Nato is responding to the invasion of Ukraine in a manner not seen since the end of the Cold War. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PABRADE, Lithuania – Late last month, a German convoy of 1,000 troops with tanks, drones and armoured vehiclesin three days, using trains, ferries, trucks and planes – all Nato practice for a possible incursion by foreign troops.
The Nato exercise was meant to convince Lithuania and other countries bordering Russia that the promise of rapid reinforcement and collective defence was a reality. The military alliance is responding, developing detailed war plans and a commitment of troops, equipment and money not seen since the end of the Cold War. Political approval of those plans is at the centre of the annual summit meeting.
“This exercise sends a clear message: Nato is ready to defend every inch of allied territory,” he said, adding, “We are demonstrating that we can also reinforce quickly, whenever needed.” The main point, Mr Stoltenberg said, is that the new regional plans detail what each country must do to help defend its assigned territory, and with what equipment. Those troops will exercise regularly with allies on the territory they are assigned to defend.
And that means being truly prepared to come to the aid of smaller countries bordering Russia, such as Lithuania, while rebuilding their weak militaries and learning to rely less on the United States.For Lithuania, a country of 2.7 million people that borders Russia and Belarus, getting Germany to commit to permanently stationing a brigade inside its borders became a domestic political issue.
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