NATO Readiness Initiative and its Four Thirty rule.

NATO wants to have "the right forces in the right place at the right time". So, the organization is preparing to launch its "Readiness Initiative" or the "four thirty" rule.

The  "Readiness Initiative" was presented on June 6th by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Picture source: NATO)

By 2020, the Alliance wants 30 mechanized battalions, 30 squadrons of fighter jets, 30 warships and 30 days or less to deploy them. This "Readiness Initiative" was presented on June 6th by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. However, he did not specify the individual contributions of the 29 members.

Stoltenberg was speaking ahead of the meeting of NATO defense ministers this thursday and tomorrow Friday 8 June in Brussels (this ministerial meeting which will be followed by a meeting of the Coalition against Daesh, will be the last step preparing for the Brussels Summit of 11 and 12 July 2018).

He also confirmed the Norfolk implementation of the Joint Force Command for the Atlantic, and Ulm (Germany) for the Enabling Command.