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DEFENCE Secretary Gavin Williamson said that Britain was ready to “counter the intensifying aggression” from Russia after a naked display of force in Estonia yesterday.
The deployment of British troops to Estonia shows Nato is a “very capable force”, a senior British officer said, while admitting that Russia was not a “day-to-day” threat.
More than 800 personnel from this country are currently stationed in the Baltic state.
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT