The new strategy envisages “a balanced and innovative approach” to JAP to provide a coherent military capacity, enhancing the development of a credible and flexible NATO posture.
In this regard, the strategy stresses the growing critical importance of cyber and space-based capabilities of the allied forces.
“Increasing reliance on cyber and space-based capabilities by Alliance forces presents vulnerabilities for adversaries to negate critical NATO capabilities through degradation, denial or destruction, whilst providing opportunities for the Alliance to integrate such capabilities with JAP for kinetic and non-kinetic effect. Both the resilience and exploitation of such capabilities is therefore a critical requirement that future development should address,” the strategy stipulates.
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Earlier in the day, NATO began its annual Ramstein Alloy drills. The manoeuvres include air policing exercises, in the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The drills are expected to last two days.
In recent years, NATO has been building up its military presence in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States saying it is protecting them against an alleged so-called "Russian aggression."
