Nato to add more than 260,000 soldiers to forces on standby in historic overhaul

Nato to add more than 260,000 soldiers to forces on standby in historic overhaul

Multinational Nato battlegroups on high alert will be grown more than sevenfold (Picture: Getty/AP)
Nato has pledged to grow the number of troops on high alert by more than sevenfold in its biggest overhaul in over 30 years.
The bloc’s rapid reaction force will be boosted from 40,000 soldiers to more than 300,000 as Russia now poses a ‘direct threat’ to its security, secretary general Jens…

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