Source: U.S. plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe

The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. "We will pre-position significant equipment," the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that the Pentagon was poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 troops. Poland and Lithuania both confirmed they were in talks with Washington on stationing heavy arms in warehouses in the region.

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