A. Evolution of the Luxembourg
Defence structures framework
allow autonomous policy choices to be made.
These Guidelines describe a generic level of ambition that
will be detailed in the Master Plan.
The level of ambition enables the missions provided for under Luxembourg law to materialize in the form of concrete
tasks.
a. National level of ambition
Like all other countries, Luxembourg has to set its “national level of ambition” in the area of defence. The level of
ambition defines the defence and military objectives and
resources that Luxembourg assigns, at the national and
international levels, to defend its security interests and to
participate in collective defence, crisis management and
cooperative security, in accordance with our policy commitments. The purpose of so doing is for the Government
to have a sufficiently broad range of options for meeting all
of its voluntary and binding commitments. The capabilities
must be credible, relevant, available and sustainable and
The law of 1952 (amended) on military organization sets
forth the army’s national missions as follows:
• participating, in the event of armed conflict, in the defence of the territory of the Grand Duchy;
• protecting vital points and areas of the national territory;
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