Synopsis
NATO’s forces in Slovakia stand ready to assure Allies and increase security in the eastern part of the Alliance. Established after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO’s forces in Slovakia include a multinational battlegroup led by Spain, with troop contributions from Czechia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. With tanks, artillery, engineers, chemical defence troops and other combat capabilities, the battlegroup is fully equipped to deter any external aggression. If needed, the battlegroup can absorb thousands of additional soldiers to expand in size to a brigade. Slovakia is also further protected by the new NATO activity ‘Eastern Sentry’, which boosts NATO’s vigilance along...
At the NATO Summit in The Hague, NATO leaders recognised that in order to deter any future military conflict, Allies will have to pledge to spending 5% of their GDP to defence (of which up to 1.5% may be spent on defence-related investments). This has created the conditions for Allies to channel robust funding into governmental contracts with the defence industry in order to meet the new Capability Targets that are assigned for each Ally to...
