Nato countries includes sweden as parts of a measure to show the military blocks resolve against russian president Vladimir Putin and other regional threats. Clair is with us. A huge number, 20,000 for quite a small military. Its about 15 or so of the combined full time professional army, Navy And Air force. Its pretty big. Nato said it would encompass some 40,000 troops. The uk is planning to send half of that. It is big, the exercise is big, nato has called it the biggest collective Defense Deployment since the end of the cold war. Obviously the point is that the war in ukraine is ongoing and the warnings have been stepping up that if ukraine cannot fend off putin that putin might go further. They say this will provide vital reassurance against the putin menace. Look, the uk is facing multiple challenges to its military on