“The
NATO Response Force in Europe might increase to 30,000 troops from
the current 13,000, said the alliance’s secretary general ahead of
a defense ministers meeting in Brussels. Most of the RDF troops are
set to be stationed near to Russia’s borders.”
“The UK
has already announced plans to deploy 1,000 troops and four multirole
Typhoon fighter jets to join the Response Force in Eastern Europe.
The spearhead of that force will be 5,000 servicemen, distributed
among six compact command centers in Eastern Europe, with about only
50 officers in each.”
“These
six Rapid Deployment Force units to be stationed in Bulgaria,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania are expected to be
capable of rapidly reinforcing the region 'in response to any threat
from Russia,' [...] When necessary, this force could be deployed in
two days. The remaining 25,000 will be operational within a week.”
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