馬德里峰會議定旅級規模存在與新的部隊模式

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盟國同意向東翼部署更多部隊，於必要之處與必要之時，從營級規模的多國戰鬥群擴大為旅級單位。盟國亦同意建立新的北約部隊模式，使更多部隊處於高度戰備，並採取進一步措施以提升北約增援東部盟國的能力。

Two of the module's standing facts are decided here. The brigade scale-ups in Latvia and Lithuania are implementations of the first decision — and the wording "where and when required" is why NATO still calls all nine formations battlegroups regardless of size. The second decision is the origin of the readiness architecture that replaced the NATO Response Force two years later.

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