The alliance increased the size of its rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops capable of deploying within the first month.
During the summit in Lithuania, representatives of NATO countries discussed a plan in the event of a Russian attack. The head of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, spoke about it on Tuesday, October 3, at the Warsaw Security Forum, Ukrinform writes.
“NATO believes that Russia and terrorist groups pose the greatest threat to it. Alliance leaders have agreed on appropriate plans in the region to contain the threats,” he said.
According to him, it was decided to increase the combat groups in the eastern flank to eight, four of them strengthened to the brigade level. The Alliance also increased the number of rapid reaction forces to 300 thousand troops capable of deploying within the first month.
The admiral said many countries are planning to increase investment in troop training, increased production capacity and integrated air and missile defense.
“In air defense, you can wait for the missiles to reach you and then shoot them. This will require a lot of missiles, as we see in Ukraine. And we are talking not only about missiles , but also about drones, which are more and more. used or you “You use missiles and other systems on your side to destroy the systems where the Russians are firing these missiles to you, which is quite effective because then they don’t have anything to shoot. We will see from an investment point of view,” added Bauer.
In the Czech Republic’s new defense strategy, the Russian Federation will be recognized as the “most serious threat to the country,” which will allow the authorities to strengthen the defense sector.
In Finland they believe that Russia is unpredictable and the threat from the Kremlin may increase.
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