“I think we have started accelerating over the past years. It's a modernization of NATO. It's at air, it's at sea, it's undersea, it's in cyber. Estonia in 2007, hit by Russian cyber-attacks. So what you see there with those exercises are critical.” ThinkingYearsPastAirSeaExerciseCriticalOver The PastNatoCyberModernizationEstoniaCyber AttacksUndersea Author:Michael Leiter
“We need additional funding for more U.S. combat brigades in Europe. NATO needs to continue to modernize. It is starting to show with the Russians but these exercises are central to show that the alliance is firm, especially as the E.U. starts to have some weakness on the economic front.” NeedsShowsEconomicFrontsExerciseWeaknessEuropeStartingFirmCombatFundingAlliancesNato Author:Michael Leiter
