French, Italian, and U.K. aircraft carriers participate as well. The Department of Defense has begun a joint NATO operation with their aircraft carriers USS George H.W. Bush and…
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U.S. Co-hosts 2022 NATO Cyber Defense Conference
The summit took place at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The United States co-hosted NATO’s 2022 Cyber Defense Pledge Conference with Italy this week, supported by NATO…
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Army Activates New Air and Missile Defense Unit in Europe
Headquarters in Germany will control all Army air and missile defense in Europe. The U.S. Army announced the activation of the 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade headquarters in…
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Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meets in Brussels
Two Defense Department officials participate. Undersecretary of Defense William A. LaPlante led the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, over the weekend, where he was joined…
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HIMARS Exercises Held in Latvia
U.S. Army deploys soldiers to train on rocket systems for national combat readiness. U.S. Army Europe and Africa announced that two High Mobility Rocket Systems (HIMARS) are being…
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NATO Says Nord Stream Leak due to Sabotage
Various accusations are being made as to whom is responsible. NATO said that the leaks occurring on the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Europe were the result…
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U.S. Flies Bombers over NATO States in Show of Support
Russia continues its aggression in Ukraine. A pair of United States Air Force B52 strategic bombers flew over Croatia and three other NATO-member states in the region as…
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Senate Approves Sweden and Finland NATO Membership
The measure had broad bipartisan support. The Senate voted to ratify requests from Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in an effort to…
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Senate Panel Approves Finland, Sweden NATO Ratification
The motion passes to a full Senate vote Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved expedited ratification for Sweden and Finland’s applications to join NATO, officially sending…
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President Biden Supports Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey
He says it is not a “quid pro quo.” On Thursday, President Joe Biden said, after the NATO summit in Madrid, that he supported selling F-16 fighter jets…
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