Posted on 11/06/2016 7:57:41 PM PST by knak
Biggest reinforcement of our collective defence" since the end of the Cold War says Nato.
Nato is preparing for its "biggest reinforcement" of its collective defence since the end of the Cold War amid growing tensions with Russia. The alliance's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said that hundreds of thousands of troops will be put on a higher state of alert.
Nato commanders are also preparing a substantial land force to deter growing Russian aggression.
The Times said that although Stoltenberg did not provide exact figures, Sir Adam Thomson, the UK's outgoing permanent representative to Nato, said that he believed the target is to hasten the response time of up to 300,000 military personnel to about two months.
Currently, to deploy a force of this number could take up to 180 days, the newspaper said. The troops will be a "follow-on force" to Nato's existing response force, which can be deployed to warzones within days.
Nato has already created an emergency response force of 5,000 ground troops, backed by air, sea and special forces, which can be mobilised in five days. That is not all. The 28 member states have agreed to triple the size of an incumbent response force to 40,000 troops.
Stoltenberg told the newspaper that Nato was now seeking to improve the readiness of the alliance's three million forces, which include ground troops, airmen and sailors.
"We are ... addressing what we call the follow-on forces. There are a large number of people in the armed forces of Nato allies. We are looking into how more of them can be ready on a short notice." The matter was discussed at the Nato defence ministers' meeting last month, the former prime minister of Norway disclosed.
Sir Adam, who stepped down from his role at Nato last week, said: "I am not sure that everyone has realised how difficult and how expensive it is going to be, but it is part of that concept agreed in February of this year."
Move to counter Russian aggression in region
Stoltenberg told The Times: "We have seen Russia being much more active in many different ways. We have seen a more assertive Russia implementing a substantial military build-up over many years; tripling defence spending since 2000 in real terms; developing new military capabilities; exercising their forces and using military force against neighbours."
He added: "We have also seen Russia using propaganda in Europe among Nato allies and that is exactly the reason why Nato is responding. We are responding with the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War."
The secretary-general said that both Nato and Russia hope to hold a meeting under a mechanism called the Nato-Russian Council over the coming weeks. It will be the third to be held this year.
Russia will be certain to respond with counter-measures.
Russia is not going to sit by passively in the face of a NATO build-up around its borders.
Nato forces began surrounding Russia awhile back. They’re just waiting for Hillary to be elected so they can begin the war. Soros impatiently imagining Russia bombed to smithereens....
And they did not. They also poured troops on their borders causing Estonia to go into the highest alert they have.
Only Russia and China stand in the way of the new world order.
Russia is the first target.
300,000 Troops?!?!
That’s not a shoring up of defenses.
That getting prepared for war!
47 hours and this nightmare will be over.
Soros knows China and Russia dont give a #### about what he wants and they stand in the way of one world government.
I agree. Any actions should be done quietly and away from Russia’s borders.
This escalation game both sides are playing, is suicidal.
Reminds me of two guys getting in cars headed toward each other and the first one who flinches loses. If neither flinch, they both lose.
Doesn’t the DBR Army only fight 8 hr/5 days per week?
If Hillary wins I’m going to email Putin and ask what can I do to help.
Why is this happening? We have no business in Syria.
As I get older, I’m beginning to see just how much normal folks get ripped by some very greedy sell- out traitors. In positions of power or influence. -————— all these military threats and buildups against Russia are their ( extremely dangerous) diversion — while they’ve sold out much of Europe, U.K., and now North America to the islamonazis invasion ——
Total and complete insanity.
Me also.
Yup, preparing the ground for Hillary’s world war.
I don’t believe I’ve seen any Trump ads that mention growing tensions with Russia / the failure of the Russian reset.
They should.
“Nato commanders are also preparing a substantial land force to deter growing Russian aggression. “
Trump already told them they need to restructure and orient towards anti Islamic terror. We should pull out.
They don’t because Trump isn’t looking for hostility there. He is worried about the actual threats to America, immigration, the economy, importing Islamic terrorists, and not doing the neocon regime change game.
Response force of 5,000 in 5 days?
That will scare the hell out of Zimbabwe. Not the Russians I think.
Yes. And the geniuses in Brussels will plunk that puny force too far forward in eastern Europe to be supported. Task Force Smith from the Korean War springs to mind.
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