NATO agonizes over leaky air defenses while Russian threat grows

Historically, national caveats have restricted NATO from deploying troops to certain locations and have limited the use of assets for specific purposes, said Oana Lungescu, a fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank and former NATO spokesperson, which “made things much harder to coordinate.” For air defense, it's about “having greater clarity” on what these limits are for “SACEUR to deploy forces and capabilities,” she said.