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US considers setting up military bases in Eastern Europe

Accordingly, the US supports the establishment of permanent US military bases on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

General Milley said that important US allies in Europe, especially the three Baltic states (including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Poland and Romania, are ready to allow the US to place permanent military bases in the country. its territory. Even these countries are willing to pay the construction and operating costs for these bases.

General Milley said that a military presence in practice is always an effective defense measure and therefore, NATO will need to build permanent bases in Eastern Europe with short-term US military units instead. for the long term.

The US currently has about 67,000 troops deployed in Europe, mainly in Germany, Britain and Italy.

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