- NATO to boost the number of its forces at high readiness to over 300,000.
- NATO response force now consists of approximately 40,000 troops.
- Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the announcement in advance of this week’s NATO meeting in Madrid.
The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, announced on Monday that NATO will significantly boost the number of its forces at high readiness to over 300,000.
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“We will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,” he told reporters in advance of this week’s NATO meeting in Madrid.
The NATO response force now consists of approximately 40,000 troops.
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