The big topic of discussion at NATO’s biannual summit in Warsaw Friday and Saturday is how the Alliance ought to respond to a newly aggressive Russia.
Another way to put it: A2AD, that “terrible acronym,” in the words of Douglas Lute, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. A2AD stands for Anti-Access Area Denial, and this military jargon captures the security and political challenge posed by Moscow’s military investments along NATO’s frontiers.
Over the past few years, Russia has deployed sophisticated anti-air and anti-ship defenses, bombers and missiles at key locations, most significantly for NATO in the enclave of Kaliningrad that’s sandwiched between Poland …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
