New Delhi, June 18 -- NATO 3.0 is "post-Cold War recognition" that needs to go back to a "real hardline military alliance," US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday.

An alliance "that has real military capabilities capable of deterring right here on the continent and taking the lead for the conventional defence of Europe,' Hegseth said while standing next to NATO chief NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Speaking at NATO headquarters, he said the US would be clear with allies on the need for a more hard-line military posture and greater capability to deter threats on the continent.

Hegseth said the Trump administration now wants a reboot of NATO to turn it into a "NATO 3.0" cap...