ARMED FORCES
12 Response Force
in the Baltic
The Paratroopers Brigade deploys part
of its troops assigned to VJTF 2020
to Lithuania to participate in NATO’s
exercises Brilliant Jump and Iron Wolf.
18 The watchful
eyes of the Phoenix
Twenty Spanish service members are
part of the Allied Ground Surveillance
(AGS) Force.
28 The Lobo takes off
803rd Squadron begins transformation
of its SAR units to the NH90 multipurpose
helicopter.
CONTENTS
46 A common
strategic
culture
European Defence
Ministers analyse lessons
learned and Spain offers to
host the first EU Congress
on Military Medicine.
INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
40 The Navy’s
future guardian
angel
The BAM-IS will be the first
Spanish ship to be certified
to rescue crews of distressed
submarines.
INTERNATIONAL
50 Women, Peace
and Security
Agenda
Scholars, activists,
politicians and military
personnel discuss in Madrid
the future of Resolution
1325, twenty years after its
adoption.
ANALYSIS
52 Disarmament
and nonproliferation
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty has maintained the
balance between the powers and
promoted bilateral agreements
such as the recently extended
New START.
PERSPECTIVE
56 An alphabet
that unites us
The Armed Forces of the
30 countries of the Atlantic
Alliance use the same phonetic
code to spell words regardless
of the language they use.
22 OVERVIEW
April 2021 Revista Española de Defensa 5