Internal security would also be enhanced by being part of the military integration. Owing to their close integration, member states are in possession of accurate information on the armaments, role and operation of each other's armies, their military development projects, the views of leading military circles, etc. That means that measures could be taken in time to prevent any national armed force from achieving too much independence or influence in any given country. Admission into NATO would have favourable economic consequences for the new member states. Above all, the influx of foreign capital could be expected to grow.
Investors prefer to place their money in countries which they regard as stable and safe.
As a result of accession to NATO, a large portion of the costs of the unavoidable modernization of the Hungarian army could be avoided. A NATO member state does not have to develop an all- inclusive defence system all of its own. That is, indeed, one of the major advantages of military integration. And generally, we favour a situation where the relations between our country and NATO would be by several degrees warmer than those between the Alliance and Eastern Europe. In 1995, the Russian military-political elite announced its profound opposition to the enlargement of NATO in a major new document, the Karaganov Report.