{"id":1238085,"date":"2022-01-25T07:54:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1238085"},"modified":"2022-01-25T07:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:54:50","slug":"nato-takes-control-of-u-s-aircraft-carrier-group-for-first-time-since-cold-war-amid-russia-invasion-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-takes-control-of-u-s-aircraft-carrier-group-for-first-time-since-cold-war-amid-russia-invasion-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Takes Control Of U.S. Aircraft Carrier Group For First Time Since Cold War Amid Russia Invasion Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnato-takes-control-of-u-s-aircraft-carrier-group-for-first-time-since-cold-war-amid-russia-invasion-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1238085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NATO took control of a U.S. aircraft carrier this week as part of a preplanned military exercise that could not have come at a better time as it projects strength in the region as Russia appears ready to invade Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllied ships from the NATO Naval Striking and Support Forces Command and the U.S. Sixth Fleet initiated a series of patrolling activities across the Mediterranean Sea, within the framework of \u2018Neptune Strike 2022,&#8217;\u201d NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_191063.htm\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cNeptune Strike is a long-planned effort. It will be carried out until 4 February, and features the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier aircraft carrier, along with its carrier strike group and air wing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeptune Strike 2022 highlights NATO\u2019s ability to integrate the high-end maritime capabilities of a carrier strike group to ensure high operational readiness across the Alliance and the defense and protection of all Allies,\u201d the statement concluded. \u201cIt is the first time since the Cold War that a full US carrier group comes under NATO command.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has amassed approximately 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border and appears, according to the Biden administration, likely to invade the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capability of SIXTHFLT and STRIKFORNATO combined staffs to enable a handover of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group demonstrates the power and cohesiveness of our maritime forces and the NATO Alliance,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/News-Stories\/Article\/2908325\/nato-kicks-off-vigilance-activity-neptune-strike-2022\/\">said<\/a> Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, SIXTHFLT and STRIKFORNATO, said in a statement. \u201cNATO\u2019s command and control of a CSG is the result of decades of Alliance maritime interoperability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeptune Challenge gave our staffs an incredible opportunity to learn and grow together aboard our flagship, Mount Whitney,\u201d said Rear Adm. James Morley, deputy commander, STRIKFORNATO. \u201cThe lessons we took from Neptune Challenge led directly into our execution of Neptune Strike, and I look forward to watching this combined team work to command and control high-end forces in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said on Monday that Defense Secretary Austin had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-puts-8500-troops-on-heightened-alert-to-prepare-to-be-deployed-to-eastern-europe\">placed<\/a> up to about 8,500 troops in the United States on a heightened preparedness to deploy in case the U.S. needed to provide assistance to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is demanding concessions from the West, including never allowing Ukraine to join NATO, which NATO has already said is a nonstarter. In the meantime, as negotiations continue, other NATO countries have started to send forces toward Eastern Europe to send a message to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-tensions-live-updates-1c3eee4895926233aa85ad52ef09d102?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>NATO said Monday it is bolstering its \u201cdeterrence\u201d in the Baltic Sea region. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Denmark is sending a frigate and deploying F-16 warplanes to Lithuania; Spain is sending four fighter jets to Bulgaria and three ships to the Black Sea to join NATO naval forces; and France stands ready to send troops to Romania. The Netherlands also plans to send two F-35 fighter aircraft to Bulgaria from April.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-writing-up-orders-identifying-specific-military-units-to-send-to-eastern-europe-report\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday that NATO\u2019s main goal right now was to prevent military conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly why we send a very clear message to Russia that if they once again decide to use force against Ukraine, it will come with a high costs for Russia. Economic, financial, political sanction,\u201d Stoltenberg said. \u201cNATO Allies also provide support to Ukraine. Ukraine has of course the right to self-defense as every sovereign nation has. And NATO Allies help them to uphold that right to self-defense with the support Allies provided to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO took control of a U.S. aircraft carrier this week as part of a preplanned military exercise that could not have come at a better time as it projects strength in the region as Russia appears ready to invade Ukraine. \u201cAllied ships from the NATO Naval Striking and Support Forces Command and the U.S. Sixth &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1238085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1238085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1238085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}