The United States will support a new NATO rapid response force with troops, intelligence, and equipment, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Germany Monday.
NATO defense chiefs are meeting in Brussels this week. On the agenda is devising updated strategies to resist Russian aggression and an expanding Islamic State.
American support for the alliance’s so-called Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) is significant, as such assistance will antagonize Moscow while the Obama administration seeks its support in other international initiatives, especially support for a nuclear deal with Iran. The VJTF will be supported with high-end intelligence assets, possibly including drones, as …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
