00:03Belgian Defense Minister Théo Francken has warned Europe must prepare for further Russian hybrid
00:08attacks in the coming month. Francken described Russia as the biggest threat to Belgium's security.
00:13The country has experienced several drone incidents this year, some of which disrupted air traffic.
00:19Russia, air attack, air attack, air attack. So this is the biggest threat. So we need air defense,
00:27air defense, air defense. We need to have more stocks, more production, scale of production,
00:33industrial base, and large industrial base. Francken said Belgium had long under-invested in defense,
00:39but that the country is now stepping up spending. I cannot do it in 18 months,
00:43but has been neglected for 40 years. So yes, we were the worst pupil of NATO class. Now
00:49Belgium is back again, but it takes time. However, Francken said that allocating 5%
00:56of GDP to defense would not be realistic for Belgium in the near term.
