This was stated by NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Robert Bauer at the Warsaw Security Forum on October 3. Bauer reported that at the previous summit in Madrid, NATO leaders decided to increase the number of soldiers on the eastern flank. As a result, an additional four battle groups were formed in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, in addition to the existing four in the Baltic States and Poland.
The NATO Military Committee Chairman noted that the Alliance realized the need for more forces ready for tasks. Therefore, a decision was made to increase the number of rapid response forces to 300,000 servicemen capable of deploying within the first 30 days. According to him, this amount should be sufficient in the event of "great conflict with Russia".
Bauer also mentioned that in many NATO countries the army "neglected decades", which requires investments to train people and development of the military industry. In addition, Admiral stated that the war in Ukraine showed the importance of integrated air defense and missile defense. According to him, in the next 10 years, most NATO countries will direct "huge investments" in strengthening air defense.
We will remind, on October 1, the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom Grant Chapsa stated that in Poland will place the fighter jets of Eurofighter Typhoon to protect the Eastern flank of NATO from the Russian Federation. According to the minister, this step should demonstrate that the conservative government is capable of protecting democracy and freedom from despotic tyrants.
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