Pentagon may put heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe
The Pentagon may put heavy weaponry along Russian borders as a deterrent to the country's possible aggression, officials told The New York Times on Saturday. It would be enough tanks and infantry vehicles to equip about 5,000 soldiers. Possible sites include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. As the Times explains:
The proposal, if approved, would represent the first time since the end of the Cold War that the United States has stationed heavy military equipment in the newer NATO member nations in Eastern Europe that had once been part of the Soviet sphere of influence. Russia's annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine have caused alarm and prompted new military planning in NATO capitals. [The New York Times]
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