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Securing Libya’s Weapons
It’s easy to see where the oil revenues of Libya were squandered over the decades of Colonel Qadafi’s rule. The streets of the country are now awash with weapons that have fallen into the hands of the National Transitional Council as they seized the caches that were built up to suppress the Libyan people. The [...]
Ministers Approve Important NATO Reforms
NATO Defence Ministers have just approved a set of important reforms. They will make NATO leaner, more flexible, and better able to deal with future challenges. We have agreed to streamline the agencies which run individual NATO projects, such as ground surveillance and strategic airlift. As a result, our agencies will become simpler in structure, [...]
Experts Assess the Impact of Military Combat
From 3 to 5 June, 32 experts in the assessment and treatment of combat-related injuries will gather at a workshop in Salzburg, Austria. Delegates will work to gain a better understanding of the challenges faced by troop-contributing countries. This NATO-funded workshop falls under one of the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme’s key priorities, [...]
NATO Exercise Demos Submarine Rescue
A demonstration of submarine rescue operations, in the framework of Exercise Bold Monarch 2011, took place today at the presence of Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee (CMC), Gen Nikolay Makarov, Chief of Joint Staff of Russian Federation Armed Forces and Admiral General Manuel Rebollo Garcia, Chief of the Spanish Navy, along [...]
NATO mine-hunters sweep approaches to Misrata harbor
NATO mine-countermeasures ships are sweeping the approaches to Misrata harbour. This is to provide the greatest possible protection after pro-Qadhafi forces in four small boats dropped three mines in the vicinity of the harbour on Friday. This was a clear attempt to cut off traffic going in and out of the harbour, most of which [...]
NATO Delivers Update On Libya Operations
Speaking in Naples, the deputy commander of NATO’s operations in Libya has delivered an update on the situation. NATO took over the operation to enforce the arms embargo, no-fly zone and actions to protect civilians and civilian centres as mandated in UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973, under the name UNIFIED PROTECTOR, on 31 March [...]
National Experts Agree to Closer Counter-IED Cooperation
Meeting in Brussels from 2 to 4 March, NATO Nations identified a number of specific areas where groups of nations could pool acquisition, training and research efforts, in order to counter the continuing threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the biggest killer of NATO troops. The participants identified 47 specific areas where a multinational [...]
NATO Achieves First Step on Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Capability
On 27 January 2011, NATO’s first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO’s military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Uedem, Germany, in the presence of NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, and civil and military authorities from NATO and [...]
Allied Leaders Agree on NATO Missile Defence System
NATO’s leaders decided to develop a Missile Defence capability to protect NATO’s populations and territories in Europe against ballistic missile attacks. The Alliance’s Heads of State and Government stated that they see this as a core element of NATO’s collective defence task in view of the growing threat of the proliferation of ballistic missile technology [...]
