Trump Scraps Cold War Nuclear Treaty, US Moving To Build New Missiles
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“For far too long, Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with impunity,” a statement from the White House said. Moscow has refused to admit that it has for years been “covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a direct threat to our allies and troops abroad.”
Towards More European Defense Integration: Aachen Franco-German Treaty
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The Aachen Treaty is the fifth treaty signed in the city where Charlemagne was born and they have all shared a common thread of boosting European peace and integration. The first one, signed in 1668 in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle in French), put an end to the War of Devolution between France and Spain; the second, in 1748,… Keep reading →
State Blocks Israeli Sale of F-16s To Croatia: Deal All But Dead
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Croatia, a NATO member, was ready to sign off on the largest defense deal in its history: $500 million for 12 Israeli F-16 fighters. But the State Department didn’t like the looks of the deal.
From Paris To Orbit: France’s New Space Strategy
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With the landmark CSO-1 satellite launch December 19th and a new space strategy out soon, the French government is finally stepping up in space. A French-led, Europe-wide effort to modernize space capabilities had been announced in 2010, but it had been stalled for lack of urgency and funding. Now that’s changing.
Trump Tries to Take Control of Mattis Narrative
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The relationship went through a messy ending. Will the president now try and give Mattis the Rex Tillerson treatment?
The Secretary Of Reassurance Has Resigned: Farewell To Mattis
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WASHINGTON: After two years of reassuring US allies that Donald Trump’s America would not abandon them, Jim Mattis finally had enough. Even before Trump was sworn in as president, the announcement that he would pick Mattis as his Secretary of Defense was met with delighted relief “from the right, from the left, and from overseas.”… Keep reading →
US Gives Russia 60 Days Before INF Withdrawal; NATO Comes Around
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After five years of talks and a wall of Russian denials, NATO and Washington call Putin’s bluff and say they’re ready to do something about Russian violations of a 31 year-old arms control treaty. But Europe is worried.
New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
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The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US Navy’s Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
Russians Tried to Jam NATO Exercise; Swedes Say They’ve Seen This Before
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The Russians played around at the edges of this month’s Trident Juncture exercise in Norway, but that was to be expected. New moves in the Baltic Sea, however, have some concerned.
NATO To ‘Integrate’ Offensive Cyber By Members
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“NATO is clear that we will not perform offensive cyberspace operations,” said Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Renner. “However, we will integrate sovereign cyberspace effects from the allies who are willing to volunteer.”