NATO leaders approve new rapid response force aimed at deterring Russian aggression
Posted Sep 5, 2014 08:01:32 AM.
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NEWPORT – NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance’s leaders have agreed to create a rapid response force to address the threat of aggression from Russia.
Rasmussen says the force will include several thousand land troops ready to deploy within just a few days.
He says the force will include land and sea assets.force is part of a new readiness action plan that NATO leaders, including Canada, agreed to Friday at a summit in Wales.
Rasmussen says the plan will strengthen NATO’s collective defence capabilities.
He says the alliance will also establish command and control facilities in the eastern part of the alliance’s territory.
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