NATO to Grow High-Readiness Forces from 40,000 to 300,000, ‘Biggest Overhaul’ Since Cold War
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- NATO to Grow High-Readiness Forces from 40,000 to 300,000, ‘Biggest Overhaul’ Since Cold War
by Sheri Walsh, https://www.upi.com/
June 27 (UPI) — In the largest military buildup since the Cold War, NATO plans to boost its high-readiness forces to 300,000 in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the announcement Monday, one day before U.S. President Joe Biden heads to a NATO summit in Madrid.
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Biden, who was in Germany with other leaders of the Group of 7, will join other NATO leaders Tuesday through Thursday to focus on the war in Ukraine and to decide on the alliance’s most important document, the Strategic Concept. The text is updated every decade to guide the strategic future of the 30-member alliance.
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The latest version “will make clear that allies consider Russia as the most significant and direct threat to our security,” Stoltenberg said at a news conference.
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The NATO summit will be “transformative, with many important decisions, including on a new strategic concept for a new security reality, a fundamental shift in NATO’s deterrence and defense, and support to Ukraine now and for the future,” Stoltenberg said Monday.
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The NATO chief also announced plans to shore up NATO’s eastern flank nearer Russia by boosting NATO’s quick-response forces by 650%. The force would grow from 40,000 to 300,000 as part of the “biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.”
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