The soldiers of the US Army's Second Cavalry Regiment took part in the military parade to celebrate the Independence Day of Estonia.
The event was also attended by Swedish CV90 tanks, sold by the Dutch government to Estonia towards the end of 2008, LAV-25 US M93 Fox based on the frame of the German TPZ Fuchs, M998 humvees, artillery and material support as a tanker truck , field ambulances and radios.
"History has taught us that if we do not defend yourself, no one will do it for us," said General Riho Teras, chief of Estonia.
"The purpose is to make a very visible demonstration for our allies. We can take a little 'more time to implement the image forces lighter, but there's nothing like a tank, if you really want to get an effect. " The words of Captain John Farmer, the First Brigade Combat Team and accountable governance for Ironhorse, they sound like a provocation or warning to Russia from the Baltic countries.
General Knud Bartels, head of the Military Committee of NATO, things worse by declaring: "We will have the right forces and the right equipment in the right place at the right time."
Narva is a city located about 100 km from St. Petersburg and most of the inhabitants, 81% are of Russian origin. The Russians have not forgotten how easy it is invading their country through this relatively flat, like Ukraine or Belarus, for the same roads taken by the armies of Napoleon and Hitler. Just in Narva in 1700 began the Great Northern War, the first shipments of Modern Europe against Russia, which would end 20 years after the defeat of the army of Charles XII at Poltava, Ukraine.
According to statements made by the military, we have witnessed a symbolic act that highlights the stakes for both sides, during the worst tensions between the West and Russia since the Cold War.
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