The North Atlantic Alliance needs to have long-range weapons in its arsenal to respond to the threat of russia's new Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile. This was stated by NATO Transformation Commander Admiral Pierre Vandier in an interview with Defense News, UNN reports.
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Answering a question from Defense News, Pierre Vandier said that the Alliance needs to be able to "reciprocate with Russia.
Stability is the ability to respond. If russia has the means to strike Europe at a depth of 2,000 kilometers, you must be able to respond. Deterrence is a way to put pressure on the enemy before he reaches you. He has to think about the consequences of his actions before he takes them. Today we see the exact opposite, today we are always witnessing some kind of fait accompli
The admiral believes that Europe will not be able to get rid of the threat by creating something like the Israeli Iron Dome, given its size.
According to Pierre Vandier, over the past four to five years, most of the stabilization measures that emerged after the Cold War have stopped working. One of the biggest was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), from which the United States and russia withdrew.
In the end, he added that moscow "will respond to escalation.
Recall
Analysis of the wreckage of the Oreshnik ballistic missile used by russia to attack Dnipro showed a production date of 2017. The missile was developed in the early 2010s and manufactured by Roscosmos.