Born, agreement between 14 countries and Finland on an air shield: what it is and how it will work

Defense ministers of 14 NATO countries and of Finland they met in Brussels to sign a letter of intent for the development of a ‘European Sky Shield Initiative’. Led by Germany, according to what is learned, the initiative aims to create a European air and missile defense system through the joint acquisition of air defense equipment and missiles by European nations. Here’s what it is

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The initiative aims to strengthen NATO’s integrated air and missile defense. The signatory nations are Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, United Kingdom and Hungary

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“This commitment is even more crucial today as we witness the ruthless and indiscriminate missile attacks by Russia in Ukraine, killing civilians and destroying critical infrastructure. In this context, I warmly welcome Germany’s leadership in launching the European Sky Shield initiative, “said NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană.

“The new means, fully interoperable and perfectly integrated into NATO’s air and missile defense, they would significantly improve our ability to defend the Alliance from all air and missile threats, ”he added. The initiative will allow all participating nations to jointly develop an air defense system using interoperable and ready-to-use solutions

Furthermore, the alliance of 14 countries is nothing more than “a leading group” and in the future it is expected that “other NATO nations” participate, including “Italy”. This was announced by a senior diplomatic source on the sidelines of the Ministerial Defense underway in Brussels. “This is an open platform – explains the source – which aims to network national industries and therefore will be of benefit to all participants”

The news of the agreement on the air shield arrives a few days before the start of theNato tutorial ‘Steadfast Noon’, “Constant noon”, which will be staged next week. It is about a “routine” exercise held annually and generally lasting 7 days, involving jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads but without actually using any bombs

It will be managed by United States, United Kingdom and France, the three NATO member states that possess nuclear weapons. “We would be giving a very wrong message if we suddenly canceled a routine exercise, which has been planned for some time, because the war in Ukraine is underway,” explained the NATO secretary general. Stoltenberg

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