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So what?  Targeting production data rather than only bases points to Russian interest in the munitions supply chain feeding NATO’s eastern flank. Expect tighter German customs and export-control scrutiny of munitions-related components moving through its logistics hubs.

So what?  A partner nation's own citizen allegedly spying from inside a NATO command post, rather than an external intrusion, is the harder vulnerability to screen against because it exploits vetting gaps in exactly the kind of short-term access program liaison postings depend on. Watch whether Belgian prosecutors name the beneficiary country when she appears in court, since an unnamed “third country” leaves NATO members guessing whether to tighten screening against Russia specifically or a broader set of state actors.