Defense chief Frederik Vansina calls on the federal government to decree the crisis situation. According to him, this should allow the executive to buy weapons faster, for example.
“It is either war or peace, when today we are somewhere between the two, in a hybrid state where the threat increases“, Avance Frederik Vansina Dans un Entretien Accordé Au Quotidien Het Laatste Nieuws.
Belgium has threat levels of the coordination body for threat analysis (OCAM), but no scale to assess the general security state. “”It would be good for the government to define this crisis. So we could take a series of measures that we would not take in peacetime“Adds the defense chief.
He also thinks of securing ports and digital networks, in addition to a faster purchase of weapons. “”We always lead our purchases in a peace tempo, while Putin no. Tanks, planes and cannons come out day and night of its factories. While we have to work with heavy public procurement and time -consuming.”
-The staff is currently working on a proposal to the attention of the Minister of Defense, Theo Francken.
Defense Vansina Francken
