A senior North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military official said Wednesday that the time has come for Western public and private actors to prepare for an era in which anything can happen at any time, including war.
“We need a combative transformation of NATO,” Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, head of the Alliance's military committee, said at the start of a two-day defense chiefs meeting in Brussels.
He further emphasized that in the post-Cold War era, “A seismic shift in power is occurring.As a result, we face the most dangerous world in decades.'' Past NATO governments and businesses believed in an era when everything was abundant, predictable, controllable, and focused on efficiency.'' Reuters points out that he was alive in report.
File/NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer said the time has come for Western countries to prepare for the possibility of war. (Lise Aseldo/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Concerns have been expressed across Europe that Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Donald Trump's return to the White House will lead to a complete reset of U.S. relations with the region in general and NATO in particular, making it clear that everything has changed. Ta.
As a result, NATO members are living in an era where “anything can happen at any time, an era when we need to anticipate the unexpected, and an era when we need to focus on effectiveness to be fully effective.” You need to adjust your thinking. , He said.
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On Monday, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the government was sending 20,000 troops, many of whom will be in Eastern Europe from February to June, to take part in a NATO military exercise known as “Steady Defenders.” It was announced that he would be dispatched.
Britain plans to send state-of-the-art fighter and reconnaissance planes, as well as warships and submarines.
