Top NATO official calls on businesses to prepare for 'war scenario'
The chairman of NATO’s military committee urges businesses to be less dependent on Russia and China as a potential war in the region looms. | A senior NATO military official advised businesses on Monday to brace for a potential "wartime scenario" by bringing their production back home, instead of depending on China and Russia, which could cut off access during a conflict. ■ Speaking at an event organized by the European Policy Centre in Brussels, Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, stressed that businesses need to prepare for a "wartime scenario" and adjust their production and distribution lines accordingly. He added that while the military may win battles, it is the economies that win wars. ■ Stressing that deterrence is not only about military capacity but that all available tools can be used as weapons, he said, "We're seeing that with the growing number of sabotage acts, and Europe has seen that with energy supply.”
■ NATO Military Committee Chairman Rob Bauer [has] called for producing more weapons for precision strikes inside Russia TASS)