Category: NATOSource

Video of allegedly Iranian UAVs captured by Syrian rebel

By Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room

Hadley: US should provide Syrian opposition with ‘antitank and antiaircraft weapons’

By Stephen J. Hadley, the Washington Post

From Stephen J. Hadley, the Washington Post:  What began as a peaceful civil resistance is increasingly degenerating into a sectarian war between Syria’s Sunnis and its Alawite Shiites that will almost surely spread beyond its borders.

The Case for a European Defence Review

By Jorge Benitez

From Marcel Dickow, Hilmar Linnenkamp, and Christian Mölling, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik:  What the EU needs now is a broad assess-ment of the existing national capabilities with regard to their potential for the cre-ation of joint European capabilities – the European Defence Review (EDR).

Turkey’s defense market worth $14 billion

By UPI

From UPI:  A recent report has valued the Turkish defense industry market at $14 billion.

NATO-EU: Working to fill gaps in defense capabilities

By NATO

From NATO: NATO’s relations with the European Union go back twenty years: the 1992 Maastricht Treaty was the first EU treaty to mention NATO.

EU membership losing its appeal in Turkey

By Kristina Karasu, Spiegel

Through NATO-EU cooperation, Dutch ship frees crew hijacked by pirates

By NATO

From NATO:  On 13 August 2012, the armed boarding team of the Dutch naval vessel HNLMS Rotterdam freed a pirated vessel in the Gulf of Aden and detained six suspected pirates.

Poland wants to replace old Su-22 bombers with armed drones

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Poland is planning to replace its obsolete Soviet-built Sukhoi Su-22 strike aircraft with an unmanned strike aircraft (UCAV) system, Deputy Defense Minister Waldemar Skrzypczak told TVN24 television on Tuesday.

European powers no longer have role across Pacific

By Robert M. Farley, the Global Times

From Robert M. Farley, the Global Times:  Over the past decade, NATO has increasingly stepped outside of its traditional regional boundaries and begun operating in far flung corners of the world.