The Baltic nations, rattled by Russian moves in Ukraine, will ask NATO to permanently station troops in their countries. A Lithuanian army spokesman said that the request would be put in a letter to the Supreme NATO Allied Commander Europe, and would be for at least a brigade—3,000 to 5,000 troops—to be put in each country. The U.S. currently keeps 150 troops stationed in each of the Baltics and Poland, a force which is bolstered by similar-sized contingents from other NATO allies. No decisions on further deployments are expected before the 2016 summit in Warsaw, and several allies are said …read more
Source: The American Interest
