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NATO-EU: working to fill gaps in defence capabilities
13 Aug. 2012
NATO’s relations with the European Union go back twenty years: the 1992 Maastricht Treaty was the first EU treaty to mention NATO. Today, at a time of financial crisis and reductions in defence budgets, it is more important that ever for the two organizations to strengthen cooperation, spend more intelligently, and improve the complementarity of their defence capabilities in order to meet common security challenges.
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Alliance Ground Surveillance to protect NATO forces
24 May. 2012
It weighs 6.7 tonnes, is nearly 5 metres long and has an endurance of more than 30 hours. It purrs like a Rolls Royce. It can see in any weather or light condition. Its name: Global Hawk Block 40 or RQ-4. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and its four little brothers are being procured by 13 NATO nations. The aim: to provide the Alliance with a ground, maritime and air surveillance capability.
NATO Secretary General and Smart Defence
PDF Library
- Media backgrounder: Multinational Projects
PDF / 634.24 kb - Media backgrounder: NATO Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD)
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PDF / 278.04 kb - Smart Defence - Smart Tadic - 14 Oct 2011 - Background paper
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PDF / 758.66 kb - NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) (PDF/278Kb) - Media Backgrounder
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Opinions
- Press briefing by General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)12 Sep. 2012
- ''A global perspective for Europe'' - Address by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the joint meeing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Sub-committee on Security and Defence23 Apr. 2012
- ''Smart enough? NATO’s response to the fiscal crisis'' - Keynote remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow13 Apr. 2012
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Links
- The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
- ACT - Website of Allied Command Transformation
- Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) Programme - Website
- Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW)
- Multinational Sealift Steering Committee (MSSC)
- The NATO Procurement Organisation (NPO)
- NATO Airlift Management Agency (NAMA)
- NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (E3A)
- NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA)
Last updated: 12-Sep-2012 18:15
Natochannel.tv
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Press briefing by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
12 Sep. 2012
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A leaner, more affordable NATO
26 Jul. 2012
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Keeping an eye on the ball
09 Jun. 2012
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Air Policing - Smart Defence at Work
05 Apr. 2012
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Cooperating to save lives
02 Mar. 2012
Topics
Specific aspects:
- Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS)
- AWACS: NATO’s 'Eye In The Sky'
- Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs)
- Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD)
- Defending against cyber attacks
- Improving NATO’s strategic air- and sealift capabilities
- Ballistic missile defence
- NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence
- NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS)
- Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC)
- Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS)
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