Defense Secretary Ash Carter declared that the U.S. military will be sending dozens of tanks, Bradley armored fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers to allied countries in the Baltics and Eastern Europe in response to Russian actions in the Ukraine, CNN reports.
The US Defense Chief explained the decision in the following way.
"We must prepare NATO and our allies for cyber challenges, particularly from Russia," Carter said in prepared remarks.
"We need to explain to those who doubt the value of our NATO commitments that the security of Europe is vital to everything else we hold dear," he added.