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International military exercise on Bornholm tests advanced missile system capable of hitting Kaliningrad | India | DR Russia warns that military exercise on Bornholm will increase tensions in the Baltic Sea. Today, the Americans were invited to a 'historic' international military exercise on Sunshine Island. Danish F16 aircraft today landed at Airport. Around 12 o'clock, the missile systems rolled out of the plane, and a simulated launch of a missile that can hit targets 500 kilometers into the Baltic Sea and thus also Russian territory, for example the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. A step towards changing Bornholm from a peace lake to a potential military bridgehead. Vladimir Babin, Russia's ambassador to Denmark. At the same time, a combat battalion from the Life Guards has been formed to strengthen the island's defense. The purpose is to train how the Baltic Sea and the surrounding area can be quickly secured. Lieutenant Colonel and battalion commander Thomas Lunau from the Life Guards says: - We want to show that the Armed Forces have the ability and willingness to defend militarily. The exercise is part of a larger European exercise under the name Defender 22, and according to Major and military analyst Esben Larsen from the Defense Academy, the exercise must show that it is ready to come to the rescue of a country if it is attacked. and the Danes in that the security guarantees given can also be carried out in practice. According to defense analyst Mads Korsager, today's exercise is very special because the American missile system, HIMARS, is very advanced and can attack from several hundred kilometers away. .- What is being practiced today is that Danish fighter jets and ships place a coordinate on a target, which then automatically smokes into the missile system, which then fires a weapon.- It is a very powerful force g, but also flexible way to defend at a long distance.Today's events are part of a larger US-led exercise that runs in eight other European countries during May, and has been planned long before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. great protest from the Russian ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Babin. In a written response to, he writes that the exercise helps to increase tensions in the Baltic Sea and can be seen as "a step towards changing from a peace lake to a military bridgehead". also believes that it contradicts an old agreement between Denmark and from 1946, when Denmark lets foreign, American troops arrive. It is also a signal to Russia and Putin that he should not win.Morten Bødskov, Minister of Defense (S) .But it simply does not fit, Minister of Defense Morten Bødskov (S) has previously said. That agreement has never existed, and made it clear on a subsequent occasion that the exercise is a message to Putin that only Denmark decides in Denmark.- The exercise is a s ignal about alliance solidarity between our countries, but it is also a signal to Russia and Putin that he should not win, he says.- It is a good signal we are sending from today. Denmark is central in the Baltic Sea region, and we have a special responsibility. I am glad that so many nations have come today because it shows that we are close together in a difficult time. Military analyst Esben Larsen from the Defense Academy: Military analyst Esben Larsen from the Defense Academy also does not give much for the Russians' alleged agreement, as he points out that the Russians pull forward every time there is activity on or around. - We must put it in that the Russians maintain it as an argument, but that we then from Denmark must show that we do not believe there is such agreement or understanding. With a megaphone you shout at the Russians that we are willing to defend Denmark, also here on Bornholm. Jakob Seerup, military historian and museum director, Bornholms Museum In addition to a lieutenant colonel from the US military, there were also representatives from Sweden and Norway present today. And according to Morten Bødskov, there is another important message in Putin's Nordic co-operation. and more gathering in and .- And here the Baltic Sea and our cooperation in the Baltic Sea play a very central role. The huge American military aircraft (C17 transport aircraft) lands at Bornholm Airport under the protection of two Danish F16 aircraft: If you ask one of the locals, Jakob Seerup, who is a military historian and museum director at the Museum, is truly a historic day on Sunshine Island. thinks the defense into the Danish defense in a completely new way. One intends a role that it has not had before. Because even though there have been military exercises at Bornhom before, today's exercise sends some different signals than before, says Jakob Seerup. and with a megaphone you shout at the Russians that we are willing to defend Denmark, here too.