Exclusive Personal Statements by the Chiefs of Defence

In MILITARY TECHNOLOGY 09/2015, the Chiefs of Defence in a number of representative countries exclusively detail their Armed Forces’ mission and tasks within their national defence concepts, and the current significance of NATO and its future evolution, alongside lessons learned in recent conflict and peace keeping situations, taking into account the fact of austerity and deficit reduction policies in the world.

MILITARY TECHNOLOGY 09/2015 features exclusive personal statements by:

• Gen. Othmar Commenda, Chief of Defence Staff of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports
• Gen. Gerard Van Caelenberge, Chief of Belgian Defence
• Gen. Jonathan H. Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces
• Lt.Gen. Riho Terras, Commander of Estonian Defence Forces
• Gen. Jarmo Ilmari Lindberg, Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces
• Gen. Mikhail Kostarakos, Chief of Hellenic National Defence General Staff
• Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Joint Staff, Japan Self Defence Force
• Maj.Gen. Walid Salman, Lebanese Armed Forces Chief of Staff
• Maj.Gen. Jonas Vytautas Zukas, Chief of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
• Adm. Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Chief of Defence Norway
• Gen. Mieczyslaw Gocul, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
• Gen. Artur Neves Pina Monteiro, Chief of General Staff Portuguese Armed Forces
• Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, Chief of the General Staff of Serbian Armed Forces
• Gen. Adm. Fernando García Sánchez, Chief of the Spanish Defence Staff
• Gen. Sverker Göranson, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
• Col. Gen. Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• Gen. Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces
• Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA 

For more information please see MILITARY TECHNOLOGY #09/2015, available at DSEI on booth #S2 165; and frequently check back for more NEWS FROM THE FLOOR.