Category: NATOSource

SAIC-led consortium to analyse NATO missile defense

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO signed a contract with a consortium led by U.S.-based Science Applications International Corp on Tuesday to analyse ways of transforming the alliance’s battlefield missile defence system. . . . It said engineers from France’s EADS Astrium , Germany’s IABG, Italy’s SELEX SI, TNO of the Netherlands, Britain’s QINETIQ and SAIC […]

Obama urges Erdogan to resolve Turkey’s problems with Israel

By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis, Reuters

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 19

By NATO

Russia gives NATO cold shoulder on Arctic militarization

By Russia Today

What Comes After ‘Europe’?

By Bret Stephens, the Wall Street Journal

From Bret Stephens, the Wall Street Journal:  The hardest fact on which postwar Europe was founded was military necessity, crisply summed up by Lord Ismay’s famous line that NATO’s mission was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

Gaddafi “mercenary” claim turns spotlight on role of special forces in Libya

By David Brunnstrom and Giles Elgood,  Reuters

From David Brunnstrom and Giles Elgood,  Reuters:  A boast by Gaddafi loyalists that they had captured 17 foreign mercenaries this week has been greeted with skepticism, but the claim has highlighted the importance of covert military operations in the overthrow of the Libyan leader.

Israel denies Turkey’s veto over new relationship with NATO

By Yaakov Katz, the Jerusalem Post

From Yaakov Katz, the Jerusalem Post: The possibility of opening an Israeli mission at NATO headquarters in Brussels is still “on the table” government officials said on Monday in response to Turkish claims that Ankara had succeeded in vetoing the initiative.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 18

By NATO

Europe’s takeaway from Libya: “”Will the U.S. keep bailing us out?”

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: At the start, the U.S. led the military charge. America flew well over half the aerial raids—1,320 sorties in total—in the first two weeks after the U.N. Security Council voted in March to authorize the mission.

Turkey blocking Israel from opening office in NATO

By Zaman