Increasing the battlegroups to brigades will entail adding more equipment, including dedicated air defence and electronic warfare units
Increasing the battlegroups to brigades will also entail adding more equipment, including dedicated air defence and electronic warfare units as well as better command and control capabilities, and the stockpiling of more ammunition and other supplies.Article content
Trudeau in March announced Canada will continue leading the Latvian-based battlegroup until March 2025, which Ozolins described as a necessary first step toward strengthening the force.Article content Denmark has also stepped up in a big way in recent months, promising an 800-strong battalion following a request from NATO.Article content
The battlegroups were initially billed as “tripwires,” with the aim of making the Kremlin think twice before launching an attack as doing so would bring a unified response from the whole of the 30-member NATO military alliance.Article content
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