NATO flexes its muscles, bulks up defenses on its eastern flank to ward off Russia

WARSAW, Poland — NATO said Friday it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment to deter potential Russian aggression following an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory . The alliance's supreme commander in Europe said a new operation, dubbed Eastern Sentry, will add equipment from France, Denmark, Germany and the U.K. to its existing air and ground-based defenses. “The key to this is an entirely new defense design,” U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich told reporters at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters. French Rafale fighter jets, Danish F-16s, a frigate and ground-based defense systems have been pledged for the operation. Grynkewich said the additional resources will enable the alliance to “plug gaps in the line” and concentrate forces wherever they're needed while improving communications across NATO's entire eastern flank. Poland’s Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz hailed the operation in a post on X as “active deterrence and readiness to defend wherever needed.” Multiple Russian dWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times