The Royal Navy could assemble its amphibious group near the English Channel, where normal traffic around Portsmouth would help conceal the scale of preparation. A regularly scheduled Thursday War fleet exercise could provide a public explanation for concentrating ships and aircraft without announcing that combat was certain. The United States might similarly fly extra Marines into Iceland and disperse them in civilian vehicles away from obvious targets. Soviet intelligence would probably recognize the preparations, but their routine appearance could make them harder to challenge publicly while NATO improved its readiness.
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Mobilizing reinforcements without declaring that war is inevitable
Routine exercises and dispersed deployments could let NATO strengthen amphibious forces and Iceland while preserving political room for negotiation.