NATO has, for the first time, published a summary of its Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Policy, outlining how the Alliance intends to safeguard its territory, populations, and forces from threats across all altitudes and speeds, according to a press release.
Citing the Alliance’s Strategic Concept from the Madrid Summit, the policy warns that “the Euro-Atlantic area is not at peace” and that “the Alliance is faced with multifaceted threats, systemic competition from assertive and authoritarian actors, as well as growing security challenges from all strategic directions.”
It also states that “NATO IAMD is a 24/7 construct where national authority to defend Allies is assigned to NATO on a permanent basis and where NATO and national resources are employed under a NATO Command and Control structure.”
Emphasising the need for readiness, the document highlights how “NATO IAMD comprises essential and continuous activities in peacetime, crisis and times of conflict,” incorporating measures designed to “deter any air and missile threat or to nullify or reduce their effectiveness.”
This defensive approach, referred to as a “360-degree” methodology, aims to address possible dangers emanating from state and non-state actors alike.
In conjunction with the IAMD Policy’s release, NATO Defence Ministers announced two new multinational projects to bolster air defences against lower-level threats and enhance passive air surveillance.
The initiatives, unveiled at the Ministers’ meeting on 13 February, underline the Allies’ commitment to a unified approach in confronting modern security challenges.
It’s beyond me how we can publish an integrated air defence plan for Europe that includes the USA after Pete Hegseth speech. America has been very clear it’s pulling out, it’s time we listened. It’s looking prescient that Germany choose Arrow 3 over SM 3 or THAAD, it’s time to beef up SAMP/T and get on with developing Atser 30 NT Blk II or even the previously mentioned Atser 45 missile to provide real European alternative system for ballistic missile defence and theatre level air defence. We need to start replacing SM3 batteries in Romania and Poland ASAP. While these… Read more »
Sadly, I think you are right. The UK needs a European GBAD. Best version of SAMP-T NG at the top. CAMM, CAMM-ER, CAMM-MR in the middle. MSI Terrahawk Paladin for the lower tier. If we get the 2.65% GDP defence budget, then maybe the UK can afford it.
The Italian Kronos Grand Radar will already work in conjunction with our sky Sabre system. We could basically buy four Kronos Grand Radars, 8 sets of aster land based missile launchers and combine them with four more Sky Sabre batteries for a pretty comprehensive air defence capability with ABM terminal phase intercept capability. Basically like having four T45 destroyers on land. Then we only need to buy one Arrow 3 battery tacked on to the German order. We put one at Lossiemouth, one at Faslane, one at Coningsby where we also put the Arrow 3 battery and one near Plymouth… Read more »
Like your numbers. A shared Aster and CAMM inventory would need to be substantial enough for the Navy and land, even just looking at the consumption rates in Ukraine. Some Navy stocks may have to be forward deployed as ships can’t keep running back to the UK and Gib for reloading and not having any FSS at the moment isn’t helping.
Yes the shared missile inventory is a very attractive feature. It’s also makes development and industrial participation much easier.
Would probably want to look at coverage of a few key Barracks too, Bovington, Merville and Catterick at least. Probably would also want one to cover Brize considering it’s role and the amount of kit that’s there.
Hegseth said what even Dwight Eisenhower said about nato and Europe and Dwight Eisenhower wanted to pull U.S. troops out of Europe what the Americans are asking for is not unreasonable
I think most people in Europe would be more than happy for US troops to leave Europe. I think we are all getting board of the constant argument of America defends Europe, defends it from what and with what?. Europe has 2 million full time service personnel in Europe guarding Europe and America has 100,000 in Europe.
It’s pretty basic math right there about who is an isn’t defending Europe.
Europe has almost no defense infrastructure. European countries are pulling from US stockpiles every single day, including the UK.
Europe has simply loads of defence infrastructure from Poland to Spain, and is ramping up capacity. Do some basic research before posting such inaccurate nonsense!
But they got next to no kit, and what the do have is barely functional and have the logistics to fight for about 3 weeks, assuming they take no losses at all during that time.
” I think we are all getting board of the constant argument of America defends Europe, defends it from what and with what?”
You rally have no clue of reality. Starting with deterrence.
I think it’s just you AlexS, you give off the distinct impression of being an arsehole sitting in their mothers basement, I suggest you join the other trolls on the Daily Mail Defence section and leave this site to people who have knowledge and something useful to contribute.
Are we taking part or just going to talk about and arrange the chairs at meetings. Which is about all we ever do lately. Is it free if so were in, if we have buy kit and up grade then its a no as we have no money and we just like to talk about things while doing not a lot.
I think Trump needs economics 101 for dummies read to him; his simplistic bollards might appeal to folks from the Appalachians but some big US corporates are going to face paying taxes in Europe as they get hit for taxes and the merry go round of US invoicing Eueopean subsidiaries for intellectual property is brought to an end. Then, there is defence acquisitions and a recognition that the US is not a reliable partner and a European move to source from non-US companies, see above for air defence. Finally, would we really join the US in any anti-Chinese effort? Doubts… Read more »
Thank you. Your comment makes me want to vote Trump again. I have visited London and I have visited Appalachia. The former was a foul smelling cesspool populated by some of the rudest people on earth, the latter is a beautiful place populated by kind patriotic people.
With logic skills like that I can see why you voted Trump, comparing one of the world’s largest mega cities with a rural backwater.
Great logic there Pal. Ever been to New York or somewhere where people don’t marry their cousins?
Trump seems to be creating a despotic authoratarian neo-colonial aggressive USA. He might succeed. He might trigger a civil war.
We may need to form either a rump-NATO or Free European alliance.
Insane Donald is only encouraging Russia, China etc to attack neighbours by stupidly proposing taking neighbouring territories aqbsolutely trashing nternational law.
Zelenski’s speech at Munich this morning was a welcome breath of sane fresh air after trumps & Vances/Tusks rantings.
When will we start rebuilding our trashed forces?!-Rather than talking about it while actually cutting even more.
Don’t be so silly.
That there is the problem. No-one is going to rebuild their Armed Forces are they? Spout off as much as you like about the Americans but at least they can put their money where their mouth is. Outside of Poland, the EU talks a lot and does nothing. The countries that are trying, i.e. the Baltics aren’t big enough to make a difference. We like to shout off how we are the best trained in the world etc, but a fat lot of good that is since we would struggle to put a single operationally self supporting Brigade in the… Read more »
Spot on
Almost every European nation is rebuilding and strengthening their defence capabilities!
The US is not about to leave NATO.
It is though facing a potential war with China and it knows it will be hard pressed to win it. It needs European NATO to step up for once and meet its financial obligations.
Trump just offered to surrender Ukraine to a failed third rate power and America is not even fighting. There is zero chance America will defend anywhere in Asia from China. Trump is literally saying that in the Oval Office as he offers to cut US defence spending to 1.5% of GDP.
Almost everyone in Europe meets the 2% of GDP target which is the only NATO financial obligation in existence. So what financial obligations are you referring to and why is the president of the united states stating he will aim not to meet the NATO target.
Interestingly, there is a graphic on the UK gov website for NATO defence spending showing that all countries have increased their spend since 2014 until 2024, with the exception of the US which has seen a small fall..! To be fair the UK spending whilst it has risen slightly over the last ten years is still below the peak in 2010… Shown as a percentage of GDP.
Link to the page: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8175/
Finland and Sweden are not shown.
Cheers CR
Why should the US defend Ukraine? Europe isn’t even defending it, and it’s on their continent.
The US has zero interest in getting New York or London nuked over some backwater Eastern European cornfields. You guys on this blog need to get real.
Because when Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons, the US, the UK and Russia guaranteed its security in return. The US didn’t promise to go to war for Ukraine’s sake, but it did agree to respect the sovereignty of Ukraine according to recognised boundaries, which include Crimea, the Donbas and Zaporizhzhia. It has a obligation not to violate those boundaries by negotiating them away.
It’s clear the word of Russia is meaningless. I’d hope for more from the USA.
“It’s clear the word of Russia is meaningless. I’d hope for more from the USA.”
Continues the lack of self awareness of most Europeans* here. Are you talking about the WORD that Europe would spend 3% of GDP then reduced to 2% of GDP in their defence?
* i am European.
A larger share of support for Ukraine comes from Europe over the USA.
One of our profound problems is that we are dealing with a POTUS who understands nothing, only listens to teh voices in his head, and has gutted his regime of competent people.
That is the situation we have to manage.
The US is literally not defending Ukraine, just so you’re aware no Americans are in Ukraine. Ukraine is defending Ukraine and Europe is sending them the majority of the money and guns to sustain the fight.
Not really, 7 European countries are not paying 2% including some of the larger nations (Belgium, Italy, Spain) indeed several of them are nowhere near.
7 out of 30 and that’s only if you include Iceland and Lichtenstein. The EU average is above 2%.
Canada is no where near 2%. Do we say that North American NATO is not pulling its weight because half the members in North America don’t make 2%.
The EU talks. Starmer talks. Lammy talks. Reeves talks. The Tories talk. So easy in opposition. All irrelevant. Derbyshire is on TV this morning grilling some minister I’ve never heard of on defence spending. 2.5 %, 3% however many %. She, like most journalists, is as clueless as him, until WHAT is included in that % is appreciated and understood by the public and media. Europe, including us, may supply plenty in arms and aid, but the US is the power. And what are we actually expecting Russia and Ukraine to do? Fight forever? Neither can defeat the other. Is… Read more »
A cease fire on existing lines. Give time for Ukraine and Europe to win the peace, keep crippling sanctions on Russia. Once Putin dies diplomacy can resume.
No one in Russia wants this war it’s just one man. No one in Russia gives two f**ks about Donbass.
Quite right on all points, Daniele. The interview this morning was excruciating. Good to hear that once the SDR is completed, we’re going to get a ‘roadmap’ to 2.5% (as if it’s predetermined that will be enough irrespective of outcome). This obsession with an arbitrary 2.5% is nonsensical, we have to spend whatever is necessary and more importantly, when it is necessary.
👍