NATO Drafts 'Theory of Victory' Strategy Blending Drones and AI to Counter Russia
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is drawing up a new military strategy called Theory of Victory to prepare for a possible Russian attack on the alliance's eastern front, combining low-cost drones, artificial intelligence and systems that rely on small numbers of personnel with traditional weapons and combat forces. General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme commander in Europe, is due to present the plan in Poland on October 12, amid still-high tensions between NATO and Russia. Under the plan, if NATO is attacked, the alliance would first blunt any incursion using ground forces and resources from the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative before moving to destroy the adversary's command and control systems, in order to defeat Russian forces swiftly and decisively. Colonel Martin O'Donnell, a spokesman for Grynkewich, declined to disclose details of the plan but stressed that NATO is an alliance whose purpose is defensive. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said there is still no indication that Russia is preparing to attack NATO with conventional military forces, but that Europe needs to be ready for hybrid threats that could persist over the long term. Over the past summer, the United States sent questionnaires to NATO member countries to assess their levels of defense spending and support for the policies of President Donald Trump, and also asked whether allies could allocate additional forces to NATO in support of Grynkewich's defense plan.