Troop deployment and military training along the boundary between NATO's and Russia's influence zones by Marco Giannini

An infographic about the recent rise in military exercises both from NATO and Russia in the northern Europe.

Published on La Repubblica on June 18th, 2015

 

TRANSLATION:

Troop deployment along the NATO's and Russia's boundaries

 

TROOPS

3,600       12,000

Nato         Russia

 

AIR FORCE

107          250

Nato         Russia

 

February   March   April   May   June   

Russian front

 

Arctic Sea

MAY

100 Nato airplanes and 4000 soldiers took part in Arctic Challenge military practice

 

Arctic Sea

MARCH

80000 soldiers and 220 airplanes involved in military practices

 

Russia

Deployed Iskander missiles (nuclear warhead) in Kaliningrad territory

Announced a plan over 10 years for 20 billions roubles to raise the defense in Crimea, Kaliningrad and the Arctic Region

 

Urals and Western Siberia

MAY

Fast practices for 250 airplanes and 12000 soldiers

 

400

military russian airplanes intercepted by Nato in 2014 while flying over European air space (more than 4 times the amount in 2013)

 

Oblast

FEBRUARY

2000 parachuters were practicing at the Estony-Latvia boundary

 

SUKHOI FIGHTER 34

1 pilot and 1 navigator

1900 Km per hour (mach 1.6): max speed

Submachine gun GSg-301 30 mm

R73 missiles

RR-77 missiles

Bombs

Autonomy: 4500 kilometers 

Wingspan: 14,70 m

Lenght: 22,15

 

Baltic Sea

JUNE

Practices involving 5600 soldiers, 49 warships, 61 fighters

 

Estony

MAY

Riccio operation involved 13000 soldiers and various army vehicles from 8 allied countries: including 4 thunderbolt from US and 4 Typhoon from the UK

 

Scotland

APRIL

Joint Warrior practice involved 50 warships, 70 airplanes and 13000 soldiers from 14 allied countries

 

Eastern Europe

APRIL

Noble Jump practice simulated the deployment of 1500 soldiers from 11 countries (including Germany, The Netherlands, Cech Republic)

 

Black Sea

MARCH

Warships from US, Canada and Germany practiced with warships from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey

 

Nato

Rapid-response force: "Spearhead force"

5000 soldiers (may rise to 30000) deployable in max 48 hours

Poland acquired Patriot missile system

 

European fighter Eurofighter 2000 Typhoon

1 pilot and 1 navigator

2410 kmh (Mach 2.0)

Wingspan 10,95 m

Lenght 15,96 m

 

1 cannon Mauser (caliber 27)

Air-to-air missile, radar-guided

Sidewinder missiles with infrared drive

AIM-9 and AIM-120 AMRAAM

 

Fighters from NATO countries

 

Fighters from non-NATO countries

US

UNITED KINGDOM

FRANCE

THE NETHERLANDS

GERMANY

NORWAY

SWITZZERLAND

SWEDEN

FINLAND