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‘Ik moet zeggen dat ik al die verhalen van Sergej over zijn supermoderne leger met die hypermoderne techniek altijd met een korreltje zout heb genomen. Maar het schijnt echt een groot succes te zijn, die speciale militaire operatie om onze Slavische broeders in Oekraïne te bevrijden.’
How were the Ukrainian authorities deceived during the annexation of Crimea in 2014? Part 2 of the diptych on the art of deception focuses on Russia’s application of the concept.
Deception includes activities that can take place at all levels, but what are the Western views on deception?
Is the Royal Netherlands Army able to conduct counterfire operations against a (near-) peer adversary keen on using artillery on a massive scale?
Because of the significant changes in the security environment NATO has moved credible and effective deterrence to the forefront again.
Concerning the Suwalki Gap, NATO has the options to continue pretending that its present countermeasures are adequate to stop and even roll back a Russian invasion or to increase its defence spending considerably.
