Joint Allied Powers Demonstration Day
The Joint Allied Powers Demonstration Day (JAPDD) is the culminating event of Exercise Noble Jump 23. Over the two weeks prior, some 2,200 Soldiers from 7 NATO Nations (Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Czechia, Luxembourg, Belgium and Latvia) with approximately 500 vehicles of various kinds, deployed to training areas on Sardinia. They conducted a myriad of training evolutions both in national formations and in joint operations in conjunction with their NATO partners.
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The Joint Allied Powers Demonstration Day (JAPDD) is the culminating event of Exercise Noble Jump 23. Over the two weeks prior, some 2,200 Soldiers from 7 NATO Nations (Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Czechia, Luxembourg, Belgium and Latvia) with approximately 500 vehicles of various kinds, deployed to training areas on Sardinia. They conducted a myriad of training evolutions both in national formations and in joint operations in conjunction with their NATO partners.
During the JAPDD, all of these training activities will be combined into a complex military scenario in a live-fire demonstration showcasing the different abilities NATO can field to jointly defend against a land attack.
Heavy military equipment like the Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks from Germany and Norway, CV 90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles from the Netherlands and German Self-propelled Howitzers (known as Panzerhaubitze 2000) will cooperate with paratroopers from Czechia and infantry from most of the participating nations.
Among other assets, they will be supported by 'Tiger' Attack Helicopters from Germany and Luxembourgian surveillance drones. In the exercise scenario, German NH 90 Helicopters will evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
The troops train as part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), which is the spearhead of the NATO Response Force (NRF). The VJTF Land component this year is led by the German Armoured Infantry Brigade 37 from Frankenberg in Saxonia, Germany.
The aim of Exercise Noble Jump 23 is to demonstrate the capabilities and integration of NATO forces from across the Alliance. The exercise directly contributes to NATO's deterrence and defence posture and improves the interoperability, readiness and cohesion of Allied forces. By deploying to Sardinia, the VJTF have demonstrated they can deploy NATO forces in the event of crisis. show less
