This military machine NATO immersed in the development of a new model of collective defense capable of responding to two major threats identified by the allied command: terrorist groups And Russia The war against Ukraine has become the “most serious threat” to Euro-Atlantic security for decades. Atlantic Alliance Military CommitteeDutch admiral Rob Bauerfollowing a meeting of allied defense chiefs aimed at drafting strategic decisions to be taken in the United States Vilnius Peak. According to Bauer, although Moscow had to resort to “old” materials and less trained forces, tank arsenal This remains a “problem” and in the coming months, quantity will prevail over quality.
“We see that the Russians are starting to use it. very old materialancient skills such as T-54 tanks what we now see on the battlefield (designed in 1954). The problem is, they still have a lot of T-54s, so that’s a problem in terms of quantity,” Bauer admitted. weapon capacity Moscow and the deterioration of the army after the 15-month war since the invasion of Ukraine. “I think what we’re going to see now is that the Russians will focus on numbers, hiring more and mobilizing people who aren’t well-educated, old stuff, but big numbers, not as precise and good as the new ones,” he continues. Meanwhile, Ukraine will focus on quality, thanks to Western weapons systems and military training. “This is the biggest difference in the coming months,” he predicts.
Allied defense chiefs warn Moscow will not stop in Ukraine and fine-tune regional defense plans
A situation resulting from poor Soviet preparation on the battlefield. “Russia was expecting a three-day war, and this is in the 15th month,” Bauer said. calculation errors military planners Vladimir Putin It doesn’t take into account that any war becomes a logistical war five or six years after it starts. “They didn’t have the logistics. A few days later they ran out of fuel for the tanks. It’s not because they don’t have fuel in Russia, it’s because they were in the wrong place.” Bauer reminds us that the ability to resist and retaliate depends on the probability of producing anything you lose: from ammo to vehicles, artillery pieces and soldiers.
“His ambition goes further”
Despite Russia’s miscalculation, the Allied command is clear that Russia will not stop in Ukraine. “His ambition goes beyond his limits and we’ve seen that in the past few days. Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. And again. Russia has shaken the foundations of the rules-based international order and sadly brought NATO into a new era of collective defense, not only for Ukraine, not only for NATO, but for all free democracies in the world.”, after listening to the Ukrainian general and the NATO representative in Kiev, he added : sergei salkutsan. “The main difference between crisis management and collective defense is that it is our enemy, not us, who sets the schedule. We must prepare ourselves for the fact that conflicts can arise at any time.” Russia’s “increasingly aggressive” behavior pattern.
It is China that the NATO military command does not see as a threat, but rather as a challenge, and therefore they do not work on military plans for the Asian giant. “We’re working on military plans against Russia and terrorist groups. That’s what the plans are about, that’s what force structure requirements are about. That doesn’t mean the Alliance doesn’t have allies that take China into account and they’re going to take China into account. It is not a collective effort based on political decisions taken by the leaders in Madrid (at the summit),” Erdogan said, describing the development of military plans that would require more and faster troops. “Preparation and effectiveness are much more than numbers. You need speed and scale, as well as flexibility and a wide range of capabilities,” he said of the work they do.