75 years since Nato was created to defend Europe, Sitrep asks what’s needed to do that job properly today.

From organising hundreds of thousands of troops, to digging ditches and ensuring bridges can carry tanks, the challenges are explained by Professor Michael Clarke and Oana Lungescu, a former senior advisor to the Nato Secretary General.

Part of the jigsaw is the new Alliance Reaction Force. Its commander, Lieutenant General Lorenzo D’Addario, tells Sitrep how the ARF plans to pack more punch more quickly.

And former Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe chooses his ‘moment that made me’, when an engineering mistake flooded and threatened to sink his ship.

Kate Gerbeau presents, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.

00:00 On Sitrep
01:14 Nato at 75 – A bigger team with a bigger job
06:08 The new Allied Reaction Force explained
13:43 Digging ditches and setting traps defending Nato’s land
26:02 Defending Nato’s seas and skies
31:18 The moment that made me: A devastating flood

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