The alliance is drawing up plans for a potential conflict with Moscow for the first time since the Cold War.
The proposed move comes as a topofficial, Admiral Rob Bauer, warned that preparations were needed because"a conflict can present itself at any time."
NATO, which has been involved in smaller conflicts such as Afghanistan in recent years, has not drawn up such detailed plans for defending against a Russian attack since the end of the Cold War, but PresidentThe plans, running into thousands of pages, will also guide its 31 members on how to upgrade forces and logistics.
Polish Navy warship ORP Torun is seen near the shore during military drills of Polish and NATO soldiers near the Vistula Spit canal, near Krynica Morska, northern Poland on April 17, 2023. The alliance is drawing up plans for war with Russia for the first time since the end of the Cold War.The move, which will be approved at the alliance's annual summit in Vilnius in July, may take several years to fully implement, although the NATO officials said that it could head into battle immediately.
"We are ready to fight tonight," said Lieutenant General Hubert Cottereau, vice chief of staff at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , according to Reuters.."If the Russians are massing troops on the border that will make us nervous," he told the agency,"if we are massing troops on the border that will make them nervous."
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