BRUSSELS: Nato head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the alliance will approve plans this week to more than double the size of its rapid response force, having already created a special spearhead unit in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis.
“Nato defence ministers … (will) take a decision to further increase the strength and capacity of the Nato Response Force to 30,000 to 40,000 troops, more than double its current size,” Stoltenberg said ahead of a meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels.
The US-led alliance set up what is known as the Nato Response Force in 2002, based on some 13,000 troops able …read more
Source: theSun
