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a 7.90 D European & Security ES & Defence 3/2017 International Security and Defence Journal COUNTRY FOCUS: ITALY ISSN 1617-7983 • www.euro-sd.com • May 2017 Underwater Warfare Canada Invests in Security Slovak Air Force A large number of procurement programmes Replacing Soviet-built systems is a are currently underway. lengthy process. Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology GLOBAL PATRIOT SOLUTIONS ENGINEERED TO EVOLVE. PROVEN TO PERFORM. Raytheon’s combat-proven Patriot delivers advanced technology perfectly engineered for today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. As threats evolve, so does Patriot, protecting 13 partner nations, reducing costs and providing the world’s most advanced air and missile defense. Raytheon.com/Germany @Raytheon Raytheon © 2017 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. 17IDS384_PatriotRadar_EuroSec&Def_May022017.indd 1 4/18/17 12:25 PM Editorial The EU Is not in a Good Shape n 26 March the EU celebrated its six- with increasing self-awareness, the aggres- Otieth birthday in Rome, which should sive policy adopted by Russia towards the have been a joyous occasion, and reason to Ukraine and their neighbours; war, terror, celebrate. But the present state of the EU is and anarchy in the Middle East and Africa unfortunately hardly a cause of celebration. (where radical Islam is playing an important The EU is in one of its greatest ever crises. part); and the “worrying utterances” of the The foundation for what is today the Euro- new American Government. All this is mak- pean Union (EU) was laid on 25 March 1957 ing our future hard to foresee; the internal with the signing of the Treaties of Rome. situation; the rise in a sense of nationalism From what was then the European Coal and increasing xenophobia in the EU itself; and Steel Community (ECSC), Germany, the moral stance adopted by the pro-Eu- France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, ropean elites; the dwindling trust placed in and Luxemburg created the European political integration; subjugation under pop- Economic Community (EEC), with the aim ulist arguments; and doubts regarding the of improving the common foreign trade fundamental values of liberal democracy. In policy of the countries involved. The aims his letter, President Donald Tusk appealed of the European Union, among others, to the state and government leaders to re- are common foreign and security policies, main united. “It must be made clear beyond a common currency policy, and common any misunderstanding that the dissolution policies regarding culture, the environment, of the European Union will not lead to the and education and training. It is difficult for re-establishment of some kind of mythical all the member states to implement com- states with recourse to full sovereignty, but mon laws. The introduction of the Euro in rather that these states will de facto fall into 2002 revealed the lack of unity among the reliance on the great superpowers, the USA, members; countries such as Great Britain Russia, and China. Only together can we be and Sweden rejected the adoption of the fully independent”, as Donald Tusk put it. euro, and clung on to their old currencies. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, The EU countries are likewise not unified in a recent white paper, has broached the when it comes to environmental and energy debate about the future development policies, with an increasing number of argu- of the European Union with 27 member ments about the best way to tackle climate states. The document was published by the change. The member states are equally at European Commission in the run-up to the loggerheads about the issue of whether sixtieth birthday of the Treaties of Rome. electricity should in future continue to be Five scenarios are described, each of which generated with aid of nuclear power sta- holds out a prospect as to where the Union tions. Further proof of disunity among the could be by 2025, depending on which EU countries came in 2004 with the failure course Europe takes. In the scenarios, the is- of the efforts to create a common constitu- sue is pursued as to how Europe will change tion. Since then, a whole range of problems in the next ten years, from the effects of have arisen which the EU has for years negli- new technologies on society and employ- gently failed to resolve. These include saving ment, to concerns regarding globalisation, the euro, which in Greece has still not been and on to matters of security and increasing achieved, and the allocation of refugees, populism. where the EU has not come a single step Interestingly, surveys show that matters of further. The latest issue, since the Brexit security are today among the areas in which vote, has been the very existence of the EU. Europeans still see great potential for inter- It is high time for the birthday boy to be national cooperation. It is therefore entirely made fit for the decades to come. “United right to press ahead with the European we stand, divided we fall”, said Donald Tusk defence union as one of the most important in the run-up to the summit conference in future projects of the EU, and to strengthen Malta on 31 January 2017. In his letter to still further the EU Common Security and 27 state and government leaders regarding Defence Policy, especially against the back- the future of Europe, the President of the ground of the attitude adopted by the US European Council cited three major threats President towards NATO. to the stability of Europe. These include a new geopolitical landscape: China acting Henning Bartels May 2017 · European Security & Defence 1 Content Between Politics and Necessity From Policy to Action Photo: EDA Photo: Roketsan The Turkish ballistic missile defence requirement in the Interview with Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive of the light of current geopolitical challenges Page 75 European Defence Agency (EDA) Page 84 SECURITY POLICY 55 Unmanned Warrior 16 Conrad Waters 8 The Geostrategic Challenge in the Baltic Sea Giulia Tilenni 57 Canadian Armament Programmes Update Sidney E. Dean 12 The Role and Place of Georgia in the Russian Military Calculus 61 Anti-Submarine Warfare: A New Era Eugene Kogan Bob Nugent 15 Kazakhstan and Russia: On the Brink 65 Realism in Modern Military Training of New Challenges William Carter Stephen Blank 69 A Simulator Training System for Forward 19 Hybrid Warfare in Asia: Potential Air Controller/Forward Observer not yet Unleashed Walter Christian Håland Jan Blinka 71 “We have been working on nearly 500 development and modernisation projects.” 40 45 COUNTRY FOCUS: ITALY Interview with Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, Undersecretary for countries VIPs Defence Industry, Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı (SSM) represented attending 23 Transforming while Operating The Italian Defence Approach to Current and 75 Between Politics and Necessity Future Security Challenges The Turkish Ballistic Missile Defence Requirement General Claudio Graziano Korhan Özkilinc 80+ 3 days 28 Defence Procurement in Italy INDUSTRY & MARKETS The Global Event for Undersea exhibiting of high-level Luca Peruzzi companies briefings 80 Mine Warfare Vessel Market Outlook Defence and Security ARMED FORCES Bob Nugent Join us at UDT 2017 in Germany 35 NATO and Cyber Defence: The Turning Point of 2016 84 From Policy to Action Jamie Shea Interview with Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive 1,400+ of the European Defence Agency (EDA) visitors expected 40 Joint and Allied at UDT 2017 Jörg Vollmer 88 Successful Demilitarisation Project in the Republic Register now at of Belarus 43 Slovak Air Force – Heritage as a Challenge Waldemar Geiger www.udt-global.com Georg Mader 89 Sustain the Growth Momentum ARMAMENT & TECHNOLOGY Interview with Nail Kurt, CEO, FNSS Defense Systems Inc., 46 Underwater Warfare Platforms 95 Led by the Beretta Family since the Renaissance Joshua T. Cohen Interview withCarlo Ferlito, Managing Director of Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A Image source: Crown Copyright / Royal Navy 52 International Submarine Weapon Options David Saw Visit www.udt-global.com to register or book a stand Supported by Organisers of Organised by 2 European Security & Defence · May 2017 @UDT2017 www.udt-global.com/linkedin Index of Advertisers VIEWPOINT FROM … ATLAS ELEKTRONIK 51 ATM ComputerSysteme 41 14 Washington Chet Nagle DNV GL 49 18 Ankara DSEI 33 Cengizhan Çatal Eurofighter Jagdflugzeuge 31 22 Jerusalem EW Europe 36 Tamir Eshel EXPAL 27 42 The Hague FNSS 17 Jaime Karremann IDEF 21 THE BRUSSELS BACKDROP ISDEF 93 38 The NATO Secretary General’s Leonardo 25 Annual Report 2016 Lockheed Martin 4th cover Joris Verbeurgt Fr. Lürssen Weft 81 MILIPOL 74 COLUMNS MSPO 87 1 Editorial NIMR AUTOMOTIVE 11 4 Periscope Raytheon 2nd cover 90 Masthead ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems 47 92 Firms & Faces UDT 3 96 Preview Wärtsilä ELAC Nautik 63 40 45 countries VIPs represented attending 80+ 3 days The Global Event for Undersea exhibiting of high-level companies briefings Defence and Security Join us at UDT 2017 in Germany 1,400+ visitors expected Register now at at UDT 2017 www.udt-global.com Image source: Crown Copyright / Royal Navy Visit www.udt-global.com to register or book a stand Supported by Organisers of Organised by @UDT2017 www.udt-global.com/linkedin Periscope Australian OPV Tender Roland Briene, Damen Sales Director Asia programme is one of the most important (df) Damen Shipyards Group has submitted Pacific. “This is fully in line with our stand- capability development projects of the last a tender for the SEA 1180 Phase 1 Project ard practices where we partner with local decade in Estonia, which will increase the to deliver twelve Offshore Patrol Vessels organisations to help transform local ship- combat capability of the Estonian Defence (OPV) to the Royal Australian Navy. 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