The NATO Summit this week will address a call for members to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP, noting past European shortcomings in military investment. The proposal includes 3.5% for traditional defense and 1.5% for crucial infrastructure and cybersecurity. Highlighting the importance of military mobility, the article warns that adversaries like Russia and China are actively undermining NATO's efforts through cyberattacks, necessitating a strategic pivot to include robust investments in transportation and communication networks, critical for operational effectiveness in conflicts.
In stepping up to properly resource its defense establishments, Europe has to be sure to prioritize more than just planes, tanks, and ships - but also to invest in the military mobility of NATO forces as well.
This defense-related spending is principally infrastructure protection and cybersecurity - and it is every bit as critical as the euros spent on weapon systems.
The Alliance's authoritarian adversaries - particularly Russia and China - know that compromising critical infrastructure through cyber and physical attacks would impede the ability of the United States and its NATO allies to deploy, supply, and sustain military forces.
This is why Chinese cyber operators, dubbed 'Volt Typhoon,' have prepositioned destructive capabilities in energy, transportation, and communications systems to degrade America's ability to respond to its aggression against Taiwan.
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