Those NATO allies who brushed off the request of the US government to pay as agreed for common defence, might have been too superficial in their judgement. The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit of China’s…
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Gen.Al Manfour denied contracts with Russia
The commander of the operational headquarters of the Libyan Air Force and the Benin airbase, Brigadier-General Mohammed Al Manfour, denied the Libyan authorities concluding contracts with private military companies from Russia. “Any agreements or meetings with the Russian side are official and pass through the government of the Russian Federation and the command of the…
Boris Johnson suspects Russia in a range of cybercrimes
The UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson told there is “plenty of evidence” that Russia has the ability to disrupt British politics with cyber-attacks, following some reports that intelligence experts are to brief political parties on defence methods against hacking from Moscow. Johnson due to meet his Russian counterpart in March, said there was little doubt…
Russian submarine exercise
The Russian Northern Fleet’s submarines Yuri Dolgoruky and Obninsk held an exercise to fire torpedoes against an underwater target, the fleet’s press office reported on Friday via the Russian state agency ITAR-TASS. “The crews of the strategic missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky and the multipurpose nuclear submarine Obninsk performed this exercise in a duel option,” the…
Europe’s poor output in defence
“No matter of how much of the GDP a Member State of the European Union or a NATO ally spends on defence, invests on defence, there is one number – actually two numbers – that tell us a lot. Europeans invest 50% compared to the Americans on defence. The output of this investment in Europe…
Anti-Trump press gloating on Kosachev
In a Russian-language statement on his Facebook page, Russian senator Konstantin Kosachev voiced concern over US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the existing nuclear arms reduction treaty, called for the urgent engagement in negotiations for a new treaty, while the current one will expire in 2021. ‘Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan, if it means nuclear supremacy, will…
Pence welcome in Brussels
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