(L-R) Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen attend a NATO defense ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO agreed on Wednesday its boldest steps yet to deter Russia from any attack in the Baltics or eastern Europe, setting out ways to rapidly deploy air, naval and ground forces without resorting to Cold War-era military bases.
In an effort to dissuade Moscow after its 2014 annexation of Crimea, NATO defence ministers will rely on a network of new alliance outposts, forces on rotation, warehoused equipment and regular war games, all backed by a rapid-reaction force.
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