Nato stretch spurs force rethink

Nato defence ministers have agreed at an Informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Noordwijk, 25-26 October 2007, to scale back ambitions for a 25,000-strong rapid reaction force to intervene in world crises.

NATO: Update, 25.10.07: Allies discuss transformation agenda http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2007/10-october/e1025a.html

NATO: Informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers (IDM 2-2007), Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24–25 October 2007 http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2007/0710-noordwijk/0710-mod.htm

NATO: The NATO Response Force http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49755.htm

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