Ambitsioonitase kirjeldab riigikaitse seisukohalt poliitilisele tasandile aktsepteeritavaid miinimum ja/või maksimumeesmärke, mida sõjalise riigikaitse valdkonnas peab saavutama.
Political guidance will include consideration of a concept known as NATO’s “level of ambition”. This refers to the agreed assessment by the member governments of the number, scale and nature of operations that NATO should be able to conduct.
The force planning process is based on three sequential main elements, namely political guidance, planning targets and defence reviews. Political guidance sets out the overall aims to be met, including NATO's Level of Ambition that establishes in military terms the number, scale and nature of operations that the Alliance should be able to conduct.
