title: guardian front page a yearold migrant cries
text: rt october   
  britain is deploying troops aircraft and armor in the biggest military buildup in eastern europe since the cold war 
  the deployment which was first floated in the press by uk defense chiefs on wednesday appears to have been prepared well in advance 
  it will see up to  armored infantry troops deployed to estonia and royal air force raf fighter jets deployed to romania in what appears to be a reiteration of the strategy of containment employed against the soviet union during the cold war 
  france and denmark will also commit more troops 
  on wednesday uk defence secretary michael fallon struck a belligerent tone in the wall street journal when he warned that europe  is our continent  and as such would be defended 
  while he claimed the force would be  defensive in nature  he pledged it would be  fully combatcapable  a d v e r t i s e m e n t 
  he denied the placement of small formations around the baltic area are merely a  tripwire  in case of the muchheralded but hypothetical clash with russia 
   this is a serious military presence  he said 
  tensions have only just begun to subside after a fleet of russian naval vessels bound for the mediterranean sea passed through the north sea and english channel 
  the passage caused a press frenzy in the uk framed as though russia was launching an invasion of the british isles the royal navy deployed destroyers to in fallons words  manmark  the vessels while the raf overflew the ships with fighter jets 
  according to the russian military the naval groups task was to  ensure a naval presence in operationally significant areas of the worlds oceans  as well as  the safety of maritime navigation and other maritime economic activities  of russia 
  britains deployment of troops drones and aircraft is expected to begin in may  this article was posted thursday october   at  am share this article