TALLINN — At Estonia’s Tapa military base, Lieutenant Colonel Aron Kalmus spends much of his time dealing with the rotation of US troops bringing tanks, armored personnel carriers and training skills to boost his country’s tiny army.
The Baltic countries, with no proper air forces of their own, also rely on their NATO allies to patrol their skies. But trusting in foreign military muscle is being seen as increasingly dangerous in an era of hybrid warfare, and countries across the region are beefing up their own defense spending.
With western Europe reluctant to permanently base troops in the region, the Baltic countries, …read more
Source: European Voice
