British soldiers rehearsed for war with Vladimir Putin from a disused London Underground platform.
This week hundreds of troops took part in the military exercise, which was designed to test Nato‘s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), headquartered in Gloucestershire.
Exercise Arrcade Strike tested the ARRC’s ability to plan and command large-scale military operations involving around 100,000 personnel drawn from the UK and its Nato allies – from disused Jubilee line platforms at London‘s Charing Cross station.
The drill was set in a fictional scenario four years from now in 2030, when military planners believe the threat from Russia could be at its most serious.
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