Russia’s Baltic Fleet is monitoring the joint exercises of NATO Baltops-2019, Russia’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) informed press on June 15. Largest exercise in the #BalticSea🌊 – #BALTOPS 2019 kicks off! ✔️16 #NATO Allies 🇧🇪🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸✔️2 partners 🇫🇮🇸🇪 ✔️8600 troops👥✔️50 ships & submarines 🚢✔️40 aircraft ✈️#WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/QSzT8vlVb3 — PLinNATO (@PLinNATO) June 9, 2019 “In order…
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Russia Black Sea drills
Russia‘s airborne early warning and control A-50 aircraft, S-400 missile systems, as well as the Bal and Bastion coastal defense missile systems are taking part in the Black Sea drills held amid NATO‘s Sea Shield 2019 drills, the Russian Defense Ministry’s informs statement published on its official website “To ensure the fulfillment of training and…
Japan to develop cruise missile
Japan Defence Ministry has adopted a policy decision to develop the nation’s first domestically manufactured air-to-ship long-range cruise missile, to be mounted on Air Self-Defence Force fighter jets and capable of attacking a warship from outside of an adversary’s range. The new missile, which is to be developed in response to the rapid advance in…
NATO celebrates anniversary in April 2019 in Washington
NATO Foreign Ministers concluded two days of meetings in Brussels on Wednesday (5 December 2018), focused on issues including the INF Treaty, the Sea of Azov, the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and the Alliance’s new training mission in Iraq. That’s a wrap for #ForMin! Ministers discussed: ✔ #INFTreaty✔ the #SeaofAzov✔ the Western Balkans✔ #Afghanistan✔ New training…
EU-NATO cooperation perspectives
Defence ministers will discuss the latest developments related to EU-NATO cooperation with NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. They will address issues such as hybrid threats and military mobility. “#NATO remains the bedrock for European security” says Secretary General @jensstoltenberg at the #EU Foreign Affairs Council Read more: https://t.co/mMOIbEmhe2 #FAC pic.twitter.com/WNVcDF0yf2 — Oana Lungescu (@NATOpress) November 20, 2018…
Trump expects fair defence cost-sharing
The United States wants a “strong Europe” and is willing to help its ally, but Europe must be fair when in sharing the defence burden, U.S. President Donald Trump said during his visit to France devoted to commemoration of the First World War. The Latest: Trump meets Macron, discusses European security; France says Trump confused about…
NATO tumultuous Summit
Arriving to NATO Summit in Brussels President Trump bitterly criticised European allies for not meeting the two percent spending for defence needs, they signed for as Alliance members. (The VIDEO of President Donald Trump address at breakfast with Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg below). Bilateral Breakfast with NATO Secretary General in Brussels, Belgium… pic.twitter.com/l0EP3lzhCM…
EU-NATO in continuous dialogue
“Over the past two years, NATO and the European Union have achieved an unprecedented level of cooperation. This is natural. We have many shared members. We have shared interests and challenges and more than 90% of EU citizens live in a NATO country” – Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO said. Both international organisations…
NATO-Russia Council scheduled end May
The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting at the level of ambassadors will be held on May 31, a representative of the alliance confirmed to TASS news agency. Exklusiv: Donnerstag trifft sich der Nato-Russland-Rat. Warum Gespräche trotz wachsender Differenzen mit Moskau wichtig sind, erklärt Nato-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg bei @SPIEGELONLINE : "Wir brauchen diesen Dialog" https://t.co/WETWaKbUi1 #NATO —…
Lavrov: Russia will rethink S-300 installation in Syria
“We will supply the S-300 to Syria?- The president said this. We do not have any moral obligations now” – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said while interviewed by RIA Novosti Agency. “We had moral obligations, we promised not to do this until about 10 years ago, in my opinion, at the request of our…
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