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Oct 21, 2009

Poland ready to accept new US missile defense deal

By the AP

From the AP: Poland’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country is ready to participate in President Barrack Obama’s revamped plan for a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe. Speaking alongside U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Donald Tusk welcomed the Obama administration’s proposal for a missile shield that would replace a bulkier version previously planned […]

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Oct 20, 2009

U.S. says not eyeing non-NATO states for shield

By Reuters

From Reuters: The United States does not envisage placing any elements of a revised missile defence system within non-NATO members and is not in consultations with any such states, a senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday. The comments by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence Alexander Vershbow followed concern expressed in Russia last week at […]

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Oct 20, 2009

EuroHawk UAV Finally Goes Global

By Popular Mechanics

From Popular Mechanics: Can a single unmanned aerial vehicle save the NATO alliance? Last week, German military brass and Northrop Grumman officials unveiled the EuroHawk, a UAV that performs long-endurance signal intelligence missions at more than 50,000 feet. (EuroHawk is an adapted Global Hawk, which the U.S. Air Force flies and plans to use to […]

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Oct 19, 2009

United States admits tackling Italians over payments to the Taleban

By the Times (UK)

From the Times (UK): The US Government acknowledged for the first time yesterday that payment of protection money to the Taleban by Italian forces in Afghanistan was discussed by American officials and their Italian counterparts last year. A senior US official confirmed, two days after The Times reported that Italian authorities had paid the bribes, […]

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Oct 19, 2009

Sec. Gen. Rasmussen: Need to “NATO-ize” missile defense against “clearly growing” missile threat

By NATO

From NATO: As you know, the shift in US thinking on missile defence includes a more central role for NATO. I welcome that. I also welcome that the US plans are open to participation by all Allies, and can offer protection for all Allies. Bratislava will be the first opportunity for NATO Defence Ministers to […]

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Oct 16, 2009

US to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010: US official

By AFP

From AFP: The United States will deploy ground-to-air Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010 and is discussing its plans for a new anti-missile system with Warsaw, a US defence official said Friday. “We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the […]

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Oct 16, 2009

Russia flexes muscles with Central Asian war games

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia and four former Soviet republics staged war games on Friday to showcase a a new NATO-style rapid reaction force designed to cement Moscow’s hold over allies in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Dressed in combat fatigues, the leaders of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan looked on as the force carried out […]

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Oct 16, 2009

Russia concerned by U.S. missile shield talks with non-NATO states

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia is concerned by U.S. missile defense talks with countries outside NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. The statement came following reports on talks between the United States and Ukraine on the possible use of the latter’s radars or deployment of a new radar in the ex-Soviet state as […]

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Oct 15, 2009

A Reformer in the NATO Henhouse

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: “I am here as a reformer,” Mr. [Anders Fogh] Rasmussen, 56, said in an interview. “I want to modernize, transform and reform so that NATO adapts to the security environment for the 21st century.” That means, he said: “In a rapidly changing security environment, we have to make sure that […]

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Oct 15, 2009

Italy denies paying off Taliban in Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: Italy and NATO on Thursday denied a newspaper report that the Italian intelligence secretly paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to maintain peace in an area in Afghanistan that was under Italian control. Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s office called the report in the Times of London “completely groundless.” The Italian defense minister denounced […]

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