US to position military equipment in East Europe to deter Russian invasion

The situation in Eastern Europe is volatile and the US has plans to position military equipment like battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons to cater to approximately 5,000 troops in a number of Baltic and Eastern European countries. The intention is to counter any designs of a Russian aggression in Europe.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 14 June 2015.

The United States wants to reassure its European allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea in March 2014. The proposal is likely to be approved by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and the White House. A meeting of NATO defense ministers would be held in Brussels this month and the approval could be accorded before that.
Once approved, the proposal would mark the first time since the Cold War that Washington would be positioning heavy military equipment in the newer NATO member states in Eastern Europe. These states used to, once, be under Soviet influence.
Under the proposal, 'a company's worth of equipment - enough for about 150 soldiers - would be kept in each of the three Baltic nations: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Moreover, equipment for a company or possibly a battalion - about 750 soldiers - would be located in countries like Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and possibly Hungary.
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