Nato to add more than 260,000 soldiers to forces on standby in historic overhaul
Sam Courtney-Guy - 1h ago
Nato has pledged to grow the number of troops on high alert by more than sevenfold in its biggest overhaul in over 30 years.
The bloc’s rapid reaction force will be boosted from 40,000 soldiers to more than 300,000 as Russia now poses a ‘direct threat’ to its security, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said.
The ‘forward defence’ force is made up of land, sea and air units from various member states which can be deployed quickly if a Nato country is attacked.
Many units in Eastern Europe were placed at ‘high readiness’ for the first time in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Several of them will be upgraded to ‘brigade level’ and twice as many countries will have active battlegroups, Mr Stoltenberg told a press conference in Brussels.
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