After the conference in Bratislava Globsec biggest news was the news confirmed by NATO in February …: permanent bases on the eastern flank will not. Do you blame short memory journalists or politicians penchant for odgrzewanych chops it – less important. More worrying is that, when the lack of databases underlines the reluctance to have our major allies: the United States and Germany.
“No to NATO bases in Poland”, “The defeat of the government in a key case. NATO says no? “” Clever movements instead of permanent NATO bases in Poland. USA and Germany speak with one voice … “. When I read the headlines recounting the conference security Globsec in Bratislava, I feel that most of the media missed the February meeting of NATO defense ministers and released after the message for permanent extended presence of military alliance in the countries of eastern flank.
It meant in fact, that NATO will not build permanent bases in the east, and the military making sure sentient Russian threat to the member countries will be pursued through a rotary multinational entities exercising on the ranges from Estonia to Bulgaria, but ready to use in a situation of crisis or attack. The fact that NATO – also in Washington and Berlin, but also in Paris, London, Ottawa and Istanbul – there is no support for the main Polish postulate the past two years, or permanent bases on the eastern flank, was already known in Newport and since the previous the summit changed little, despite the efforts of the coalition built by Warsaw 9 countries.
uS commander in Europe – generals Phil Breedlove and Frederick Hodges – repeatedly warned us about this, knowing the attitude of the Obama administration and the political climate in Western Europe. Between the lines suggested that if the decision depended on them would be different, but asserted that the constant rotational presence of combat troops is the “next best thing” to put forward stationing.
Both hinted that they will do everything in their power – within the financial consequences to impose the Congress, and political considerations remain in the hands of the president – by the presence of Rotary have a real and credible deterrent against possible aggression and the ability to stop it. Among other things, hence the decision to send to Eastern Europe from February 2017. Heaviest of the available groups fighting the US Army – brygadowego team combat armored forces.
Therefore, Poland will take an important place on the map basing of US equipment to be invested in selected databases from autumn. Also because for operations Atlantic Resolve (how Americans define their actions Confirmation of allies), was purchased missiles precision missile ground-to-ground GMLRS and guided anti-tank missiles.
A specific, qualitative change will be adapting to the use of aircraft for tactical V F-22 generation base in Germany. Raptors would it lead operations of breaking the defense of Russia and the elimination of tactical Iskander missiles – using his advantage in the form of technology stealth detection difficult, and the huge potential of information processing. Yes – it’s all “instead of” permanent bases and all of this is known for several months.
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statements Globsec, however, was considered groundbreaking. Maybe that’s why both the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, and US Deputy Defense Secretary Jim Townsend had put the coffee on the table, without resorting to diplomatic formulas.
The head of the Defense Ministry of Germany, by some connoisseurs of German policy put into play as the successor Angela Merkel at the head of the CDU and perhaps the future chancellor, has spoken openly about the respect by the West of the Act of the NATO-Russia 1997. and indicated that the alliance is better than the bases ways to deter potential aggression.
” it is not a question of permanent bases and clever movement “- said von der Leyen. He supported the Czech Gen. Petr Pavel, the head of the NATO Military Committee, which held that permanent bases could only be an element of political deterrence, but it would bring anything significant in a military sense.
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