Nato forces have transformed a London Underground station into a temporary underground headquarters as they rehearse “deep strike” missions against Russia in the event a member state comes under attack.
In a major escalation of war preparedness measures, the UK-led Nato Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) relocated key military operations to a disused platform at Charing Cross Tube station.
The exercise, known as Operation Arrcade Strike, is designed to test Nato’s ability to deploy electronic warfare tactics, disrupt Russian communications, and neutralise Kremlin drones should Moscow launch an invasion of a Baltic nation.
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The drills come during the same week that Vladimir Putin staged his own military exercises in Belarus, including nuclear manoeuvres involving land, sea, and air force
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The Independent reports: Defence sources said the UK only has enough drones to fight for a week, using a few hundred a day, which is well below the quantity that is needed. In Ukraine, that amounts to thousands per day in non-stop use, amid continued pleas from generals for Europe’s defence industry to help meet the challenge of a strategic threat.
Speaking from the Tube platform, US general Christopher Donahue, head of Nato’s Land Command, delivered an unvarnished warning to the alliance, saying that Nato has little time to prepare to meet a potential Russian attack.
“Mission-ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do,” he said. “Legacy forms of mobilisation and movement are no longer a given Nato advantage, and a lack of protection in depth will be used against us.”
British ARRC commander Lieutenant General Mike Elviss said that the exercise was necessary to rehearse Nato’s “recce-strike” model, which allows it to find and destroy Russian forces heading into battle.
“In this and every scenario we rehearse for, Russia has two critical advantages,” he said. “First, they can mass combat power at the point of their attack, whereas we have an obligation to defend everywhere, all the time.
“Second, if an attack is to happen, it will be launched by them, so they will have the initial momentum. Our answer to this lies, in part, in our concept of fighting by recce-strike.
“Today’s deployment is a mission rehearsal. We rehearse this not just to be good at it, but because the adversary is watching, and we want him to know that we are ready for the challenge.”
The scenes underground were reminiscent of the Second World War, evoking similar images from the blitz, when London Underground stations were used by civilians to shelter from Hitler’s bombs.
