A NATO commander says training Ukrainian soldiers is showing his forces that skills neglected after the Cold War matter again
Norway is leading new international training for Ukrainian troops to boost battlefield skills.The training is also giving Norway lessons on modern war to bring back to its own military.That includes rebuilding electronic warfare capabilities neglected since the Cold War.Training Ukrainian troops for war with Russia has reminded Western trainers of the importance of electronic warfare, a key skill that has received less emphasis since the end of the Cold War but is proving to be increasingly important in modern combat.Norway is leading a new multinational training effort on NATO soil to prepare Ukrainian troops to fight. The trainers are sharing Western practices but also learning lessons from participating Ukrainian soldiers, who bring valuable battle-won experience in areas such as electronic and drone warfare.Training Ukrainian soldiers is one way that partner nations can bring lessons from the war back to their own militaries, Brig.
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Norway is leading new international training for Ukrainian troops to boost battlefield skills.The training is also giving Norway lessons on modern war to bring back to its own military.That includes rebuilding electronic warfare capabilities neglected since the Cold War.Training Ukrainian troops for war with Russia has reminded Western trainers of the importance of electronic warfare, a key skill that has received less emphasis since the end of the Cold War but is proving to be increasingly important in modern combat.Norway is leading a new multinational training effort on NATO soil to prepare Ukrainian troops to fight. The trainers are sharing Western practices but also learning lessons from participating Ukrainian soldiers, who bring valuable battle-won experience in areas such as electronic and drone warfare.Training Ukrainian soldiers is one way that partner nations can bring lessons from the war back to their own militaries, Brig. Atle Molde, the commander overseeing Task Force Legio, told Business Insider. He said that Camp Jomsborg, the purpose-built training camp that BI visited in Poland, "is one of several, but maybe the most important sensor for information."One of the lessons Norway is taking from the collaboration, he said, is the renewed importance of electronic warfare capabilities.Electronic warfare was something in which "the West or NATO and the Western force had quite some capacity back in the Cold War era," Molde said.
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- Norway is leading new international training for Ukrainian troops to boost battlefield skills.The training is also giving Norway lessons on modern war to bring back to its own military.That includes rebuilding electronic warfare capabilities neglected since the Cold War.Training Ukrainian troops for war with Russia has reminded Western trainers of the importance of electronic warfare, a key skill that has received less emphasis since the end of the Cold War but is proving to be increasingly important in modern combat.Norway is leading a new multinational training effort on NATO soil to prepare Ukrainian troops to fight. The trainers are sharing Western practices but also learning lessons from participating Ukrainian soldiers, who bring valuable battle-won experience in areas such as electronic and drone warfare.Training Ukrainian soldiers is one way that partner nations can bring lessons from the war back to their own militaries, Brig.
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