Nato planning biggest military build-up since end of Cold War on Russia’s doorstep

BRITAIN is preparing to send hundreds of troops to form a Nato-backed line of steel between eastern Europe and Russia in a move that is likely to infuriate the Kremlin.

By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Fri, May 20, 2016

The deployment, Nato’s biggest since the end of the Cold War, could include up to 3,500 troops, with the UK, US and Germany forming the bulk of those.

Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond today sought to quell anxiety in Moscow that the deployment was aimed at destabilising the region, saying they would be temporary deployments.

Mr Hammond said: “The point of these formations is to act as a trip wire.

“It isn’t intended to be aggressive.”

The deployment will see national forces on rotation with regular war games and equipment ready for a rapid response force which would include air, sea and special operations units.

The Rest…HERE

This entry was posted on Friday, May 20th, 2016 at 1:02 pm and is filed under God Help Us, Government Evil, New World Order, Russia, War Without End, World Politics, World War 3?. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.