American Military News by Ryan Morgan June 28, 2022
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is preparing to increase its high alert force size to 300,000 troops in response to Russia’s military aggression along the eastern edge of the alliance.
In a press conference on Monday ahead of a summit of alliance members in Madrid, Spain, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said alliance members will discuss ways to bolster their defenses in the eastern flank of the alliance, including increasing troops.
“At the Summit, we will strengthen our forward defenses,” Stoltenberg said. “We will enhance our battlegroups in the eastern part of the Alliance up to brigade levels. We will transform the NATO Response Force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000.”
Increasing the NATO Response Force (NRF) to 300,000 troops is a major mobilization move from current levels. The NRF currently consists of around 40,000 troops from various NATO member nations. The plan laid out would therefore require nearly eight times as many troops from NATO member nations to be moved into this high-readiness force.
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