The United States government is forking over $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania. Last month, the Obama administration ended plans to construct missile-defense shields in other parts of eastern Europe.

In September, the Obama administration stated they would cease any construction of a missile-defense shield and troops in Czech Republic and Poland, however, the Pentagon is planning to spend more than $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania, according to Stars and Stripes. More than 2,000 soldiers are taking part in exercises near the two eastern European nations.

This latest commitment by the Pentagon consists of a $50 million military base in Romania, which will house 1,600 US troops and a $60 million base in Bulgaria to house 2,500 soldiers.

Commander of Joint Task Force-East Colonel Gary Russ said that government officials and citizens of the two countries have not criticized any such plans of creating the bases since the US missile-defense arrangement was scrapped last month, “We have made commitments and they have never made any overt conversation along the lines of pulling out of JTF-East. I think both of these [bases] illustrate great commitment [to Eastern Europe].”

These bases, which are strictly funded by the United States, will be shared between the US and the two host-nations.

Analysts believe this new operation is part of a global redeployment strategy and, in the end, will cost less but be closer to the strife in the Middle East, at least according to James Robbins, a senior fellow in national security affairs with the Washington-based think tank American Foreign Policy Council. He further added that this strategy was already being implemented under the Bush administration.