The Ramstein Flag 2025 military exercise of NATO is being held at 12 airbases in Northern Europe and is designed to test NATO's ability to operate large groups of aircraft simultaneously carrying out various missions, DW reports, citing Article 5 of the NATO Charter.

The aforementioned article discusses collective defense in the event of an attack on one of the NATO countries. This military exercise is designed to send a signal to Russia, the dpa news agency notes.

They hope that such an exercise will deter the adversary, says US General James Hacker, commander of NATO Allied Air Command, which is based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

The objective is that proven capabilities never have to be used, but that NATO can always use them in an emergency, Hacker emphasized.

According to NATO, more than 90 aircraft, helicopters, and drones are used in the Ramstein Flag 2025 military exercise.