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Apr 10, 2013

NATO warns that an independent Scotland would lose membership in the Alliance

By BBC

From BBC:  Nato has said that if Scotland was considered to be a "new state" it would need to reapply for membership.

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Apr 10, 2013

How to keep NATO strong

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Policy

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Policy:  [P]romoting our way of life is not enough. We also have to protect it — and sometimes defend it. The need for a strong military alliance between Europe and North America has never been stronger.

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Apr 10, 2013

US to intercept North Korea missile if allies at risk: admiral

By AFP

From AFP:  A top US military commander said Tuesday he favored shooting down a North Korean missile only if it threatened the United States or Washington’s allies in the region.

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Apr 9, 2013

Time to unblock Macedonia’s accession to NATO

By Sally A. Painter, EurActiv

From Sally A. Painter, EurActiv:  Macedonia has made dramatic progress in its effort to join both NATO and the EU.

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Apr 9, 2013

Russia’s Mediterranean-bound warships reach Indian Ocean

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia’s naval task force dispatched to the Mediterranean has passed the Strait of Malacca and entered the Indian Ocean, a Pacific Fleet spokesman told RIA Novosti on Saturday.

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Apr 9, 2013

Turkey plans to have operational Space Command by 2023

By Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News

From Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News:  The Turkish Air Force’s road map for launching a space command is expected to encourage space-related procurement in the country.

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Apr 9, 2013

Multinational Black Sea Naval Force starts active drills

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Warships from the six nations participating in the international Black Sea Naval Force (Blackseafor) exercise left the Bulgarian port of Varna for the active phase of the drills, the Russian Black Sea Fleet command said on Tuesday.

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Apr 9, 2013

NATO’s Nordic Model

By Magnus Nordenman, New Atlanticist

From Magnus Nordenman, New Atlanticist:  Amidst massive defense cuts and perennial squabbling over burden sharing across NATO, the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark have quietly assumed a real leadership role in the transatlantic security relationship.

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Apr 9, 2013

Six U.S. Air Force cyber capabilities designated ‘weapons’

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said on Monday.

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Apr 8, 2013

U.S. Budget Cuts Hit Norwegian Defense Sector

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

From Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News:  Norway’s rapidly globalizing defense industry is facing a worrying falloff in military exports, with the decline compounded by cuts in the U.S. defense budget, according to government statistics and defense industry leaders.

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