Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:22pm on 15 Jan 2024,Monday International
The UK announces its largest NATO deployment in four decades, sending 20,000 armed forces personnel to Exercise Steadfast Defender. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps highlights the need for reassurance against the "menace" of Russian President Putin post-Ukraine invasion. The deployment includes advanced warships, submarines, fighter jets, and surveillance aircraft. Shapps emphasizes facing rising dangers to the international rules-based order and a period of "hard-headed realism" against global threats. The exercise aims to strengthen NATO's capabilities amid challenges from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
