ORAC
24th Nov 2006, 07:06
FT: New threats push Nato to revise strategy (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4ecd4cce-7b25-11db-bf9b-0000779e2340.html) The Nato alliance, stretched by operations in Afghanistan, should further expand its role to include counter-terrorism, cyber-security and the security of natural resources, according to a classified document to be endorsed by presidents and prime ministers next week......
Main priorities seem to be counter-terrorism, cyber-security and urban warfare. Two points I find of interest are:
...."Nato defence ministers want 40 per cent of the alliance’s land forces to be available for overseas missions."
and
“the ability. . . to identify hostile elements, including in urban areas, in order to conduct operations in a way that minimises unintended damage as well as to the risk to our own forces”.
I´m not sure that 3 x C-17s is going to go along way towards the first. :hmm:
As for the second, non-lethal weapons? More special forces?
Main priorities seem to be counter-terrorism, cyber-security and urban warfare. Two points I find of interest are:
...."Nato defence ministers want 40 per cent of the alliance’s land forces to be available for overseas missions."
and
“the ability. . . to identify hostile elements, including in urban areas, in order to conduct operations in a way that minimises unintended damage as well as to the risk to our own forces”.
I´m not sure that 3 x C-17s is going to go along way towards the first. :hmm:
As for the second, non-lethal weapons? More special forces?