«(...)These [NATO] plans are perhaps an attempt to shift the Alliance’s military
planning from one that is capability-based
(a concept that
tries to have a smattering of every military capability available),
including
some new ones),
to
one that is threat-based
(a
concept that looks specifically at competitors and builds/develops
capabilities designed to counteract any weaknesses and build on
opportunities for advantage).
Currently,
NATO is driven by the equipment states have determined they need
(or wish to retain), and will make available to NATO. The
new concept would prioritise and presumably encourage states to
change their priorities in favour of those the Alliance determines as
important. What is difficult to imagine is how
SACEUR will reconcile the ability to generate these forces with
national prioritisation and deployment of forces by individual
states: this is a fundamental dilemma that will need to be
overcome if the concepts are to be useful.(...)?»
@https://rusi.org/people/roberts-0
