Confesso poucas certezas se será o melhor tópico para colocar este texto, mas...
Achei interessante a alteração de "modelo" de FA, alterando a "moda" NATO de ligeiro, pouco, assimétrico - isto de ter Russia perto a mostrar as "garrazinhas"... talvez o início de uma nova tendencia...?
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=149241:
In Norwegian, so I've made a light translation below
http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/01/05/n...itikk/4257819/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fd/...html?id=541542Norway’s Labour Party’s defence minister Anne Grethe Strøm-Erichsen held the yearly speech to the Oslo Military Society on 5. Dec, where she pointed out that the one sided focus on doctrines in international operations and asymmetrical warfare had gone too far and was to be withdrawn from its top priority status. -The armed forces are "over-adapted" in direction of being light, fast and mobile. There is now a firm political awareness for the need of a larger, more robust and homeland defence oriented force, the minister said.
Even with this strategic change, Norwegian forces that are committed to international operations should – as the general army is about to - become more robust and have better stamina in their abilities to stay abroad for longer periods at a time.
The minister proudly pointed out that the army personnel had increased by 40% during the current government - and would rapidly grow further. -The navy and coast guard are some of Europe's most modern, and all fighter squadrons of the air force will receive new F-35 fighters. The painful process of down-scaling the Cold War invasion army was over - we will now see a brighter future for the armed forces.
The ministry of defence is hereby withdrawing its main focus from international operations - to again be mainly addressing the guarding of national sovereignty, surveillance of the Northern areas and to keep an open eye on Russia.
The minister is calling on NATO to be more vigilant in its relations to Russia, as this country is rapidly increasing its military presence and manoeuvring activity on the alliace' Northern flank. -The recent actions in Georgia have also contributed a new perspective on matters.
During the NATO conference in February, Strøm-Erichsen laid out her concerns and views in this matter and got a positive feedback from the other representatives. When she again addressed the same issue in September, there were even more agreement and favour of her arguments.
NATO must both address modern threats and conflicts on the Global arena, as well as maintaining capabilities related to the traditional geo-political threats which the alliance was originally formed to confront. She wants an increased focus on protection of individual member countries - which in turn will strengthen international operations like the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
Her views have especially seen support from the USA and the new, Eastern member countries. Also the Mediterranean countries appear to support this view, as they are also seeing geo-political challenges due to their geographical locations. -Others speak of the danger to draw the focus away from Afghanistan, but this is where we believe NATO needs to keep track of both these challenges, Strøm-Erichsen says.
In the end, the minister insists that the Norwegian commitment in Afghanistan is for the long term, and that the country will soon commit forces to UN missions. 150 troops and a field hospital will be sent to Chad in March, and a frigate may be deployed to counter pirate activity outside Somali waters this year. There are also talks of committing troops to the UN force in Congo.
