“Mission ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do,” says top general.
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“Mission ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do,” says top general.
A view toward Charing Cross station in London, a disused platform of which was transformed this week to create a subterranean command post in Estonia, housing a U.K.-led NATO exercise. | John Keeble/Getty Images
May 22, 2026
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