

NATO's Exercise Scenario is Amazing, Glory to NATO and NATO's allies.

[@MrMr-ws3tv]

Is that you Hillary Clinton? Why do like war so much

[@user-in5hs3vy3z]

ThereIsNoGloryForStuppidNationsWhoAreUsedAndExploitedByUSA.

[@michelcalombo5598]

You have seen nothing yet 😂😂😂😂😂

[@susanfrancis5471]

Hi Germany✋from California danke💜(hope spelled right)

[@yutub6928]

0:50 “... fictitious enemy”. Come on. They know whom they are.

[@NZobservatory]

Watching russia *lose* is tremendously satisfying.

[@toxictroll7843]

you are due for a reality check

[@sorryIdontGetIt]

Why dont Europe want to be prosperous like Russia?

[@NZobservatory]

@@sorryIdontGetIt lololOLOLOLOLOlolololOLOLOLOL! Best satirical comment in ages. Nice work! 😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆

[@poopoosplatter99]

Lmao! 🤡

[@Kim-J312]

RuSSia is turning into North Korea 🤣😅😅

[@julwiezdeghorz5089]

NATO flexing muscle while military indistrial complex are burning cash. 😂

[@Koraka_ARandomGuy]

I am impressed of his english.

[@wowrb]

You learn it in school in germany, new generations speak fluently with almost no accent

[@snapdragon6601]

Stronger together 👍

[@davidsean290]

If you’re always concerned about a Russian response to any defensive preparations/exercise why bother. Just don’t do it and hope for the best. Good Luck

[@angelcabeza6464]

thats not the point the point is there will always be a russian repose are you that dumb?

[@OmmerSyssel]

No day without German ANGST exercises.. They are like that 🤷🏼😴😴 Just push on, otherwise they'll keep on sipping beer and counting expenses 😴😂

[@MidCoastAdventures]

Now, just move the whole show a little further east and shut Putin's madness down once and for good.

[@paulsiro1775]

Michael loh looks soo adorable, don't he ?

[@MaheshKumar-ky4nr]

Fentastic ❤

[@rasaunharrigan2302]

Russia is only one country but u need a collective of so many countries in NATO to confront Russia smh

[@davlid100]

It beats my imagination also 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it says nato is nothing but cowards countries 😤

[@TBBrickYT]

Dude, seriously? In case you haven't noticed, Putin in one of those spoiled, uber wealthy bullies, happy to send his ordinary citizens' families to die is his " Special Military SNAFU." Massive show of strength is what gets his attention.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

Yea shure buddy NATO is so afraid of Russia that can't even invade Ukraine in a year meanwhile Germany in ww2 takes 5 countries in 1940

[@markokalcic3113]

Of course, all planes are using green energy and are made of recicled cans, right?

[@gfys756]

Unfortunately, no. The military is the largest polluter on planet earth. Climate change would slow down if the USA military didn't exist. ☮️

[@blegi1245]

@Majora while they are burning all of the gas they no longer have a buyer for in flares.

[@HuplesCat]

Waving Willies 2023. No War

[@JWMCMLXXX]

wow. That's some big boy talk

[@traceler]

What is the price tag $$ of those 10 days exercises , plus the cost of the planing , etc? Probably a few millions .

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

Freedom pays, brother!

[@dukeon]

Whatever it costs is worth it given the current situation.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Freedom is priceless.

[@BingoPaletot]

Freedom isn't free.

[@UltimateHandler]

This is great to see, but sending those jets to Ukraine and helping push Russia back is the best deterrence.

[@mrmelmba]

Germany. A highly intelligent people. Some of its technology was so advanced that nearly a century later it still remains classified. _Twice unlucky._ With western nations standing with them what could possibly go wrong? This time? Perhaps, one of us ought to let them know.

[@dm5129]

It is not as clear cut this time. Much more varied and complicated alliances with the US further in the middle between other world nations as well, and several war fires smoldering, flickering, spreading all over the world. No, this time it will not be as simple.

[@teeteringontheedge8828]

any of these comments real people? no one is this ill informed. 4.61 million subscriber? i call BS.

[@80-80.]

Let’s hope Russia reacts to it, just so that we can care zero about it.

[@maninredhelm]

The military aviation nerds in Germany are going to quit their jobs if they can't get time off from work to watch this.

[@jrtstrategicapital560]

Having grown up during the Cold War..it’s time for Germany to rule the skies over Europe once again and become a stronger ally in NATO! Go Germany! 🇩🇪 from 🇺🇸 strength is the best defense 👍

[@hakalasubinkic835]

Good luck to survivors that will be celebreting victory against Russia

[@OmmerSyssel]

😂 Yeah right.. We are sooo scared 😘😅😅😴

[@MowGohhldRequired]

The exercise is planned since 2018. Also it's _not_ an "NATO exercise" (e.g. Japan is also involved) even though NATO plays the biggest part in it. It was initiated by the German military forces (Bundeswehr).

[@soreeyez]

It's a NAT(Orc) orchestrated exercise.

[@YssaRee]

Unsure if u watched or heard this video...... 🤔 NATO exercise planned by German Air Force, since 2018, for purpose of a future NATO drill - occurring now.. All clearly stated here, by head of German Air Force. This & other reports also clearly state other countries included. Typical phrases: 'NATO allies & partners' & 'partner countries'. Some partners are regularly involved. I doubt saying 'NATO' is to undermine or diminish the role or value of non-NATO partners.. Allies are allies. Brief phrase to avoid listing participants - some of whom don't want a spotlight, due to other geopolitical conflicts.

[@MowGohhldRequired]

@@YssaRee Yes, you are right. My impression was however that the video title is kind of misleading. Air Defender 23 is much more than just a Nato exercise. As the head of German Airforce stated the main reason they started it was the annexiation of crimea in 2014. I am impressed that Germany not only started this but also made it happen. And maybe I had one coffee too much ending up being over-critical ^^'

[@jannarkiewicz633]

Am I the only one who laughed at the standard "escalation question"? What Russia going to to do, bleed all over NATO?

[@ArabianKnight63]

I will wash my clothes with my relatives on sunday, how will my neighbors react? Wtf is this question

[@dutselfruitengroenten6585]

Global warming no problem

[@inextremis28]

All aboard the escalation train

[@NZobservatory]

You russians should have thought about that _before_ you invaded Ukraine, olga.

[@inextremis28]

@@NZobservatory I'm not Russian mate

[@NZobservatory]

@@inextremis28 _Naaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh....!_

[@toxictroll7843]

@@NZobservatory How many Blackrock & Vanguard shares do you have, my "fellow white man"?

[@gfys756]

​@@NZobservatoryHead to the frontline, white boy. Ukraine needs more pink chicken skins for the meat grinder 🤣💪🏿☪️👍🏿

[@crimson5664]

Hope you Germs found some working fighter jets this time... Would be a shame

[@deepbluedivingexploration]

I still remember Able Archer 86. 2,5 years later the Soviets collapsed. Let's see how this llays ou...

[@tomekzski]

And poland in the middle of it all, once again.

[@ak5659]

I know. It sucks. Poland is blameless. After all, we didn't choose to have Russia as a neighbor.

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

@@ak5659 Thank God Germany is on the Allies side this time.

[@coffeecake8098]

💪 Wishing all participants of "Defender" much luck and success 💪🪖