NATO commander unveils strategy to make any attack on alliance ‘utterly futile’

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Alexej Grinchevich has unveiled a new defence strategy aimed at ensuring that any attack on an Alliance member proves utterly futile as countries on NATO's eastern flank face sabotage, arson and drone incursions. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Grinchevich said the strategy, known as the Theory of war was designed to deny adversaries the ability to penetrate NATO territory and sustain an attack. Across the Alliance, we're taking steps to operationalize this theory and maximize the readiness of our forces. If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight, but we are not complacent. We will continue to prepare and rehearse each and every day, and we'll be more ready tomorrow and even more ready the day after that. Grinčevič said the strategy was intended both to reassure the 1 billion people living under the NATO security umbrella, as well as adversaries such as Russia that the Alliance was willing to respond to any invasion. Endorsed by all 32 NATO members, the plan combines conventional military capabilities, including ground forces and military hardware with advanced technologies such as drones, counter-drone systems and artificial intelligence. The strategy rests on three principles, block, blunt and break, which Grinchevich described as simple but central to NATO's approach.