Washington is extremely concerned about the opinion of the analysts about the fact that the Russian military is technically able to "borrow" one of the NATO countries, before its Forces quickly response time to mobilize, said the Secretary of defense Ashton Carter after the meeting in Russia, where in this regard, discussed the increasing role of the USA in the contingent. General of the Czech army Petr Pavel, which from July will be headed by the NATO Military Committee, have said before that the Alliance is not able to react quickly to danger, as well as among them from Russia, which, in his vision, from a purely technical point of view would be enough for several days to "capture" the Baltic States. As reported, Carter said once again that the Russian Federation directs to the Ukraine military unmarked and in the capital of the USA and NATO "extremely" concerned that similar tactics can be applied, for example, in the Baltic States, which the U.S. is obliged to defend under the North Atlantic Treaty. the head of the Pentagon on the last working day of the week held in Stuttgart secret meeting in Russia with American diplomats and military leaders. As conveyed, the participants evaluated the effectiveness of punishments and steps to deter Russia and the issue of additional military support to European countries. As Bloomberg adds, analysts believe that in such a scenario, " the Russian military will be able to occupy the territory of U.S. allies before rapid response Forces of NATO will have time to mobilize ". Finally, the creation of rapid reaction Forces of NATO was adopted at the conference of the Commonwealth in Wales in September 2014. The expected duration of the transfer and deployment of parts in the States which was in danger of attack, is not required to exceed 48 hours. in this regard, the meeting discussed the possibility of strengthening the U.S. role in the rapid reaction Forces of NATO, for example in terms of intelligence, transport and logistics.