a 7.90 D 14974 E D European & Security ES & Defence 11-12/2019 International Security and Defence Journal ISSN 1617-7983 • www.euro-sd.com • Police Forces in France • FRONTEX – Tasks and • Spanish Trainer Aircraft Requirements Requirements • European Defence Fund • Protecting Critical Infrastructure • NATO Air-to-Air Refuelling • CBRN Training and Simulation • TEMPEST Programme • German Naval Shipbuilding November/December 2019 Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology Ensure Your Advantage Advanced Security Solutions for All Scenarios Visit us at Milipol 2019 Booth 5D 025 Editorial Europe's Strategic Incompetence Throughout Europe the Turkish military operation against Kurdish militias in Syria has provoked a new wave of indignation against the Government in Ankara. Since Berlin, Paris, Brussels and others have long had a bias against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it has been possible to reach a spontaneous verdict on this new affront without any acknowledgement of the actual facts of the situation. Once again, “someone” did not want to adhere to the principles of rules-bound foreign policy and simply acted, failing beforehand to convene an international conference involving all stakeholders, that could draw on the expertise of as many non-governmental organisations as possible! Such a thing is unacceptable, such a thing is un-European, such a country does not belong in the EU, and such a NATO Member State should, if possible, even be expelled from the Alliance, according to some of the particularly agitated critics. Regardless of how many good reasons there might be to denounce Turkey’s intervention, there are two aspects to consider. First, the so-called people's defence militia, the YPG, against which the attack was directed, are not exactly famous in the region as angels of innocence: they are the Syrian sister organisation of the Turkey-based Kurdish PKK Workers Party, which is classified as a terrorist organisation throughout the EU. The YPG is said to have imprisoned more opposi- tion members within the areas it controls than at the start of the Syrian conflict when these regions were under the rule of Assad, with over 5,000 having found refuge in the Kurdish au- tonomous region in northern Iraq. Second, the fanatical demonisation of Erdoğan and his party overlooks the fact that previous, recent Turkish regimes have also carried out military operations against neighbouring states, or at least threatened to do so, if they felt national security required it. In a region that has been marked by crises already before the Arab Spring and the emergence of the so-called “Islamic State”, this more robust form of foreign policy is perhaps inevitable, even if it runs counter to the “sense of justice” of peace-mad Western Europeans. Of course, in this new act of the Syrian drama, the global media and the European public have also found an opportunity to include US President Donald Trump in their outrage. Not a day goes by without Europe’s leading media, in line with its leading politicians, pointing their fingers at the incumbent in the White House from morning to night. This time the accusation was that he had shamefacedly betrayed his YPG allies with his hasty withdrawal of American forces from the Syrian border region with Turkey, and undermined his country's claim to global leadership with the defeatist statement that the USA was 7,000 miles away from what was happening. The unfolding of events has quickly shown that, as so often, Donald Trump has been underes- timated. The USA is by no means out of the game in Syria: it is betting on a pragmatic balance of interests between the powers involved in regional events while the Europeans, if they find a voice at all, propose and demand principles that they lack the resolve to implement. The Turkish military operation in Syria has highlighted how little is the weight Europeans can currently contribute to the balance of security and defence policy - they cannot even assert their interests on their own doorstep! But the Europeans know very well how important the Mediterranean is for them all; countless initiatives have been taken to promote political stability and economic development with the southern and eastern neighbours. Beyond the flowery declarations, however, there have been hardly any tangible results. However, such declarations are necessary in order to bring illegal migration – a central humanitarian problem in Europe – under control. Eight years ago, for humanitarian reasons, it was deemed necessary, under a UN mandate, to intervene in Libya, resulting in an increase in the flow of refugees and chaos that has persisted to this day. Last, but not least, the strategic incompetence of Europe’s political leadership has brought back into play, in the eastern Mediterranean, an actor who was believed to have disappeared forever from this stage, after the end of the Cold War. Russia is involved when it comes to the future of Syria – and what should give the Europeans the most to think about is that the other powers involved seem to expressly welcome it. Peter Bossdorf 11-12/2019 · European Security & Defence 1 Contents SECURITY POLICY 47 Slovak Air Force Modernisation Alan Warnes 12 Frontex – Tasks and Requirements 50 Promoting International Joint Development Giulia Tilenni and Production 20 A Complex Constellation of Power Interview with Lieutenant General Shibata Shoichi, Relations between Russia, China and Japan in the Director General of Ground Systems at ATLA in Tokyo Asia-Pacific Region 54 Police and Paramilitary Forces in France Eugene Kogan Joris Verbeurgt 24 “We are Europeans, so we trust ourselves” Interview with Artis Pabriks, Defence Minister, Latvia ARMAMENT & TECHNOLOGY 28 The European Defence Fund 58 Northern Innovation for the 6th Generation Andreea Stoian Karadeli Georg Mader 60 “Sweden is an ideal partner” Interview with Stuart Andrew, ARMED FORCES then Minister for Defence Procurement 32 NATO Looks at More Collaboration at the UK MoD, meanwhile Government Whip Alan Warnes 61 “For us it is not about TEMPEST” Interview with Peter Hultqvist, 38 “We must remain ready to share responsibility with our allies.” Sweden’s Minister of Defence Interview with Rear Admiral Torben Mikkelsen, 62 “You can’t have prosperity without security” Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Danish Navy Interview with Charles Woodburn, CEO BAE SYSTEMS 41 NATO Air-to-Air Refuelling 62 “So we have to evolve, too” Alan Warnes Interview with Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of SAAB AB 45 Cooperative Support for Night Vision and 63 UK and Italy to Partner for TEMPEST Optoelectronics Equipment Luca Peruzzi Thomas Willmann 64 Spain Needs New Trainer Aircraft Esteban Villarejo Index of Advertisers 66 Containers for a Multitude of Applications Gerhard Heiming AAD 119 ACS Armoured Car Systems 9 70 Training and Simulation Update Balt Military Expo 79 William Carter BSDA 33 Ceska zbrojovka a.s. (CZ) 36/37 74 CBRN Training and Simulation DSA 2020 87 Dan Kaszeta DNV GL 103 EnforceTac 15 78 Protecting Critical Infrastructure Eurasia Air Show 73 Tim Guest Euronaval 19 Eurosatory 11 85 Geoinformation: Demands and Developments FIDAE 23 Giulia Tilenni GPEC 17 I/ITSEC 71 90 Lead Free Ammunition: IAI ELTA Systems 13,83 KADEX 53 Technical and Tactical Advantages Koehler Books 89 Thomas Nielsen Leonardo 29 Lockheed Martin 4th cover 92 Italy to Strengthen its Amphibious Lürssen 100/101 Power Projection Capabilities Nexter 7 Luca Peruzzi Proengin 75 Rafael 2nd cover 96 Unmanned Surface Vehicles – SAHA 81 Sensonor 3 an Emerging Resource SEDEC 117 USVs in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) SOFEX 57 Guy Toremans Surface Navy 127 UDT 105 WB Group 25 WEW – a Thielmann company 69 2 European Security & Defence · 11-12/2019 INDUSTRY AND MARKETS 99 German Naval Shipbuilding in the European Context Dieter Hanel IMU 107 “The chemical defence standards defined in the NATO triptych are outdated” TACTICAL GRADE Interview with Eric Damiens, Vice-President Marketing & Sales, Proengin 109 Partner of NATO – Heckler & Koch Turns 70 Jan-P. Weisswange NEW 111 “The law enforcement market PRODUCT is very important to us” Interview with Tanja Paeske, Member of the Executive Board, ACS 112 19th NATO Days in Ostrava Michał Jarocki 114 “We can train any small arms” Interview with Johnathan Ayala, Virtual Systems Sales Manager, and Jon Read, Director Live Fire Sales & Programs, 1:1 scale Meggitt Training Systems 116 Russia’s Military Aviation Industry Eugene Kogan STIM318 – the latest Sensonor tactical 120 “Leverage commercial best practices to help the grade Inertial Measurement Unit, IMU. 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