Happy birthday NATO - here are all the stats that suggest Trump couldn't be more wrong about you

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has again stirred the pot by dismissing NATO as "obsolete."

Trump has contended that the 28-nation military alliance needs to be radically rethought and framed away from its Cold War structure toward an organization more capable of fighting threats like ISIS.

This argument ignores the multiple operations that NATO has conducted to bring stability to Europe after the Cold War and also in the fight against terrorism.

Below, we have explained why NATO continue to be important and how its global reach is as important as ever for both Europe and the wider world.