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Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran

Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran

Turkey is leading NATO's quick reaction forces. The forces have arrived in Romania to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021. The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) is led by Turkey this year. A convoy of Turkish troops crossed the border from Bulgaria into Romania on 11 May.

NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) has published a Twitter from its official account to underline that Turkey is leading VJTF this year. It said, "Watch more and meet the VURAN armoured vehicle that is essential for this mission." Vuran armoured vehicle is manufactured in Turkey. Vuran can reach the max speed of 110 km/ h. It has a range of 600 km and has 8 mm thick armour.

Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran

Steadfast Defender 2021 is a NATO-led exercise involving over nine thousand troops from more than 20 NATO Allies and partners. The objective is to ensure that NATO forces are trained, operate together, and be ready to respond to any threat from any direction.

The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a technologically advanced, multinational force made up of land, air, maritime and Special Operations Forces components rapidly deployable. It provides collective defence and rapid military response to an emerging crisis. In addition, it can perform peace-support operations, protect critical infrastructure and support disaster relief.

Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran

The NRF was created in 2002. Overall command belongs to Supreme Allied Commander Europe. NATO"s Joint Force Command Brunssum and Joint Force Command Naples assume the operational command on a rotational basis, with Brunssum leading for 2018.

The NRF structure is comprised of 4 parts:

Command and Control element: based on a deployable Joint Task Force HQ

Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF)

Initial Follow On Forces Group: These are high-readiness forces that can deploy quickly following the VJTF in response to a crisis

Response Forces Pool: NATO retains a broad spectrum of military capabilities encompassing command and control, combat and support units through the Responses Forces Pool (RFP). The forces are drawn from the much wider pool of Allied or Partners National deployable forces.

Allies and partner nations have to meet strict standards to participate in the NRF. As a result, during the 6-18 month period before assuming the role of an NRF high-readiness unit, various training and exercises are held to integrate the national contingents and standardize their procedures.

Turkey Leads NATO VJFT with BMC Vuran

Following the Wales Summit in 2014, Allies decided to enhance the NRF by creating a Spearhead Force. The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force was formed to better respond to the changing security environment to the east and south of the Alliance"s borders.

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