"Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, who chairs NATO's Military Committee told the Financial Times that they are reassessing how they are confronting Russia 's hybrid threats which have escalated across Europe. Russia is also behind explosions and fires which includes a fire at an East London Ukrainian warehouse. In recent years hybrid attacked have intensified which includes cyber-attacks, underwater infrastructure was damaged in the Baltic Sea that all points to Russia."
"Admiral Dragone told the FT, "We are studying everything ... On cyber, we are kind of reactive. Being more aggressive or being proactive instead of reactive is something that we are thinking about. He suggested NATO could launch a "pre-emptive strike" that could be viewed as "defensive action" adding that this approach is "further away from our normal way of thinking and behavior.""
"He said that NATO's Baltic Sentry which is an operation that deploys allied ships, aircraft and naval drones which monitors critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea amid the underwater cables having been cut between 2023 and 2024. He told the FT, "From the beginning of Baltic Sentry, nothing has happened. So this means that this deterrence is working." A Baltic diplomat told the FT, "If all we do is continue being reactive, we just invite Russia to keep trying, keep hurting us.""
NATO could shift toward more proactive and aggressive responses to escalating Russian hybrid attacks that include sabotage, airspace violations, spying, laser incidents and cyber operations. Undersea infrastructure damage, cut Baltic cables and explosions and fires in Europe are being attributed to Russian action, and incidents against shipping and facilities are contested. Consideration of pre-emptive measures is being weighed alongside the legal and jurisdictional limits and questions of who would carry out such actions. Baltic monitoring operations deploying ships, aircraft and naval drones have coincided with a reduction in incidents, suggesting deterrence effects. Continued purely reactive posture risks inviting further asymmetric attacks.
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