The United Kingdom is to send Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke to the Baltics to bolster the region’s security. The Typhoon jets and the Iron Duke will deploy to the Baltic this month as part of the UK’s commitment to eastern European allies, the ministry of defence said in […]
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The United States has come up with plans to position more US troops, tanks and other armoured vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to defend the allies from a potential Russian aggression, the Wall Street Journal reported today, adding this would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. The
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According to a research paper by Chatham House, a British think-tank, the techniques and methods used by Russia in the Ukraine conflict have roots in traditional Soviet approaches and shouldn’t have surprised anyone; moreover, the paper calls the strategic interests of the West and Russia “fundamentally incompatible”. Chatham House, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in
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The United Kingdom is going to send five warships to the Baltics to help defend NATO’s eastern flank; the country will also contribute troops to a new 6,000-strong NATO force. Michael Fallon, the UK defence secretary, said that increasing the country’s NATO contributions will send a strong message “to our enemies that we’re ready to
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NATO is to approve an expansion of its troop deployments in Eastern Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the alliance officials; the move comes after a global think tank said in an analysis that NATO was currently unable to defend the territory of its most exposed members, including Estonia. The WSJ said
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At the moment, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members, including Estonia, RAND Corporation, a global policy think tank, says in its recent analysis. The think tank analysed a series of wargames conducted in the Baltics between the summer of 2014 and the spring of 2015, and concluded that as “currently
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The 40th rotation of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission will take place on 7 January in Lithuania and Estonia as responsibility for the mission will be transferred from Hungary and Germany to Spain and Belgium. Spain will lead the Baltic Air Policing mission for the first four months of 2016 with four Eurofighter Typhoon
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The United Kingdom will be at the forefront of a high-readiness force that includes Estonia. On 30 November, the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon, committed the UK to a leading role in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which will include Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, and could mean the mobilisation of up
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Four British Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets have been deployed to the Ämari Air Base in Estonia in support of the Baltic Air Policing Mission. The Royal Air Force reported that the jets from No 6 Squadron arrived on 5 May directly from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, after a journey of a little over two hours. The
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“Hedgehog”, a two-week military exercise that takes place in Estonia from 4-15 May, involves 13,000 soldiers, including reservists, conscripts, active-duty personnel, officials, Defence League members and allied troops. In an unprecedented scale for Estonia, up to 7,000 reserve soldiers have been called up to participate in the largest military manoeuvres the nation has seen. Operation
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