# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYrWNhLArKv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65884888-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b334e79d1d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T10:10:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

A disused platform of London's Charing Cross Tube station was transformed into a temporary military headquarters for a NATO wargame exercise this week involving hundreds of personnel from the United States, Britain, France and Italy. ⁣
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The objective was to test technologies and methods intended for real-world use if NATO were called on to defend its European allies. It comes at a time of heightened tension between NATO and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. ⁣
The exercise simulated a conflict in Estonia in which NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause was triggered, requiring  forces to respond to a threat on the alliance's eastern flank.⁣
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Led by the UK-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO's rapid-reaction force, the drill tested how commanders could plan and direct operations involving up to 100,000 troops across land, sea and air.⁣
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#nato #military #drill #defense #army #london #tube #underground #russia #ukraine #conflict

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## Tags

nato, military, tube, army, underground, london, drill, russia, defense, ukraine, conflict

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