Norway Army Chief Sees Short Window to Boost NATO’s Defenses

  • Bloc has two to three years to prepare for Russian risk: chief
  • Norway Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen talks in interview
Eirik Kristoffersen in Oslo, on June 3.Photographer: Naina Helén Jåma/Bloomberg

Norway’s chief of defense said the NATO alliance has a window of two to three years to prepare before Russia has rebuilt the ability to carry out a conventional attack.

It’s a shorter time frame than some western officials have estimated as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization discuss Russia’s ramp-up of military capacity and its ability to reconstitute forces while waging a full-scale war against Ukraine.