BRUSSELS, March 23 — Nato countries must make up for post-Cold War cuts to military equipment to give the alliance the capacity to respond swiftly to a conflict, the commander of Nato’s quick reaction force, first in line to respond to a crisis, told Reuters.
He spoke to Reuters on the sidelines of a Nato exercise in Norway on Saturday, amid heightened tension over the war in Ukraine. “These expeditionary missions were wars of choice. We took a political decision to take part in them and then asked our allies for contingents of forces to deploy,” the general said.
In the past, forces such as the German military have struggled to provide Nato with combat-ready troops because of defence spending cuts, and commanders often had to borrow from other units for tanks and weapons before going on a mission.
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