U. S. to send heavy weaponry to Eastern Europe
(AGI) Rome, June 23 - The U.S. is poised to send heavy weaponsto Europe to strengthen NATO's eastern front near Russia andassuage concerns over the Baltic states' territorial integrity."We will temporarily stage one armoured brigade combat team'svehicles and associated equipment in countries in Central andEastern Europe," U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter saidduring a joint press conference with Baltic defense chiefs inTallinn on Tuesday. Five Eastern European nations - Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Poland - have agreed to host"battalion-sized elements" of the armaments for drills andtraining, he stated. Germany will