UK runs NATO war drill from disused London Tube stop

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - ‌A disused ​platform ​of London's Charing Cross Tube station was transformed into a temporary military ‌headquarters for a NATO wargame exercise this ⁠week involving hundreds of personnel from the United States, ‌Britain, France and Italy.

The ‌Ministry of Defence said on Friday the exercise had tested technologies and methods intended ​for real-world use if NATO were called on to defend its European allies.

It comes ⁠at a time of heightened tension between NATO and Russia ​over the war in Ukraine and as Moscow conducts major military drills, including ​nuclear exercises.

Images released by ‌the MoD showed uniformed personnel delivering briefings in front of temporary screens ⁠displaying military maps on a now-defunct Jubilee Line platform, last used by commuters more than 25 ⁠years ago.

The exercise simulated a conflict in Estonia in ​which NATO's Article 5 collective defence clause was triggered, requiring forces to respond to a threat on the alliance's ‌eastern flank.

Led by the UK-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO's rapid-reaction force, ‌the drill tested how commanders could plan ⁠and direct operations ‌involving up to ​100,000 troops across land, sea and air.

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William ‌James)

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