how is the alliance intending to boost their numbers to 300000 laura baker, this is all part of nato's new strategic concept. that's going to be unveiled at this historic nato summit coming up later or in the week. this is a nato, a responding to what the secretary general said was a more dangerous world. what we'll see happening is nature will be strengthening its defenses. that is, of course, as you're saying, as we've heard from the secretary general, increasing the number of troops that nato can easily and readily deploy on it from 40002300000. now, germany's recent announcement is, is, is, is one illustration of how that will actually work i from, from a technical perspective. so germany, for example, has announced that it's going to be or creating a new brigade this. these are german troops that will be stationed and be training in germany. but that can be very quickly and easily deployed to the til the waiting for examples of these troops. however, a very good understanding of the lay of the land are in lithuania, but they will be stationed in germany and can be readily and quic