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US missile defense test, Sept. 10, 2013

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Mar 18, 2014

Report: Delays in Missile Defense for Poland, Romania

By Rachel Oswald, Defense One

The Defense Department presently intends to declare the second and third phases of the European Phased Adaptive Approach “technically capable” in 2015 and 2018.

Central Europe Missile Defense
Sukhoi Su-35

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Mar 12, 2014

Belarus to Ask Russia for Warplanes in Response to NATO Drills

By AFP and Reuters

From AFP:  Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday he would ask Russia to station up to 15 jets in his country in response to NATO’s moves over the Ukraine crisis.

Belarus NATO
New members welcomed at 1999 NATO Summit

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Mar 11, 2014

Central European Nations Glad to be in NATO

By AFP

Fifteen years have passed since the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined the NATO military alliance, a decision the ex-Soviet satellites now see as fortuitous given today’s Ukraine standoff between Russia and the West.

Central Europe Hungary
NATO AWACS

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Mar 10, 2014

NATO Deploying AWACS to Poland and Romania to Monitor Ukraine Crisis

By BBC and Reuters

From BBC:  Nato is to deploy reconnaissance planes in Poland and Romania to monitor the Ukrainian crisis.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, March 17, 2011

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Mar 10, 2014

Polish Foreign Minister: ‘We Cannot Let Putin Get Away With’ Annexation of Crimea

By Cristina Odone, Telegraph

Russia must not be allowed to redraw the map of Europe, Radek Sikorski, Poland’s Foreign Minister, tells the Telegraph ahead of a meeting with William Hague on Monday.

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Cold Response 2014

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Mar 10, 2014

Sixteen Nations Participating in Norway’s Cold Response Military Exercise This Week

By Norwwegian Armed Forces

The main purpose of Cold Response is to train participants in how to conduct combat operations in cold weather conditions.

Europe & Eurasia France
NATO flag at headquarters in Brussels

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Mar 4, 2014

NATO Responds to Ukraine Crisis With ‘Rigorous and On-Going Assessment ‘

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council has met at Poland’s request to hold consultations within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty

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Meeting of the North Altantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session, Dec. 3, 2013

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Mar 3, 2014

NATO Describes Ukraine Crisis as Threat to Its Members

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO Allies, will meet on Tuesday 4 March, following a request by Poland under article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty.

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Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak

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Jan 17, 2014

Poland Announces Five Finalists for Missile Defense Contract

By AFP

Poland has shortlisted five bidders for a contract to build its air defence system as it spends billions to upgrade its military, the defence minister said Wednesday.

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Remnants of Soviet-era tanks and cannons "reduced" into scrap in accordance with the CFE Treaty

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Dec 2, 2013

Arms Control in Europe ‘Is Now in Crisis’

By Radoslaw Sikorski, Guido Westerwelle, and Villy Sovndal

Over the past 20 years, 70,000 tanks, combat aircraft and helicopters and other military equipment have been destroyed in Europe as a result of the treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) introduced at the end of the cold war.

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