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and because in an extreme case, our forces in Cyprus could be used to assist operations on the Southern flank of NATO (though no con- tingency plans for such a deployment exist). The surveillance activities carried out by aircraft based in Cyprus against Russian maritime and air activity in the Eastern Mediterranean are also of
value to NATO.
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