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Steadfast Defender 21 is a SHAPE-sponsored Operational and Tactical level Live Exercise (LIVEX) and Command Post Exercise (CPX). It is NATO’s flagship exercise for 2021.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 24, 2021) Steadfast Defender 21 is a SHAPE-sponsored Operational and Tactical level Live Exercise (LIVEX) and Command Post Exercise (CPX). It is NATO’s flagship exercise for 2021. It is the first in a new series of NATO-led exercises to ensure our forces are trained, able to operate together, and ready to respond to any threat from any direction.

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Photo by: Petty Officer Spanish Navy Laura Pons Miles | VIRIN: 210524-N-D0455-0112.JPG

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