Along the Eastern Front

The downing of Malaysian flight MH-17 over embattled Eastern Ukraine and Russia's repossession of Crimea has finally awaken NATO HQ. Perhaps that along with Poland screaming in NATO Command's ear.

General Breedlove

General Philip Breedlove NATO’s Europe commander advocates stockpiling a base in Poland with enough weapons, ammunition and other supplies to support a rapid deployment of thousands of troops against potential Russia aggression. A formal presentation will take place in September at the upcoming NATO summit in Wales.

The alliance has already strengthened its presence in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea and deployed a small number of additional military aircraft in Eastern Europe.

A possible site could be the Multinational Corps base in Szczecin near the Polish-German border. 

 It is said the moves are needed to boost the confidence of eastern NATO members in the alliance’s ability to protect them from  ever growing Russian aggression.