MILITARY MOBILITY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53477/2668-2001-21-25Keywords:
NATO; European Union; Eastern Flank; military mobility; deployment; sustainmentAbstract
To ensure its defense and deterrence posture, NATO has to prove the ability to quickly deploy, reinforce and sustain its forces across the entire SACEUR Area of Responsibility. To ensure the end-state of free deployment of forces across Europe, the Alliance identified the need to abolish legal and administrative barriers and to improve the infrastructure status and transportations capacity. Both NATO and the European Union recognized the military mobility deficiencies as a strategic vulnerability for Europe in case of a peer-to-peer conflict scenario.
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