NATO’s biggest exercise since Cold War is to test alliance readiness and responsiveness
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The world’s preeminent defensive alliance is readying to demonstrate its capabilities in its largest exercise since 2002, said Navy Adm. James Foggo, the commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command in Italy. Foggo, who held a Pentagon news conference Friday, will command Exercise Trident Juncture, which will run from Oct. 25 to Nov. 7 in […]
NATO moves to combat Russian hybrid warfare
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Russia is disturbing the peace, and NATO countries must combat its hybrid strategy, the alliance’s supreme allied U.S. European Command Commander Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti. Scaparrotti said Russia already is a competitor that operates in domains “particularly below the level of war,” the general said, but in an aggressive way, noting that the Russians use cyber […]
U.S. and NATO troops holds exercises at the new firing range near Belarus
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Lithuanian, U.S. and NATO Battalion troops hold exercises at the new firing range in Pabradė near the border with Belarus, according to the statement of the Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania. “Implementation of infrastructure development projects in Lithuanian military training areas takes us to a qualitatively and quantitatively new training level for Lithuanian troops […]
NATO battle groups reaching across Baltic borders
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The Czech contingent of the enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Lithuania returned on the 3rd September to the base in Rukla after taking part in the Namejs exercise in Latvia alongside approximately ten thousand participants from 13 NATO countries. The exercise concluded last weekend after two action filled weeks of training in mobility, readiness […]
NSPA received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions from United States
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The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions, acquired through a NATO project involving 11 Allies and one NATO partner, according to a report issued on 22 August. The Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), produced in the United States, will be delivered to their final recipients, Belgium and Denmark, in […]
NATO’s largest military exercise since 2002, kicks off in Norway
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced that the first shipload of military equipment arrived in Norway this weekend as a part of NATO’s exercise Trident Juncture 18. NATO’s exercise Trident Juncture 18 is still two months away, but the first shipload of military equipment arrived in Norway. The field exercise starts in late October, but the first military […]
NATO’s technology will make military aircraft less detectable
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The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has posted on its YouTube channel some of the footage that shows how experts are developing technology that makes military aircraft less detectable. A team of NATO experts is developing new technology that will make military aircraft less detectable. Most forms of aircraft need actuators (vertical and horizontal flaps) to enable […]
Rafael’s “Protector USV” conducts successful missile firing exercise for NATO
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. carried out a successful exercise for NATO forces, to demonstrate the capabilities of the “Protector USV” against naval swarm threats. The demo included a simulated firing of Spike missiles to neutralize the threat. The exercise took place along the shores of Israel. In the exercise, a NATO ship spotted a […]
NATO, EU urges Russia to accept responsibility for MH17 crash
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini urged Russia on Friday to admit its responsibility for the downing of the MH17 in eastern Ukraine and help investigate the tragedy. The Netherlands and Australia have announced that they hold Russia responsible for its […]
NATO troops take part in Agile Spirit 17 large-scale military exercise in Georgia
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Georgian troops and their American and Eastern European allies are participating in annual military drills Agile Spirit 2017 that has taken start today in Georgia. The multinational exercise involves a wide range of offensive and defensive trainings and will be one of the highlights of the annual calendar of events bringing together military personnel from […]