The aim is a world free of nuclear weapons

 
The Strategic Concepts also reaffirms the concept of nuclear deterrent. Like no other strategic concept before it, however, it stresses the importance of disarmament. NATO too has the clear goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.
 
The concept also provides for the establishment of a missile defence system, and offers Russia the opportunity to cooperate on this. In its latest analysis NATO identified the threat of a ballistic missile attack as a significant threat to the Alliance. In conjunction with weapons of mass destruction, this threat becomes all the more serious. Technical progress in individual states will also allow them to develop ever more precise ballistic missiles with an ever greater range.
 

The new Strategic Concept

 
The eleven-page document is entitled Active Engagement – Modern Defence.  The core tasks laid out in the new concept are:Collective defence: