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Healey pledges more troops for Estonia
UK Defense Secretary John Healey (left) arrives to 10 Downing Street in London, October 10, 2024
THOUSANDS of British troops could be sent to Estonia and kept on high alert in the government’s latest contribution to the deteriorating international climate.
Defence Secretary John Healey announced the plan, which places the army’s Yorkshire-based Fourth Brigade on stand-by to be sent east with accompanying tanks and rockets, at a Nato meeting in Brussels today.
He also pledged closer British involvement in long-range missile development and other arms-race initiatives.
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