The approach would let the alliance’s military commanders know in advance, at any time, exactly which forces are on standby and how quickly they could go to war.
| NATO is to agree an overhaul of its battle plans to offer better protection to the alliance’s eastern flank, tearing up a model that could have meant relinquishing and then attempting to recapture the Baltic states in the event of a Russian invasion.that the new military blueprint, to be agreed at an annual summit of alliance leaders this week, would drastically upgrade its eastern defences, shifting the focus from deterring any invasion to a full defence of allied territory.
The alliance would “significantly reinforce” its defences in eastern Europe, he said, pledging that Russia would not be able to capture the Estonian capital Tallinn “just as they have not been able to seize the city of Kirkenes in northern Norway or West Berlin during the Cold War”.
Russia would be designated as “the most direct and immediate threat to our security”, Mr Stoltenberg said.over freight shipments to the exclave of KaliningradMr Stoltenberg said he was wary of speculating whether Russia’s threats were aimed at disrupting the NATO summit or just a coincidence, but the sabre-rattling “reminds us of something we are very much aware of”., it doesn’t change the reality,” he said. “We have to be prepared.
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