Published on Mar 30, 2016
The US is stepping up its troop presence in eastern Europe in response to an "aggressive Russia", the military has said.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent says it is the most significant US reinforcement of Nato since tensions flared over Russian action in Ukraine.
Last month the Pentagon announced plans to quadruple its budget for European defence in 2017.
The additional presence will increase US ability to conduct military exercises in the region.
The plan demonstrates "our strong and balanced approach to reassuring our Nato allies and partners in the wake of an aggressive Russia in eastern Europe and elsewhere", said Gen Philip Breedlove, the senior US commander in Europe.
"Our allies and partners will see more capability. They will see a more frequent presence of an armoured brigade with more modernised equipment in their countries," he added.
'Division's worth of stuff'
Each brigade will rotate through the region for nine months before being replaced.
There are about 4,500 soldiers in a brigade, bringing with them military vehicles and other equipment.
"There will be a division's worth of stuff to fight if something happens," Deputy Secretary of Defence Robert Work told the Wall Street Journal.
Relations between Russia and the West have plummeted since Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in March 2014.
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THE US military will send an armoured brigade combat team to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to rotate troops in and out of the region to reassure allies worried about threats from an increasingly aggressive Russia, officials say.
The Americans are working on powerful and instant strikes on infrastructure objects in Russia, but they do not forget about the missile defense system to repel enemy attacks either. The Russian nuclear triad can put an end to all nefarious intentions of the United States, and this is a fact, especially because we have our own missile defense system. All of this could be a specially designed system of rumors on the eve of elections. The United States has publicly acknowledged that Russia is a threat to its security.
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This is absolutely mindblowing! The United States is planning on sending 4,500 troops to the Russian border.
Does this mean we will be going to war with Russia?
For God's sake why?
http://canmua.net/washington/us-military-will-send-4500-troops-to-europe-600088.html
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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