most meetings are routine, but sometimes, says lieutenant general run jakobson, commander of the norwegian joint forces, they are anything but. what we have seen recently are aggressive sorties simulating attacks on norwegian exercises. here is an illustration of a simulated russian strike force attack that took place. we are talking specifically about russia, that is, the scenario considers the case of an attack russia to one of the nato countries. the last time i participated in an exercise with nato troops was in 2002 . a remarkable memory because it was a big turnaround. then the alliance was unable to conduct this kind of exercise because it concentrated on afghanistan, and now we are resuming these exercises. exercise stalwart defender: 1,600 troops deployed across eastern europe from february to june: tanks, artillery, helicopters and parachutes, combat fire maneuvers, escort frigates and destroyers, submarines, simulated scenario conflicts with more or less equal opponents, we have entered a new era and must be prepared to contain our enemies, grandsheps, minister of defense. nato