Title: NATO Launches Largest Military Exercise in a Decade

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/579/nato.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='NATO Launches Largest Military Exercise in a Decade' data-article-id='926'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7120'>NATO launched its largest military exercise in more than a decade this week.</span> <span data-start-time='7120' data-end-time='18322'>The exercise is called “Trident Juncture” and brings 36,000 troops together from more than 30 nations. </span> <span data-start-time='18322' data-end-time='26122'>It takes place in Italy, Spain and Portugal and lasts for three weeks.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='26122' data-end-time='38844'>The alliance needs to be ready if a mission emerges, says NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='38844' data-end-time='49751'>NATO could be asked to intervene in conflict zones like the Middle East, North Africa, Syria and Ukraine.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='49751' data-end-time='55828'>Vershbow says the alliance needs to be ready and flexible.</span> <span data-start-time='55828' data-end-time='61769'>“We are very concerned about the Russian military build-up,” Vershbow said.</span> <span data-start-time='61769' data-end-time='65533'>The exercises were planned two years ago. </span> <span data-start-time='65533' data-end-time='74331'>They will test a force of 5,000 troops from air, maritime and special operations units.</span> <span data-start-time='74331' data-end-time='85283'>Officials have made up a scenario for the troops: They will protect a state and its seas under threat, according to a Reuters report.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='85283' data-end-time='87732'>I'm Jill Robbins.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/579/nato_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4352 data-hint-location='74331' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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NATO launched its largest military exercise in more than a decade this week. The exercise is called “Trident Juncture” and brings 36,000 troops together from more than 30 nations. It takes place in Italy, Spain and Portugal and lasts for three weeks.

The alliance needs to be ready if a mission emerges, says NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow.

NATO could be asked to intervene in conflict zones like the Middle East, North Africa, Syria and Ukraine.

Vershbow says the alliance needs to be ready and flexible. “We are very concerned about the Russian military build-up,” Vershbow said. The exercises were planned two years ago. They will test a force of 5,000 troops from air, maritime and special operations units. Officials have made up a scenario for the troops: They will protect a state and its seas under threat, according to a Reuters report.

I'm Jill Robbins.

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