Defence Ministers from 14 NATO Allies* and Finland came together in Brussels on Thursday (13 October 2022) to sign a Letter of Intent for the development of a “European Sky Shield Initiative”. Spearheaded by Germany, the initiative aims to create a European air and missile defence system through the common acquisition of air defence equipment and missiles by European nations. This will strengthen NATO’s Integrated Air and Missile Defence.
The Biden administration approved a potential $323 million arms sale to Finland, offering 48 missiles and more weapons to bolster the country's defenses.
Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel obtained a leaked confidential strategy paper that reveals the country’s military is preparing for a potential war with Russia.
The German military, the Bundeswehr, released the secret 68-page document internally in September.
General Laura Richardson at Aspen Institute , July 2022: U.S. Southern Command's commander said she's working to grow that neighborly feeling among the U.S. and Latin American and Caribbean nations.,
President Petros tal vid tillsättandet av Colomias nya ambassadör i Washington. Claro, no se puede ocultar la importancia de este cargo en el país que está determinando, en mayor medida, los destinos de Colombia desde hace bastantes décadas...
Petro mentioned the desire to change compulsory military service to digital literacy, that young people who have reached the age of 18 instead of submitting themselves to military action should prepare to be pedagogical agents: “I propose to replace compulsory military service with a digital literacy social service. Let young people who leave high school teach millions of people new digital technologies.”
Utrikes- och säkerhetspolitiska källor uppger för tidningen Iltalehti att finska regeringens lagförslag om anslutning till Nato tillåter försvarsalliansen att föra kärnvapen till finskt territorium. -Jag anser att det är mycket viktigt att vi inte sätter den sortens förhandsvillkor, eller begränsar vårt manöverutrymme, när det gäller permanenta baser eller kärnvapen, sa statsminister Sanna Marin i tv på lördagen.
A Four Corners investigation can reveal the US Air Force is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Tindal air base near Darwin, as fears grow that China is preparing for an assault on Taiwan.
Vad händer med bibliotekens uppdrag när samhället står inför kriser? Emma Karlsson granskar argumenten om biblioteken i totalförsvaret men hamnar i större frågor om vilket typ av samhälle vi vill bygga.
Den 26 november [2021] skrev Folk och Försvars generalsekreterare Maud Holma von Heijne under ett avtal med Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation vilket innebär en projektfinansiering till Folk och Försvar under en treårsperiod.
(Own report) – The United States is consolidating its activities to arm and train Ukrainian armed forces in a new command in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim. According to reports, the final decision on the command’s establishment is imminent. It will integrate all current structures, also including multinational structures, involved in direct military support for Ukraine. The US armed forces would thus even formally be in command and Germany would be bolstered as a hub for military activities of all NATO members in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. A strategy apparently being still being applied in Ukraine, was designed in Germany by the US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) headquartered in Stuttgart-Vaihingen – the Resistance Operating Concept (ROC), with focus on underground warfare against occupying troops, drawing on historical examples, such as NATO’s Stay Behind concepts. It integrates the civilian population into the combat and provides for special forces’ operations.
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