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NATO to triple rapid reaction force to 40,000

Published June 24, 2015 at 9:31 pm

A soldier of the NATO Response Force (NRF) attends a massive amphibious landing of NATO troops off the coast of Ustka, northern Poland, during NATO military sea exercises BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) on June 17, 2015 in the Baltic Sea.

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BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers have decided to increase the rapid reaction force to 40,000 troops, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference on June 24.

This force will be three times as big as the previous one that numbered 13,000 personnel.