75th anniversary of NATO – alliance is not prepared for a major conflict with Russia. Just ten of the 32 NATO countries with some kind of compulsory basic training for soldiers.
In all other countries, military preparation is currently a purely voluntary matter. After the US armed forces, NATO's currently strongest military units are the Turkish military, which drafts several hundred thousand 21 to 41 year olds into military service every year for six to twelve months. British department head David Cameron called on the members of the defense alliance to increase arms spending.