MADRID, June 28 (IPS) – The three-day NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Madrid (June 28,29, June 30, 2022) is expected to agree to a substantial increase Europe’s military might, eliminating Russia’s borders and further expanding its presence in Africa, according to a diplomatic source.
Taking advantage of Russia’s “Special Operation” going on in Ukraine, NATO The leaders are also expected to agree on a fivefold increase in their numbers and military capabilities in Europa, including nuclear weapons, long-range missiles, cyberattacks and weapons development. gas, the unnamed source told IPS.
According to this information, the NATO Summit will have a special plan to increase the presence of troops and weapons in Eastern Europe and also in Southern Europe, that is, the countries of the Mediterranean Union.
There are plans to massively increase the force “at high availability”.
“Nato has announced plans to massively increase the number of its forces at high readiness to more than 300,000 troops.“NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg say like quote plain BBC.
“The bloc’s rapid response force currently has 40,000 troops, many of which are stationed along the alliance’s eastern flank.“
Middle East and Africa
Furthermore, the NATO Summit is also expected to agree to further expand the Alliance’s military deployment to the Middle East and Africa, with a particular focus on its Northern region, with alleged that this is for the purpose of preventing and combating terrorism.
According to the source, NATO clearly intends to “neutralize” Russia as an adversary so that it can focus its strategy on what current leaders agree to call a “challenge China”.
Three of NATO’s member states: the United States, United Kingdom and France, not only possess “nuclear weapons” – considered weapons of mass destruction” and “most destructive weapons ever” created”, but they also continued nuclear modernization. arsenal with the most advanced technologies.
Nuclear stockpile
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on June 13, 2022 presenting findings on Yearbook 2022: of an estimated total inventory of 12,705 warheads at the beginning of 2022, about 9,440 warheads are in military stockpiles “for potential use”.
Of those, an estimated 3,732 warheads were deployed with missiles and aircraft, and about 2,000 – nearly all of them Russian or US – were kept on “high operational alert”, according to the annual report. Director 2022 of SIPRI The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow as nations continue to modernize.
Weapon making
Of particular concern is the fact that the increasing use of modern technologies in the operation of weapons, including nuclear weapons, entails further dangers to the ability to “compute human error”.
“Cyberattacks can manipulate information that decision-makers have in order to launch nuclear weapons and interfere with the operation of their own nuclear weapons,” warns the International Campaign to Repeal nuclear weapons (I CAN).
As reported by this 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Waste: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2021The increased application of advanced machine learning in defense systems could accelerate the pace of war – giving decision-makers less time to consider whether to launch nuclear weapons.
ICAN adds that countries may be eager to adopt new artificial intelligence technologies before they understand the full implications of these technologies.
“The risk of core nuclear weapons systems being attacked or compromised cannot be eliminated without eliminating nuclear weapons.”
Multiply military spending in times of crisis
According to NATO critics, thousands of people marched in the streets of Madrid, the ‘scary’ outcome of the NATO Summit will only bring severe negative consequences for European citizens.
In fact, both gas and oil prices, as well as commodity and staple food prices, have marked a sharp rise in European countries, leading to record-high inflation, averaging almost 9% in most of the world. the end of the ‘old continent’.
According to critics, the militarization of Europe’s national budgets will further undermine already-declining spending on public health, public education, social services and unemployment, which has already taken a hit. by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to critics.
NATO envisages plans…diplomatically speaking
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg outlined his priorities for the Madrid Summit in a speech on June 22, 2022. Speaking at an event organized by Politico, Stoltenberg said: “We will make decisions to strengthen our Alliance and keep it agile in a dangerous world. than this.”
general secretary explain that NATO will strengthen its defenses, agree to a new Strategic Concept and increase support for Ukraine and other partners at risk.
Stoltenberg said that in Madrid, the Allies would follow through on a commitment made in 2014 to spend at least 2% of GDP on defense.
He emphasize Progress has been made with greater burden sharing across the Union: “We must continue to invest more. And together invest more in NATO.” Read the full comment of the NATO Secretary General
Peace, security and safety
Regardless of the proposed military plans, both NATO and European Commission sources as well as the national governments of the Union member states insist that the sole goal is to strengthen the “defence”. , peace, security and safety”. of their citizens.
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