foreign media exposes nato’s large-scale military expansion plan
2024-10-07
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reference news network reported on october 6 according to the russia today tv website on october 6, citing german media reports, nato plans to add 49 combat brigades, increasing the total number of such troops to 131. it also plans to increase the number of ground air defense units from 293 to 1,467. in addition, the number of helicopter formations will increase from 90 to 104.
according to the report, germany's "le monde" quoted unpublished nato documents as reporting that the organization plans to add 49 combat brigades, each with about 5,000 soldiers. the establishment of new combat brigades will increase the number of nato combat corps from 6 to 15, and the number of division headquarters from 24 to 38.
achieving military expansion goals requires additional funding. the burden will be shared among countries based on population and economic strength. according to forecasts, in order to achieve this goal, nato countries need to continue to increase defense allocations, which currently account for 2% of gdp.
"le monde" reminded that after the new strategy for 2022 listed russia as a major security threat, nato embarked on the path of military expansion. the new secretary-general mark rutte will continue this policy. at his inauguration press conference, he emphasized that increasing the number and equipment of nato troops would be one of his priorities. rutte said that supporting ukraine in its fight against russia is his second priority. he believes that aid to kyiv is a security investment by nato.
the report quoted russian military expert ivan konovalov as saying: "the new nato secretary-general's remarks are very offensive. his predecessor stoltenberg also made every effort to concentrate nato forces in the direction of russia. obviously, this is an order from washington, but there are also strong anti-russian forces in europe who are trying to make nato an increasingly aggressive alliance." (compiled by he yingjun)
