The Pentagon’s Compelling Arguments

... and used during Operation Desert Storm. Under the current plans, the Pentagon will provide Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with military hardware sufficient to support a squadron (approximately 150 servicemen) and send Central European countries – Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania – equipment for an entire battalion (roughly 750 servicemen). It is remarkable that the Baltic countries, which have long called for the deployment of a full-fledged contingent of U.S. troops and not just heavy weapons, ended ...