Category: NATOSource

Norwegian jets end role in NATO’s Libya Operation

By Norway News

From Norway News :  Norwegian F-16 fighter jets that have been assigned to the NATO operations in Libya returned home on Monday, as Norway’s direct involvement in the mission effectively comes to an end. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that Norwegian fighters flew 596 of the 6,125 missions by NATO in total so far, dropping 542 […]

How Turkey’s military upheaval will affect NATO

By Alexander Christie-Miller, the Christian Science Monitor

A Good Step for NATO Missile Defense—from France

By Michaela Bendikova, the Heritage Foundation

NATO activates reserve force for Kosovo

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO sent reserve forces to Kosovo on Monday after a week of violence near the border with Serbia left one Kosovo police officer dead and brought peacekeepers under fire.

What Libya says about the future of NATO

By Tomas Valasek, the Center for European Reform

From Tomas Valasek, the Center for European Reform:  The manner in which the Libya war started, and its conduct so far, suggest that the US-European military relationship is finding a new footing.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 1

By NATO

NATO throws Gaddafi and his sons another lifeline

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

Report: Gaddafi threatens assassination of Italy’s Berlusconi

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sworn to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday. According to the newspaper, Berlusconi learned of the assassination plot through "reliable sources," though the prime minister did not elaborate which sources. Berlusconi said Gaddafi was not referring to his "political death," but […]

Russia, U.S., Canada to hold second airborne anti-terror exercise

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian Air Force and NORAD, the U.S. and Canadian joint air defense command will hold a second round of anti-terrorism exercises on August 8-11, the Commander in Chief of the Eastern military district, Igor Muginov said on Monday.