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; 26