According to him, the new tool will first allow the alliance to observe vast territories and track maneuvers, the movement of troops and hostilities.
In Europe, they are not sure that the aggressor country Russia will stop in Ukraine, Vandier said. He emphasized the importance of reassuring countries on the eastern flank of NATO. “We can tell them: we observe,” he added.
The organization of the North Atlantic Treaty announced on the evening of June 11 that she chose an American supplier of satellite shots of Planet Labs for a new initiative called Smart Indication and Warning Broad Detection (Sinbad). Its goal is a very frequent scan of the regions of the globe throughout the year, while II helps to note any changes and issue warnings.
According to the representative of NATO, who wished to remain unnamed, this technology can also be used to monitor the Arctic, which is becoming increasingly important for the alliance in connection with the growth of ambitions of Russia and China in this region.
NATO began to develop a space surveillance system after a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in Ukraine in 2022. According to the representative of the alliance, SinBAD is a pilot project launched on the eve of the larger deployment of the NATO space surveillance system, planned for January 2026.
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Over the past years, the political and military leadership of European countries has several times declared the threat of a Russian attack. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Russia can attack NATO in 2029. The threat from the Russian Federation declared and Ex-Chancellor of Germany Olaf Sholts. According to the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Norway, Eirik Christophersen, to prepare for a probable war with Russia NATO has two or three years.
Bild, citing a secret document, informed that NATO was preparing for the likely attack of Russia on the eastern flank. In the document “only for the official use of” the Ministry of Defense of Germany, it describes in detail the likely “path to the conflict” between the Russian Federation and NATO, the culmination of which will be the placement of hundreds of thousands of alliance soldiers and the inevitable beginning of the war in the summer of 2025.
On February 16, 2025, the FINANCIAL Times reported with reference to an anonymous Ukrainian official, which is illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin preparing for war against the Baltic countries.
On June 2, British Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer announced the introduction of a large-scale defense reform of the Kingdom of Armed Forces, which provides, in particular, the expansion of the country's nuclear potential and readiness for war.
