US Defense Secretary: Baltic Deployment to Deter Russia. NATO Pondering Ground Forces in Baltic States, Poland

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• Published on May 3, 2016
  US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the NATO alliance is considering a new plan to establish a rotational ground force of four battalions in the Baltic States and Poland. Carter made the revelation on his way to the German city of Stuttgart which is the home of the US European Command. Calling the planned deployment a deterrent to Russia, Carter said the idea is likely to be further discussed at a NATO meeting next month. That would be in addition to a recently announced unilateral US decision to send an armored brigade of about 4,200 troops to Eastern Europe next February. Russia has long expressed concerns over NATO’s troop deployment and missile build-up in the region. Moscow accuses the US and the Western military alliance of returning to a cold war mindset of mutual suspicion and military competition.

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