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Mar 24, 2010

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

By Reuters

From Reuters: The $19 billion U.S.-European MEADS missile development program is facing about $1 billion in added costs, according to officials briefed on the program, but the overrun should not breach congressional thresholds that would trigger a live-or-die review. Gregory Kee, general manager for the NATO agency that manages the Medium Extended Air Defense System […]

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Mar 24, 2010

NATO’s Counter-Piracy Mission Shows Results After First Year

By NATO

From NATO:  Today marks the first anniversary of NATO ships in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy. Five NATO ships arrived in the Gulf of Aden on 24th March 2009 as part of NATO’s counter piracy mission, Operation Allied Protector. Their aim was to disrupt and deter the piracy that was rife in the […]

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Mar 23, 2010

Russia Says No Arms Reduction Deal Without Missile Defense Clause

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses in Europe in a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the two countries in order to ensure nuclear parity, Russia’s top military commander said. … "The treaty is some 95% ready, but we still have to resolve some issues, including getting the U.S. […]

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Mar 23, 2010

AWACS Support to NATO Maritime Counter-Terrorism Operation

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen, Germany, supported Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (OAE), NATO’s maritime counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean, during the last two weeks. The aircraft operated from the Forward Operating Base in Trapani, Italy. … OAE, a network based operation […]

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Mar 22, 2010

Belgium Extends its Afghan Military Mission by 1 Year

By the AP

From the AP: Belgium has extended its military mission in Afghanistan by a year until the end of 2011. The centre-left government agreed Friday to keep its 600 soldiers in the country at the request of the United States. The Belgian contingent is tasked with training Afghan security forces and providing security at the Kabul, […]

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Mar 22, 2010

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: The Russian Navy ideally needs to have at least 50 nuclear-powered submarines, a high-ranking Navy officer said during a live interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Saturday. The Russian Navy has some 60 strategic, multi-functional and diesel-powered submarines in its fleet that are combat ready. "The number of nuclear submarines in […]

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Mar 22, 2010

The Kremlin Temptation

By the European Voice

From the European Voice:  In selling warships to Russia, France’s risks nourishing delusions and selling short the idea of a common EU security policy. … It is sometimes said that Germany has become a ‘second France’ in its ‘selfish’ approach to the European Union. But is France really on its way to becoming a ‘second […]

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Mar 22, 2010

“Fierce Divisions”

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post:  After Greece recklessly spent its way into a debt crisis, potentially leaving German taxpayers to help fund a bailout, lawmakers in Berlin offered a suggestion to their profligate neighbors to the south: If you want to raise cash, why not sell off a few of your islands? That idea came only […]

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Mar 22, 2010

U.S., “Team Brussels” and EUCOM

By EUCOM

From EUCOM:  On Nov. 25, 2009 I proposed in these spaces an idea of linking the leadership of U.S. European Command with the senior U.S. leaders based in Brussels, the “Capital of Europe.” Then I suggested a meeting involving America’s geographic military command in Europe – EUCOM, with the 3 U.S. Ambassadors representing America to […]

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Mar 19, 2010

A New Command Structure in Afghanistan

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy:  Despite all the cynicism, change, as the old saying goes, also provides the illusion of progress, and nothing spells relief quite like a good old-fashioned shuffling of the decks. Most U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to statements made earlier this week, are to be formally placed under NATO command. That’s about 20,000 […]

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