The Chiefs of Defence of NATO countries, meeting on Wednesday 10 May in Brussels, discussed the development of regional plans.
“These are geographically specific plans that describe how we will defend key and relevant places in our Alliance against the two threats described in the Strategic Concept and the NATO Military Strategy, namely Russia and terrorist groups”, said the Chair of NATO’s Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer.
He said that for the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Allies would be offered threat-based capability targets. “These targets will have a significant impact on future investments and developments of Allied Armed Forces”, he said.
The aim is to have these regional plans adopted at the Vilnius summit in July.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also hoped that a new action plan for the Alliance’s defence production would be approved at the summit, “to ensure that NATO continues to have the capabilities that (the Allies) need”. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)