The strategy defines Slovenia's defence strategy as based on six objectives in view of the security environment and the defence threats and risks.

The first objective is to secure the country's ability to defend itself with the development of appropriate defence capabilities.

The country's defence will be based on "quality at the expense of quantity", the focus being on developing flexible, interoperable and result-based capabilities.

The document says at least half of the land force will be deployable and at least a fifth of the deployable force will be in constant preparedness at home or deployed in international missions.

At the same time cyberwarfare capabilities will be developed with special emphasis on protecting information and communication systems and infrastructure.

The second objective involves deterring military and other threats, based on own capabilities but within the framework of collective defence.

The third objective speaks about "uninterrupted operation of the defence system", which will require that defence spending be rejigged to improve the balance between personnel, operational and investment costs, including by streamlining the army's real estate.

In the long term defence spending will be raised to 2% of GDP in line with NATO commitments.

The fourth objective calls for enhanced bilateral and multilateral defence cooperation in the framework of the UN, NATO, the EU and the OSCE, with Slovenia taking a "proportional share of the burden and risk" of collective defence.

Participation in international missions is the subject of the fifth objective, which says Slovenia will focus its efforts on Southeast Europe and international missions sanctioned by the UN, NATO, the EU and the OSCE, the EU and NATO being the priorities.

Objective number six involves "raising awareness of the importance of the defence system and enhancing its reputation among the citizens".

The document also defines the optimum size of the army: 10,000 members, with four-fifths of them professional soldiers and a fifth reservists.

In the event of a severe deterioration of the security situation, the size may increase by a maximum 25,000 troops.

The non-military segment of the defence system will be restructured, with the current civil protection transformed into a "modern crisis-management system".

The strategy also involves a reorganization of the Ministry of Defence. Eschewing detail, the strategy only says that the structure will be streamlined and services merged.