Multinational Black Sea Naval Force starts active drills
From RIA Novosti: Warships from the six nations participating in the international Black Sea Naval Force (Blackseafor) exercise left the Bulgarian port of Varna for the active phase of the drills, the...
View ArticleRussia’s Mediterranean-bound warships reach Indian Ocean
From RIA Novosti: Russia’s naval task force dispatched to the Mediterranean has passed the Strait of Malacca and entered the Indian Ocean, a Pacific Fleet spokesman told RIA Novosti on Saturday.read more
View ArticlePutin announces bold plans and billions in funding for Russia's space program
From Stuart Williams, AFP: President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space powerread more
View ArticleRussia threatens to use 'asymmetrical' measures to neutralize space weapons
From Xinhua: Russia will considerably beef up its space forces by 2030 to counter possible threats, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.read more
View ArticleU.S. and European allies made deep defense cuts in 2012, while China and...
From Niklas Pollard, Reuters: Global military spending dropped in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade thanks to deep cuts in the United States and Europe which made up for increases in...
View ArticleIsraelis say their planes tracked by NATO-power Turkey
From Dan Williams, Reuters: Not only Syrian air defences worried Israel when its warplanes bombed a suspected Hezbollah-bound arms convoy near Damascus on Jan. 30. Also probing the skies were the...
View ArticleDeputy Prime Minister Rogozin: NATO missile shield 'poses no military threat'...
From RIA Novosti: Russia’s strategic forces are capable of penetrating the US missile shield and it poses no military threat to the country, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on...
View ArticleAfter Donilon visit, Russia says U.S. must do more to address missile defense...
From Steve Gutterman, Reuters: Russian officials said on Thursday the United States had not done enough to address their concerns about an anti-missile shield it is deploying in Europe, indicating...
View ArticleRussian jets practiced attacks on Sweden
From Local (Sweden): Russian fighter planes carried out training missions just outside the Swedish border over Easter; Sweden's military, however, was too slow to react and had to rely on help from...
View ArticleAbout 5,000 NATO soldiers to participate in collective defense exercise in...
From BNS: Up to 5,000 NATO soldiers will attend Steadfast Jazz 2013, an exercise to be held in the Baltic States and Poland this fall, a NATO officer has said.read more
View ArticleSweden's Defense Minister sees shift in Russia's military behavior
From Local (Sweden): The revelation that Nato stepped in instead of the Swedish military during a Russian fly-by at Easter has left Swedish political commentators seething, while the defence minister...
View ArticleRussia plans to deploy fighter jets, base in Belarus
From Andrei Makhovsky and Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters: Russia plans to deploy fighter jets in Belarus this year and eventually establish an air base in the former Soviet republic, Russian Defense...
View Article5 More Questions for Henrik Liljegren
Henrik Liljegren, an Atlantic Council board member, served 42 years in Sweden’s diplomatic corps, including stints as Ambassador to the United States, Turkey, East Germany, and Belgium. In June 2009,...
View ArticlePoland criticizes Russia's mock attack on Sweden
From Matthew Day, Scotsman: Poland has accused Russia of causing “unnecessary alarm” in Europe after Russian aircraft carried out a mock attack on Sweden.read more
View ArticleJohn Kerry: 'There isn't a specific NATO role' in Syria
From John Kerry, Department of State: I met just the other day in Istanbul with the Friends of Syria Core Group, and we continued the discussion about Syria here today because there’s a lot of...
View ArticleIs part-time national defense good enough for Europe?
From Martin Hurt, International Center for Defense Studies: Swedish newspapers reported on 22 April that two Russian Tu-22 bombers, escorted by four Su-27 fighter aircraft, had simulated attacks...
View ArticleDutch diplomat jailed for giving secret NATO documents to Russian agents
From AP: A Dutch court has sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison for delivering confidential Nato and European Union documents to Russian agents.read more
View ArticleMost Swedes doubt Sweden can defend itself
From Local (Sweden): A new Novus opinion poll showed that 83 percent of survey respondents doubted whether Sweden could defend itself. Ten percent said they did not know, leaving a slim sliver of six...
View ArticleRussia's Foreign Minister sees danger in 'NATO trying to play a global role...
From Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Policy: Of course the relationship between such big countries can never be cloudless. And we have some things which still divide us. Missile defense is one case in...
View ArticleIn a first, a Russian warship docks in Israel
From RIA Novosti: Russia’s large landing ship Azov entered the Israeli port of Haifa on Wednesday, marking the first time a Russian warship calls at an Israeli port.read more
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