STRATEGIC SEALIFT WITHIN NATO AND THE EU
STRATEGIC SEALIFT WITHIN NATO AND THE EU
Author(s): Metin OmerContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: common defence; command and control; theatre of operations; transport contract; force deployment; naval transport; consumable supplies;
Summary/Abstract: In order to cover the needed air, naval and land transportation as well as to provide greater mobility, namely to alternately use the lift assets depending on necessities, the strategic lift structures have mainly focused on two directions for the future, as follows: providing a multinational feature through the accession of several countries to the same initiative and the use of their lift assets and of the offer to rent own lift capabilities; providing a multimodal feature through the optimal use of air, naval and land lift assets with a view to covering the necessary transportation. Thus, both in NATO and in the EU, there are two strategic lift structures about to be completed, on which the author elaborates in the current article: Multinational Coordination Centre of Europe and Athens Multinational Sealift Coordination Centre.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 121-127
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
