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NATO's first unmanned air vehicle, June 4, 2015

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Jun 5, 2015

NATO’s First Drone Rolls off Assembly Line

By NATO

The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015.

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Italy

In the News

Jun 5, 2015

Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on Pakistan’s double digit defense budget increase:

China
Defense Industry
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Feb. 5, 2015

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Jun 4, 2015

NATO Chief Slams Russia Amid Upsurge in Ukraine Conflict

By Reuters

NATO said on Thursday Russia was delivering sophisticated weaponry to rebels in eastern Ukraine,

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Northern Europe
New Finnish government plans to study possibility of NATO membership

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2015

Finland’s Exploration of NATO Membership: The Benefits of Joining the Alliance

By Mark Seip

Last week, Finland’s new government announced that they will explore the possibility of NATO membership.

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NATO Partnerships

Defense Industrialist

Jun 3, 2015

Big Time for Small Arms

By Alex Ward

Business is booming, but think twice before sending more guns. A quick look around the world reminds you that small arms are the tools of choice for those wishing to propagate violence. Indeed, from France’s war in Mali to the conflict in Ukraine to the Islamic State’s reign of terror to Libya’s disintegration, small arms are […]

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Security & Defense
President Barack Obama in Warsaw, June 3, 2014

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Jun 3, 2015

The European Reassurance Initiative’s One Year Anniversary: Mixed Results

By Ian Brzezinski

On June 3, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the European Reassurance Initiative, ERI, a key element of his Administration’s strategy to counter Moscow’s provocative military actions, including Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, launched just three months earlier.

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Northern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Jun 3, 2015

UCAS-D versus UCLASS? No.

By James Hasik

Testing today’s drones should not be curtailed just for “fairness” in procurement. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus really likes drones. He now has a whole deputy assistant secretariat for them. In contrast to the US Air Force, his people aren’t yet burned out from operating them around the clock for over a decade. This April Fool’s Day even brought the […]

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Security & Defense
"Little green men" after seizing military base in Crimea, March 9, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2015

Post Crimea Europe: NATO In the Age of Limited Wars

By Jakub Grygiel, Wess Mitchell, and Octavian Manea, Small Wars Journal

Octavian Manea: In a Europe where the use of limited war becomes more and more a tool of choice, are the decisions taken in Wales – like the creation of super-rapid reaction force – appropriate to reassure the Eastern Flank?

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Russia
Swedish corvette HMS Helsingborg, June 30, 2008

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Jun 1, 2015

Foreign Incursions into Swedish Territorial Waters Expose Stockholm’s Military Shortcomings

By Elisabeth Braw, Politico Europe

At the end of the Cold War, Swedish submarine hunters commanded an arsenal featuring depth charges, torpedoes, and anti-submarine-warfare grenades, and surface submarine hunters were aided by a large number of helicopters, which easily spot movements in the water.

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Northern Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin, May 10, 2015

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Jun 1, 2015

NATO: Countering Strategic Maskirovka

By Julian Lindley-French, Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute

What must NATO do to counter President Putin?

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