Europe has replaced ‘most’ forces removed by US from NATO plans, Rutte says – POLITICO

BRUSSELS — European NATO allies have already committed to replacing most of the battlefield kit the U.S. is withdrawing from its allocation to the alliance, NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday.

Washington told NATO allies late last month it would pull a wide range of military capabilities, including strategic bombers, fighter jets, drones, submarines and warships, from the pool of assets the alliance can draw on in times of war.

“What we are working on is to make sure that what the U.S. has been providing so far will be filled,” he told reporters in Brussels. “Most of [and] a lot of it done — some of it nearly, and some of it requiring more debates and discussions.”