The goal of Anakonda-16 is to "train, exercise and integrate the Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint multinational environment", the US Army Europe said.

The United States will provide about 14,000 troops for the exercise, the largest foreign contingent. Non-NATO countries such as Sweden and Finland are also taking part in the exercise.

北約多國部隊，展開為期十天的大規模聯合軍演，這次演習共有24個國家、逾3.1萬名軍人參與，是東歐地區自冷戰以來的最大規模的軍演。這次演習是北約對俄羅斯近年的軍事行動，所做出的回應.代號為「蟒蛇2016」（Anakonda-16）的軍演，參與國家包括有美國、波蘭等北約國家及5個合作國家，共24個國家參與。本次軍演還出動3000輛軍車、105架飛（戰）機以及12艘艦艇，其中美國參演的士兵約1.4萬人。

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