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
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.