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Major changes in NATO structure in offing
BRUSSELS. Dee 13 : NATO agreed major changes on Thursday that will slim down the alliance's command strut ture and lay the ground for smaller, multinational units as the key to the West's defences in the post-cold war era. reports Reuter
Alliance defence ministers meeting in Brussels agreed that the crisis in the Soviet Union did not affect the plans because the threat of a massive attack from the East no longer existed
The strategic concept remains as valid as ever It remains the correct basts on which to proceed." British Defence Secretary Tom King told reporters
NATO commands in Central and northern Europe — the front line during decades of confrontation with the now dissolved Warsaw pact — will be reorganised and slimmed down
A US general will remain tn overall charge of alliance forces on the continent
The ministers also approved secret military guide lines for implementing an overall strategy that was approved by NATO leaders al a summit in Rome last month
That strategy says NATO will have to rely on smaller more mobile forces to defend
the Weal from any direction, including new rapid reaction* forces that can be deployed
from the arctic to the Mediterranean
The Idea is to save money in an era of shrinking defence budgets while still maintaining strong enough forces to deter any would-be aggressor
The United States. NATO's senior member and the back bone of the West's defences. Is planning to cut Its forces in Europe by half to around 150,000 by 1996 Total NA IO forces in Central Europe will be reduced by around half by the same date
The military guidelines approved on Thursday, the first day of the two-day Brussels meeUng. detail how the new strategy would work in prac tier Final arrangements on the new form will no I be agreed until next year
The document sets out the forces NATO needs in peacetime and puts a high premium on mobility, stressing the need for transport and logistics as well as high quality Intelli fence
It Includes a reinforcement plan that no longer puts the onus on the United Stales to rush so many troops across the Atlantic in time of crisis.
It also lays out guidance for the use of nuclear weapons
Although NATO plans to cut Its nuclear stockpile tn Europe by 80 per cent and sees the chance of ever having to use the weapons as remote, it says some are needed to guarantee peace