{"id":15109,"date":"2019-12-03T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/03\/nato-to-define-plan-to-counter-russias-hybrid-warfare-tactics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:28:31","slug":"nato-to-define-plan-to-counter-russias-hybrid-warfare-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nato-2020-defined\/2019\/12\/03\/nato-to-define-plan-to-counter-russias-hybrid-warfare-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO to define plan to counter Russia\u2019s hybrid warfare tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONDON \u2013 NATO will agree on a plan to respond to the new weapons and tactical threat posed by Russia and others when alliance leaders meet here on Dec. 4, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said opening the NATO Engages think tank event in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When\u200e leaders meet tomorrow they will agree a plan for NATO’s response to emerging and disruptive technology, recognising two new operational domains in space and cyber, and develop plans to confront and deter hybrid tactics,” Wallace told an international audience of defense analysts and policymakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging technologies like hypersonic missiles and quantum\u200e computing are changing the threat landscape, the defense secretary said, urging that NATO must to understand the challenges and adapt accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wallace stayed away from responding to French President Emmanuel Macrons controversial view that the alliance was \u201cbrain dead,” but he, like others in NATO, accept the need for continuing change.<\/p>\n\n\n\t