Britain, U.S. sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Wed Oct 26, 2016 | 12:43pm EDT

Britain, U.S. sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east

By Robin Emmott and Phil Stewart | BRUSSELS

Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO's biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War.

Germany, Canada and other NATO allies also pledged forces at a defense ministers meeting in Brussels on the same day two Russian warships armed with cruise missiles entered the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Denmark, underscoring East-West tensions.

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the troop contributions to a new 4,000-strong force in the Baltics and eastern Europe were a measured response to what the alliance believes are some 330,000 Russian troops stationed on Russia's western flank near Moscow.

"This month alone, Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad and suspended a weapons-grade plutonium agreement with the United States," Stoltenberg said, also accusing Russia of continued support for rebels in Ukraine.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia-idUSKCN12P31W

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1. Deploying a 4000 strong force to deter 330,000 Russian troops, is a measured response?

I would say it is a feeble and ineffective response.