NATO's Eastern Flank Plans and Deterrence Strategy

Uh, that's the, that's our, the, the m- meaning of the familiar plan that, that we do have.

I mean, our plans at the Eastern, uh, we have three plans over there, but they are just to be ready in case of, uh, uh, es- an escalation, uh, of course, over there.

So it's, uh, there is something that, uh, there are action, there are movement, there are, uh, reaction that are supposed to be there.

Everything is just pretty much standardized to make the decision process, process a- as quick as possible.

But, uh, everything is already, is already started.

I mean, we have four, four thousand pages of plans for, for the Eastern flank, and this goes from the, the minimal, uh, crisis or interference in the, in our soil with, I mean, Article 5 and on and on. But every...

The alliance is ready. Uh, the structure is ready.

The, the soldiers, uh, the, the system, the weapons are ready. Uh, we are, of course, increasing them in nu- number on one side, and also in sophistication to match the evolution of the, of the threat. But, I mean, everything is there.

And it is, it is right because, I mean, this alliance has seventy-seven years and has been adapting to the, I mean, to the evolv- evolving of the, of the threat in this, in this timeframe. So I mean, that's, that's something...

In case of attack, we know what to do. And in case of an attack, I can tell you that, uh, today, they have much more to lose than to gain.

That's for sure, and that's deterrence. If we stay in this-