Content

Turkey's decision may already be a "symbolic victory for Beijing"

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

For China, Turkey Missile Deal a Victory even if it Doesn’t Happen

By David Lague, Reuters

Turkey’s $4 billion order for a Chinese missile defense system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons

China Missile Defense
Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

Lithuania Warns Russia It Might Block Access to Kaliningrad

By Reuters and RT

From Luke Baker and Justyna Pawlak, Reuters:  Lithuania could block Russia’s road and rail access to its enclave of Kaliningrad if Moscow keeps pressuring its neighbors over their ties to the European Union

European Union International Organizations
NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

NATO Envoy: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Deserves More International Attention

By Sara Rajabova, AzerNews

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict deserves much more international attention, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said on his Facebook page.

NATO Security & Defense
"I call for the removal of these barriers."

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

NATO Secretary General Objects to Russia Building Fences ‘Within Georgia’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I note with concern the Russian Federation’s continued activity in erecting fences and other obstacles along administrative boundary lines within Georgia.

NATO Russia
GCHQ at Cheltenham

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2013

Britain’s Government Network Attacked By ‘400,000 Advanced Malicious Cyber Threats’ in 2012

By Reuters and BBC

From Reuters:  Britain will recruit hundreds of computer experts to defend its vital networks against cyber attacks and launch high-tech assaults of its own, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Britain Creating New Cyber Reserve Unit

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2013

Britain Plans to Recruit Hundreds of Computer Experts as Cyber Reservists

By UK Ministry of Defense

As part of MOD’s full-spectrum military capability, the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, has announced that the department is set to recruit hundreds of computer experts as cyber reservists to help defend the UK’s national security

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 30, 2013

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2013

NATO Chief: Turkey Hasn’t Completed Chinese Missile-Defense Deal

By Doug Cameron, Wall Street Journal

Turkey had yet to complete a multibillion-dollar missile-defense deal with a Chinese military contractor that has raised concerns among some allies, the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said in an interview on Monday.

China Missile Defense
Britain plans to invest $800 million in new cyber army

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2013

Britain Announces Commitment to Offensive ‘Cyber Strike Capability’

By Simon Walters, Daily Mail

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, who will announce the new plans at the Tory conference today, has hailed the changes as the biggest military revolution since tanks replaced cavalry brigades

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
NATO leaders aboard Italian aircraft carrier Cavour

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2013

NATO Leaders Join Major Naval Exercise

By NATO

Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow together with ambassadors, commanders and other representatives from the North Atlantic Council and NATO’s Military Committee observed Allied naval forces in action in the Mediterranean Sea

NATO Security & Defense
Russian tank in war with Georgia

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2013

Russian Armed Forces Will Have Over 80% New Weaponry by 2020

By ITAR-TASS

The Russian Armed Forces will have been armed with more than 80 percent of new weaponry by 2020, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin

Russia
Load More