November 25, 2011. David Pugliese Defence Watch
NATO countries are taking the first steps to pool military resources in the face of cuts to defence budgets as well as to fill gaps exposed by the recent Libya campaign, according to a French general.
NATO officers have pointed out how the Libyan war revealed that member states (not including the U.S.) did not have enough munitions, UAVs, refueling tankers and electronic warfare aircraft.
More from AFP news service:
The alliance hopes to unveil a number of cooperative projects in time for a NATO summit in Chicago in May that may include joint training for pilots of allied aircraft and shared maintenance for NATO vehicles, said Gen. Stephane Abrial, supreme allied commander for transformation.
“Budgets are decreasing everywhere. We cannot expect any possibility to spend more,” Abrial told reporters at a Pentagon briefing.
“We need to spend better and the best way to spend better is to do more things together,” he said.
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