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Europe
NATO to boost rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops: Stoltenberg
2022-06-28
[Aljazeera] NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Western military alliance will increase the size of its rapid reaction forces nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an "era of strategic competition".

The NATO reaction force currently numbers around 40,000 soldiers, who can deploy quickly when needed.

Coupled with other measures including the deployment of forces to defend specific allies, Stoltenberg said on Monday that the move to expand NATO forces is part of the "biggest overhaul of collective defence and deterrence since the Cold War".

He made the remarks at a news conference ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, when the 30 military allies in the bloc are expected to also agree on further support to Ukraine after its invasion by Russia.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Didn't they really try to do this some 15 years ago? Or was that the EU Intra-Union Rapid Police Force?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-06-28 18:43  

#4  They will be there when someone is mean to a trans or refuses to wear their mask.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-28 11:06  

#3  Currently 40,000 that can "quickly react if needed"? ROFLMAO
Posted by: magpie   2022-06-28 11:02  

#2  Given that, by law, the Army has a size ceiling of about 485k active members and a tail to tooth ratio of about 7:1, that would be pretty much everything not tied up in training or hospitalization.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-06-28 07:51  

#1  ...299,999 of which will be American.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-06-28 04:51  

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