U.S., British and Polish soldiers parachuted to the ground in Poland on Tuesday in a mass show of force as NATO launched its biggest war games in Eastern Europe since the Cold War. The exercises — staged against the backdrop of a military and diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West — have rattled the Kremlin. NATO says the 10-day Anakonda maneuvers involving 31,000 troops are intended to shore up security on the alliance’s eastern flank YAHOO NEWS
