Eagle Guardian
Eagle Guardian is the name of the 2010 publicly known NATO regional defense plan for Poland and the Baltic states . He should take action in the event of an attack by Russia and the establishment of collective defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty . The plan became known in the wake of the publication of cables from US embassies by WikiLeaks .
The key point is the rapid deployment of nine divisions from the USA , Great Britain , Germany and Poland, which are supposed to repel the Russian attack. At the same time, American and British ships would secure German and Polish Baltic ports. A first exercise maneuver is to take place in 2011.
backgrounds
Originally limited to Poland, the plan was extended to the Baltic States on January 22, 2010 at the urging of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The cyber attacks on Estonia in 2007 and the war in Georgia in 2008 in particular led to growing uncertainty about Russia in the former Soviet republics . The adoption by the Military Committee was preceded by lengthy discussions between Poland, the Baltic states, Germany and the USA. Germany in particular is said to have feared a deterioration in relations with Russia should the plans become known.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cable Viewer: Viewing cable 10USNATO35, NATO AGREES TO DO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR THE. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 10, 2010 ; Retrieved December 10, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Ian Traynor: WikiLeaks cables reveal secret Nato plans to defend Baltics from Russia. The Guardian , December 6, 2010, accessed December 10, 2010 .
- ↑ a b Ulrike Demmer, Ralf Neukirch: Caucasus crisis: NATO forged secret plan against Moscow. Spiegel Online, December 6, 2010, accessed December 10, 2010 .
