NATO strives to keep pace with military challenges
- 9 years ago
The new NATO Response Force’s joint military exercises saw more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 200 tanks pour into Poland last week for four days of NRF real condition simulations.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the movement of troops and supplies:
“We need ready, prepared forces and we need also fast decision-making to be able to respond to threats, to challenges, with very little warning time.”
The NATO Response Force has some 13,000 troops to act as a deterrent to escalation of potential threats. Full strength is 30- to 40,000.
A Spearhead Force of 5,000 is ready to move within two to three days. This includes short notice land, sea, air, and special forces packages.
The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force within the NRF is deployable in six regional command stations in NATO member states along the eastern flank of the alliance.
Stoltenberg and others have drawn attention to Moscow’s major increase in militar
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the movement of troops and supplies:
“We need ready, prepared forces and we need also fast decision-making to be able to respond to threats, to challenges, with very little warning time.”
The NATO Response Force has some 13,000 troops to act as a deterrent to escalation of potential threats. Full strength is 30- to 40,000.
A Spearhead Force of 5,000 is ready to move within two to three days. This includes short notice land, sea, air, and special forces packages.
The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force within the NRF is deployable in six regional command stations in NATO member states along the eastern flank of the alliance.
Stoltenberg and others have drawn attention to Moscow’s major increase in militar