Monthly Archives: April 2015

NATO, Afghan soldiers killed in eastern Afghan shooting
One NATO-led service member and an Afghan soldier were killed in a gunfire exchange in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Wednesday. "An incident...

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VJTF units mobilize
Eleven Allies Test NATO #39;Spearhead #39; Alert Procedures on EX NOBLE JUMP NATO assessed its alert procedures for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) for the first time during Exercise...

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NATO Rapid Reaction Force: Response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine
NATO has held drills to test out its new rapid reaction force - the detachment which was created last year in response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Soldiers from 11 nations gathered...

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NATO Reconnaissance Flights: AWAC aircraft monitor Turkey, Eastern Europe amid tension with Russia
NATO #39;s Airborne Warning and Control System radar aircraft continued routine flights over eastern Europe and Turkey in an effort participants said was to reassure allies. Check out our website:...

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Bondi Brothas Trailer 2 - Capsula Nato

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BRUSSELS NATO is downsizing the Russian delegation to the U.S.-led defense alliance, cutting the maximum staff allowed to 30.

NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said Friday the new ceiling on personnel from NATO partner countries applies to all 41 nations concerned.

However, Russia is believed to be the only nation whose delegation, now around 50, tops that limit.

Romero said the new staff limits, to go into effect over the next nine months, are a "practical measure" not aimed at Russia, whose relations with NATO have deteriorated since the Kremlin's 2014 annexation of Crimea. She said Russia's ambassador and three other delegation members will continue to enjoy unescorted access to NATO premises.

In 2009, NATO expelled two Russian diplomats from its Brussels headquarters over accusations of espionage.

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Czech Republic's soldiers from the 43rd airborne battalion take part in the NATO drill "The Noble Jump" at the airport in Chrudim, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 9, 2015. NATO is completing an initial exercise and first testing of its new rapid response force that has been created to face new challenges from Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)(The Associated Press)

Czech Republic's soldiers from the 43rd airborne battalion take part in the NATO drill "The Noble Jump" at the airport in Pardubice, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 9, 2015. NATO is completing an initial exercise and first testing of its new rapid response force that has been created to face new challenges from Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)(The Associated Press)

Czech Republic's soldiers from the 43rd airborne battalion line up to board an aircraft during the NATO drill "The Noble Jump" at the airport in Pardubice, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 9, 2015. NATO is completing an initial exercise and first testing of its new rapid response force that has been created to face new challenges from Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)(The Associated Press)

CHRUDIM, Czech Republic NATO is completing a first testing of its new force created to face new challenges from Russia.

Some 150 soldiers from the Czech army's 43rd airborne battalion have been training to be ready for deployment within 48 hours "as NATO reevaluates the risks," Maj. Gen. Jiri Baloun said Thursday. The previous NATO standard times for that were between 10 and 80 days, Baloun said.

In the Netherlands, 900 German and 200 Dutch soldiers have been doing the same. The units will be moved for further trials to Poland in June while some 25,000 NATO troops will complete the exercise of the new force in Italy, Portugal and Spain in October and November.

The units belong to NATO's new Very High Readiness Joint Task Force.

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