NATO Avrupa Müttefik Yüksek Komutanı (SACEUR) General Alexus G. Grynkewich, "Avrupa Savunma Birliği" fikrine ilişkin bazı Avrupalı liderlerle görüşme yaptığını belirterek Avrupa Birliği'nin (AB) üye ülkeleriyle oluşturduğu herhangi bir yapının NATO ile rekabet halinde olmaması gerektiğini söyledi.

NATO Avrupa Müttefik Yüksek Komutanı (SACEUR) General Alexus G. Grynkewich, "Avrupa Savunma Birliği" fikrine ilişkin bazı Avrupalı liderlerle görüşme yaptığını belirterek Avrupa Birliği'nin (AB) üye ü...

Ο SACEUR Αλέξους Γκρίνκεβιτς λέει ότι οι ΗΠΑ θα διατηρήσουν κρίσιμες δυνατότητες στην Ευρώπη, σε μικρότερη κλίμακα και χωρίς τελική διάταξη.

Copenhagen, 18–19 September 2026 – NATO’s highest Military Authority, the NATO Military Committee, met for the annual Military Committee Conference. The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence, and the two Strategic Commanders, General Alexus G. Grynkewich (SACEUR) and Admiral Pierre Vandier (SACT), discussed the follow-up from the NATO Summit in Ankara, in particular by addressing the further strengthening of the Alliance’s collective deterrence and defence, innovation and technology, and support for Ukraine.

L’Otan compte deux commandements dits stratégiques, à savoir l’ACO [pour Commandement Allié Opérations], traditionnellement dirigé par un général américain qui est aussi le Commandement suprême des forces alliées en Europe [SACEUR], et l’ACT [Commandement Allié Transformation], qui revient à un officier général français depuis 2008. Or, l’un et l’autre reçoivent leurs directives de la part... Cet article Le général allemand Carsten Breuer a été élu président du Comité militaire de l’Otan est apparu en premier sur Zone Militaire.

### Daily OSINT Brief – 20.09.2026 NATO & Alliances # Collective Defense & Force Posture * **NATO Military Committee Concludes Copenhagen Summit on Eastern Flank Posture** : The Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, convened Allied Chiefs of Defence and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) in Copenhagen to formalize capability deliveries stemming from alliance defense agreements. The conference focused on modernizing collective air-and-missile defense frameworks and accelerating response protocols to counter persistent Russian hybrid provocations, drone incursions, and airspace violations along the Eastern border. Strategically, the alliance is accelerating the shift from high-level budgetary targets to rapid operational fielding of integrated anti-drone and conventional deterrence assets. (_Source:_ NATO_)_ * **Pentagon Reviews U.S. Force Posture and European Troop Alignments** : The U.S. Department of Defense is reviewing plans regarding potential adjustments to the approximately 80,000 U.S. service members stationed across Europe, evaluating options that range from repositioning units further east to reducing forward-deployed footprints in Western European bases. The reassessment aligns with the updated NATO Force Model, which presses European allies to take primary responsibility for conventional territorial defense while retaining U.S. strategic capabilities. Allied leadership is working to ensure any shifting force structure does not disrupt frontline deterrence commitments in Poland and the Baltic states. (_Source:_ Defense News_)_ * **Eastern Flank Air Defenses Scrambled Amid Frontline Border Drills** : Polish air assets and allied combat air patrols were activated alongside high-readiness radar arrays in response to intensive long-range strikes across Ukraine and joint military exercises conducted along the Belarusian border near the Suwałki Gap. The preventive scrambles underscore heightened operational sensitivity to potential airspace spillover and unauthorized drone intrusions. The maneuvers reflect broader efforts by frontline nations to maintain automated early-warning readiness and prevent gray-zone aerial probes from penetrating allied airspace. (_Source:_ Reuters_)_ Intelligence # Global Intelligence Community * **Allied Intelligence Issues Strategic Assessment on Adversary Escalation Vectors** : Declassified intelligence assessments shared among Western security services indicate potential escalation risks following Russian domestic political cycles, including expanded mobilization measures and heightened asymmetric pressure against European logistics hubs. Intelligence services assess that adversary planning increasingly emphasizes non-kinetic disruptions and probing actions designed to test collective defense decision thresholds. This disclosure aims to synchronize preemptive defensive measures and counterintelligence monitoring across European transit arteries. (_Source:_ The Telegraph_)_ * **European Security Services Issue Joint Alert on Hybrid Sabotage and Critical Infrastructure Threats** : French and allied intelligence services issued upgraded warnings regarding active state-sponsored hybrid campaigns targeting transport nodes, energy systems, and telecommunications infrastructure. The analytical briefings highlight an increased operational tempo of cyber probes, spoofing operations, and surrogate-directed sabotage intended to degrade Western support logistics. Allied counterintelligence units are expanding unified information-sharing protocols to detect covert disruption attempts prior to execution. (_Source:_ France 24_)_ * **Turkish MİT Disrupts Multi-Province Cyber Espionage and Fraud Network** : Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), in coordination with law enforcement, dismantled a large-scale clandestine technical operations network spanning multiple urban hubs. The operation targeted entities utilizing fraudulent telecommunications infrastructure, rogue transmission setups, and cryptocurrency conduits to finance foreign intelligence and illicit surveillance activities. The disruption highlights increasing state focus on eliminating commercial cyber cut-outs used by foreign actors for covert funding and data harvesting. (_Source:_ Daily Sabah_)_ Tradecraft # Covert Operations & Electronic Warfare * **Counterintelligence Intercepts Reveal Mobile IMSI-Catcher and Base Station Spoofing Tactics** : Technical counterintelligence sweeps exposed the operational use of vehicle-mounted rogue cellular base stations (IMSI-catchers) deployed in urban environments to conduct man-in-the-middle data interception and spoof official transmission channels. The operators utilized localized electronic surveillance hardware inside mobile rental assets to intercept traffic while evading fixed SIGINT detection arrays. The tradecraft underscores an ongoing shift among covert actors toward deploying tactical, mobile radio-frequency intercept platforms for near-target collection. (_Source:_ Bleeping Computer_)_ * **Operationalization of Standing Defense Plan 12000 Accelerates Sensor-to-Shooter Attribution** : Allied military commands have advanced the integration of automated data-fusion architectures designed to fuse multi-source signals intelligence (SIGINT) with open-source and radar tracking data under Standing Defense Plan 12000. The framework seeks to compress the attribution cycle for low-observable, slow-flying unmanned aerial systems entering monitored airspace, delegating fire-control engagement authorities rapidly across joint commands. This evolution reflects a critical tradecraft shift from manual airspace policing toward algorithmic track-and-intercept solutions. (_Source:_ Janes_)_ * **Adversary Proxies Leverage Decentralized Virtual Assets for Sabotage Logistics** : Financial intelligence tracking has identified the systematic exploitation of shell service companies, decentralized finance platforms, and layered digital wallets to orchestrate covert payments for local gray-zone operatives. By avoiding traditional banking channels, foreign intelligence handlers recruit and remunerate operational cut-outs for tactical surveillance and low-level physical disruption while maintaining operational security. Financial intelligence units across NATO members are tightening real-time transaction monitoring to sever these covert logistics lines. (_Source:_ Financial Times_)_

WHAT SOME ANALYSTS EXPECT AFTER THE RUSSIAN “ELECTION” IS A STEALTH MOBILIZATION, FOLLOWED BY… NOBODY REALLY KNOWS: As SACEUR noted, when the Russians start bringing in blood plasma—it is no longer just a military exercise. — Theresa Fallon (@TheresaAFallon) September 19, 2026

ZADAR - **Konferencija načelnika glavnih stožera oružanih snaga država članica Američko-jadranske povelje održana je u srijedu, 16. rujna 2026., u Zadru.** Načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Republike Hrvatske general-pukovnik Tihomir Kundid predsjedao je konferencijom, a supredsjedavatelj konferencije bio je zapovjednik Zapovjedništva Sjedinjenih Američkih Država za Europu i zapovjednik američkih snaga u Europi (SACEUR) general zbora Alexus G. Grynkewich. U sklopu konferencije potpisana je zajednička izjava načelnika glavnih stožera oružanih snaga država članica Američko-jadranske povelje i zapovjednika Zapovjedništva Sjedinjenih Američkih Država za Europu i zapovjednika američkih snaga u Europi. Načelnici glavnih stožera i predstavnici zemalja članica i promatrača razgovarali su o poboljšanju interoperabilnosti u kontekstu unaprjeđenja obrambene suradnje i jačanja zajedničkih sposobnosti i otpornosti na vojne ugroze i humanitarne krize. **Članice A5 predane procesima euroatlantskih integracija i suradnje, regionalnoj stabilnosti i zajedničkoj sigurnosti** Načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga RH general-pukovnik Kundid istaknuo je: - Po završetku 29. konferencije načelnika stožera oružanih snaga u okviru Američko-jadranske povelje (A5) sa zadovoljstvom mogu reći, kao što stoji u izjavi koju smo upravo potpisali, da su članice inicijative i dalje predane procesima euroatlantskih integracija i suradnje, regionalnoj stabilnosti i zajedničkoj sigurnosti. - Glavna tema konferencije 'Jačanje regionalne suradnje' odražava zajedničku namjeru da vojna suradnja, usmjerena na podizanje i unaprjeđenje sposobnosti prvenstveno kroz obuku i vježbe, značajno doprinosi sigurnosti i stabilnosti jugoistočne Europe. Sigurnost zemalja jadranske regije nedjeljiva je i predstavlja temelj šire europske stabilnosti - poručio je general-pukovnik Kundid. Zapovjednik Zapovjedništva Sjedinjenih Američkih Država za Europu i zapovjednik američkih snaga u Europi (SACEUR) general zbora Alexus G. Grynkewich istaknuo je: „Moramo nastaviti unaprjeđivati​​interoperabilnost preko međunarodnih granica, između civilnih i vojnih institucija te u svim operativnim domenama. Sjedinjene Američke Države ostaju potpuno predane očuvanju regionalne stabilnosti te s ponosom stoje uz saveznike i partnere koji aktivno moderniziraju svoje snage i povećavaju ulaganja u našu zajedničku sigurnost.“ Teme panela obuhvatile su: jačanje regionalne suradnje, suprotstavljanje transnacionalnim kriminalnim organizacijama te vojnu mobilnost i ulaganje u infrastrukturu dvojne namjene. Uz domaćina, načelnika Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Republike Hrvatske general-pukovnika Tihomira Kundida i zapovjednika Zapovjedništva Sjedinjenih Američkih Država za Europu i zapovjednika američkih snaga u Europi (SACEUR) generala zbora Alexusa G. Grynkewicha, na konferenciji su sudjelovali načelnici glavnih stožera oružanih snaga država članica Američko-jadranske povelje: načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Republike Albanije general-pukovnik Arben Kingji, načelnik združenog stožera Oružanih snaga Bosne i Hercegovine general-pukovnik Gojko Knežević, načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Crne Gore brigadni general Miodrag Vuksanovic, načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Sjeverne Makedonije general-bojnik Sashko Lafchiski, zapovjednik Kosovskih sigurnosnih snaga general-pukovnik Bashkim Jashari i zamjenik načelnika Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga Republike Slovenije brigadni general Anže Rode. Konferenciji su nazočili i zamjenik zapovjednika Združenog zapovjedništva Napulj, general-pukovnik Peter K. Scott i načelnik Ureda Nacionalne garde Sjedinjenih Američkih Država general-bojnik Samuel Keener.

ZADAR - **U srijedu, 16. rujna 2026. godine, održava se Konferencija načelnika glavnih stožera oružanih snaga država članica Američko-jadranske povelje (A5), posvećena temi „Jačanje regionalne suradnje“ („Realizing regional returns“).** Događajem predsjeda načelnik Glavnog stožera Oružanih snaga RH, general-pukovnik Tihomir Kundid, dok je supredsjedavatelj zapovjednik Zapovjedništva SAD-a za Europu i vrhovni zapovjednik Savezničkih snaga u Europi (SACEUR), general zbora Alexus G. Grynkewich. U okviru susreta planirano je potpisivanje zajedničke izjave vojnih čelnika država članica A5 i zapovjedništva snaga SAD-a za Europu, nakon čega će se general-pukovnik Kundid i general zbora Grynkewich obratiti javnosti. D.G.

Genelkurmay Başkanı Orgeneral Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, İstanbul'daki NATO İletişimciler Konferansı için Türkiye'ye gelen SACEUR Alexus G.