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Apr 5, 2013

First German ship integrated in U.S. carrier strike group

By U.S. Navy

From U.S. Navy:  The German Sachsen-class frigate Hamburg (F220) is the first German ship to fully integrate and deploy with an American carrier strike group, and April 3 marks her second week of operating in the North Arabian Sea with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE).

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Apr 5, 2013

Russian bombers conduct practice strikes on U.S. missile defenses

By Bill Gertz, Free Beacon

From Bill Gertz, Free Beacon:  A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks.

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Apr 5, 2013

Cyber Necessity: Stopping companies from selling insecure software

By Marc Maiffret, New York Times

From Marc Maiffret, New York Times: Too much of the debate begins and ends with the perpetrators and the victims of cyberattacks, and not enough is focused on the real problem: the insecure software or technology that allows such attacks to succeed.

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Apr 5, 2013

U.K., U.S. cooperation strong in Arabian Gulf

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

From Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News:  British and American forces have long cooperated in a variety of endeavors, but here in the Arabian Gulf, where both navies maintain sizable mine countermeasures forces, the bonds are especially strong against a common enemy: the sea mine.

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Apr 5, 2013

Bulgaria offers to host NATO cyber defense center

By Novinite

From Novinite:  President Rosen Plevneliev has spoken in favor of the creation of a NATO cyber defense backup center in Bulgaria.

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Apr 4, 2013

NATO praises British submarines for contributing to alliance’s nuclear deterrence

By Britain's Ministry of Defense

From Britain’s Ministry of Defense:  Full text of letter from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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Apr 4, 2013

64th Anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty

By Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State

From Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State:  In this agreement, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom agreed to consider attack against one an attack against all, along with consultations about threats and defense matters.

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Apr 4, 2013

The cyber age demands new rules of war

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

From Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times:  The sophisticated dissemination of computer viruses can disrupt the military industrial assets of rivals.

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Apr 3, 2013

Canada contributing over 900 sailors and aircrews to NATO’s largest tactical exercise in Europe

By Department of National Defense of Canada

From Department of National Defense of Canada:  More than 900 Canadian sailors, airmen and airwomen of the Canadian Armed Forces departed today to participate in Exercise Joint Warrior, a joint multinational NATO exercise taking place in the United Kingdom from April 15 to 25.

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Apr 3, 2013

Norway sees rise in Russian military jet activity

By Local (Norway)

From Local (Norway):  Norway said on Wednesday it had observed an increasing number of Russian military jets near its airspace last year, amid President Vladimir Putin’s massive rearmament plan.

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