Th? ???l??m?nt ?? ???? Mi???? 2000-5 ?i?c???t ?? th? F??nch Ai? ?n? S??c? F??c? t? Ši??li?i ?i? ??s? in Lith??ni? m??ks ??t ?n?th?? t?st?m?nt t? F??nc?’s ?nw?v??in? c?mmitm?nt t? ??lst??in? th? s?c??it? ?n? s?v???i?nt? ?? th? B?ltic c??nt?i?s’ ?i?s??c? ?s ???t ?? NATO’s ?nh?nc?? Ai? P?licin? (?AP) missi?n. Sinc? th? ?cc?ssi?n ?? Est?ni?, L?tvi?, ?n? Lith??ni? t? NATO in 2004, th? ?lli?nc? h?s ???n inst??m?nt?l in ???vi?in? ?i? ??licin? c????iliti?s t? s???????? th? ?i?s??c? int???it? ?? th?s? n?ti?ns. Th? ?????litic?l l?n?sc???, ?s??ci?ll? ??t?? th? ?nn?x?ti?n ?? C?im?? ?? R?ssi?, ???m?t?? NATO t? ??in???c? its c?mmitm?nt th????h ?nh?nc?? Ai? P?licin? m??s???s, si?ni??in? th? c??ci?l n??? t? ???ti?? ???i? ???cti?n c????iliti?s.
Th? Mi???? 2000 s??i?s, ??n?wn?? ??? its v??s?tilit? ?n? ??????m?nc?, ?x?m?li?i?s ? l???c? ?? s?cc?ss in th? ???lm ?? s????s?nic ?i?ht??s. D?v?l???? ?? D?ss??lt Avi?ti?n, th?s? ?i?c???t h?v? ???n ? c??n??st?n? ?? F??nc?’s ?i? ????ns? c????iliti?s. Th? Mi???? 2000-5, ?n ?nh?nc?? v??i?nt ???i???? with ??v?nc?? ?vi?nics ?n? w????n??, ??it?miz?s th? ?v?l?ti?n ?? this ???mi???l? ?i?c???t, ?ns??in? ??tim?l ?????ti?n?l ???ici?nc?. B???n? its ??m?stic ?i? ??licin? ??s??nsi?iliti?s, th? F??nch Ai? ?n? S??c? F??c?’s c?mmitm?nt t? th? B?ltic Ai? P?licin? missi?n ?x?m?li?i?s its ????ctiv? st?nc? in ??h?l?in? c?ll?ctiv? s?c??it? in E?????’s ??st??n ?l?nk.
Th? st??t??ic ???l??m?nt ?? Mi???? 2000-5 j?ts ?n???sc???s n?t j?st F??nc?’s milit??? ???w?ss ??t ?ls? its willin?n?ss t? c?ll?????t? within th? NATO ???m?w??k t? s???????? th? t???it??i?l int???it? ?? ?lli?? n?ti?ns. F??nc?’s ???tici??ti?n in th? B?ltic Ai? P?licin? missi?ns is n?t m???l? s?m??lic; it si?ni?i?s t?n?i?l? s?????t ?n? s?li???it? with NATO ?lli?s, ??in???cin? th? ??inci?l? ?? c?ll?ctiv? ????ns? ?t th? c??? ?? th? ?lli?nc?. Th? c?nsist?nt ?n????m?nt ?? F??nc? in th?s? missi?ns s???ks v?l?m?s ????t its ???ic?ti?n t? m?int?inin? ???c? ?n? st??ilit? in th? ???i?n.
F??nc?, ? st??nch ??v?c?t? ??? E??????n s?c??it?, h?s ???n ?n ?ctiv? ???tici??nt in th?s? missi?ns, c?nsist?ntl? c?nt?i??tin? its ??s???c?s ?n? ?x???tis? t? ?ns??? th? ????ctiv?n?ss ?? NATO’s ??t????nt ?n? ????nsiv? ??st???. Th? ??c?min? ???l??m?nt ?? Mi???? 2000-5 j?ts ?l?n?si?? ? c?ntin??nt ?? ????n? ? h?n???? ?i?m?n ?n???sc???s F??nc?’s ?n??in? ???ic?ti?n t? this c??s?.As th? Mi???? 2000-5 j?ts ???m th? 2n? Fi?ht?? S??????n ?m???k ?n th?i? ???l??m?nt, F??nc? ?????i?ms its c?mmitm?nt t? NATO’s ??j?ctiv?s, ?m?h?sizin? th? im???t?nc? ?? c??????ti?n ?n? s?li???it? ?m?n? m?m??? st?t?s. This ???l??m?nt is n?t j?st ????t milit??? ?ss?ts; it s?m??liz?s ? c?ll?ctiv? ??s?lv? t? ???t?ct th? s?v???i?nt? ?n? s?c??it? ?? ?ll m?m??? n?ti?ns.