A more important development, strongly supported by America, is the formation of a 20,000-strong deployable standing army, known as the NATO Response Force (NRF), with land, air and sea components.

• 美国则强烈提议一项更加重要的计划，建立一支由20,000名士兵组成常规部队，强大且可以灵活部署，称作是北约快速反应部队（NRF），拥有海陆空三栖作战功能。