Russia has been accused of disrupting the satellite signals vital to the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) during a major NATO military exercise last week, moving the Russian government to deny involvement. The ability to receive GPS signals — the near ubiquitous U.S. satellite system widely used in both military and civilian applications for navigation — was impaired by a significant jamming effort across northern Finland last week, as the largest NATO wargames since the end of the Cold War took place in the area.According to NATO figures, 50,000 people took place in exercise Trident Juncture, which saw 250 aircraft, 65 ships and boats, and 10,000 vehicles deployed for training. A U.S. Warship participating in NATO exercise Trident Juncture is shadowed by a Russian Tupolev TU-142 in the Norwegian sea outside Trondheim, Norway / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Russia has been blamed for the attempt to disrupt the exercise by knocking out … [Read more...] about Russia Accused of Jamming GPS Signals During Major NATO Wargames
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Victor Davis Hanson: Macron Wants ‘European Union Army,’ Can’t Make NATO Payments
Victor Davis Hanson told Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily that French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal for a European Union army is “absurd,” noting France’s failure to meet its financial commitments to NATO. Hanson reflected on Macron’s Sunday remarks at the centennial commemoration of World War I’s armistice in Paris, France, where the French leader said, “Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism: Nationalism is treason.”Hanson said, “I was kind of shocked, because here the host was taking the occasion to pose as Europe’s next leader by basically attacking not only Eastern European leaders, but Trump with his nationalist point, and then framing a hyper-fascist nationalist like Petain, who not only, you could argue about his behavior in World War I, good and bad, but he was the leader of French fascist nationalism in World War II, and yet … [Read more...] about Victor Davis Hanson: Macron Wants ‘European Union Army,’ Can’t Make NATO Payments
Stuck Between NATO and Russia, Serbia Wants to Forge Its Own Military Path
World A country with a history of war and one of the world’s most complicated and controversial relationships with NATO is now aiming to forge its own path to military neutrality. In Belgrade’s sprawling Palace of Serbia, an austere modernist building constructed in the wake of World War II to symbolize the birth of socialist Yugoslavia, Ivica Dacic, a longtime Serbian politician and the country’s current deputy prime minister, addressed a group of former and current NATO officials, security experts, and NATO enthusiasts with his vision for his country’s potential cooperation with the Western military alliance. "Our activities, which consist of cooperation including military and other exercises with non-NATO countries, are not at the expense of our relations with NATO and its member states, and vice versa," Dacic said. "We are aware that the relations between Serbia and NATO are delicate, burdened by the legacy of the past, the bombing of the then Federal … [Read more...] about Stuck Between NATO and Russia, Serbia Wants to Forge Its Own Military Path
Trump Renews Attacks on NATO and Trade Imbalances
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Supported by ByEileen Sullivan and Maggie Haberman Nov. 12, 2018 WASHINGTON — President Trump, fresh off an international display of unity among global leaders to mark the end of World War I, renewed his attacks on America’s longtime allies on Monday, and demanded fair treatment for the United States. In a trio of Twitter posts, Mr. Trump said that the United States pays “for LARGE portions” of other countries’ military protection and loses money on trade with the same countries. Mr. Trump has frequently criticized what he asserts are the unbalanced costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military alliance whose core includes mutual defense. Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders. Never easy bringing up the fact that the U.S. must be … [Read more...] about Trump Renews Attacks on NATO and Trade Imbalances
Russia Interfered With Europe’s GPS Signals During NATO War Games, Finland Says
World International AffairsRussia intentionally disrupted GPS signals over Finland in recent weeks in response to a large NATO war game to which Finland contributed troops, the country’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila has suggested.Moscow was angered by the huge exercise, which involved 50,000 troops from 29 NATO countries, as well as Sweden and Finland. Since the maneuvers began at the end of October, Finnish authorities have noticed disruptions to the GPS network.On Tuesday, Finland’s air navigation services issued a warning to all air traffic that large-scale disruption to GPS services was affecting the north of the country. Norway sent out a similar warning for pilots at the end of October when the 2018 Trident Juncture operation began.“It is possible that Russia has been the disrupting party in this,” Sipila told public broadcaster Yle according to Reuters. “Russia is known to possess such capabilities,” he added.Although it is not a member of NATO, … [Read more...] about Russia Interfered With Europe’s GPS Signals During NATO War Games, Finland Says