NATO Secretary General - Doorstep statement at Defence Ministers Meeting,17 OCT 2024

Takeaways:NATO will not relent in its support for Ukraine.Perhaps Ukraine will be invited to join NATO.Work continues to implement the decisions made in Washington.For the first time,NATO has invited the Indo-Pacific defence ministers to attend.NATO doesn't have a direct role in the Middle East.

NATO Secretary General with the Prime Minister of Latvia 🇱🇻 Evika Siliņa,16 OCT 2024

Canada leads eFP Battlegroup Latvia to protect the Eastern Flank.Latvia participates in the KFOR peackeeping force in Kosovo and in NATO's training mission in Iraq.

Military Honours - Bosnian Minister of Defence - Honour Company - YouTube - BTB-concept - Bendlerblock (Ministry of Defence),Berlin

15 OCT 2024: Military honours were rendered for the inaugural visit of the Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Zukan Helez,to his German counterpart,Oscar Pistorious.The honourary company was provided by the 6th company (German Army) of the Guard Battalion.The Bundeswehr Staff Music Corps played under the direction of LTCOL Klauka.The video shows the setting up of the honourary post in front of the Bendeswehr Memorial;the unfurling of the unit colours;the marching in of the honourary formation;the arrival and greeting of the guest;the national anthems;the review of the troops;the passing of the honourary formation before the viewing stand;the marching out of the honourary formation;the laying of the wreath before the Bundeswehr Memorial;and the handshake before the photo wall.*Bosnia and Herzegovina aspires to NATO membership and has been granted a Membership Action Plan (MAP).

NATO Exercise Steadfast Noon Begins in the Face of Russian Nuclear Sabre-Rattling

According to AP,NATO will launch its annual nuclear drills on 14 OCT 2024 and they will last about two weeks.The exercise has been held in October or November each year for the last ten years.Boeing nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress Strategic Bombers along with other Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) are participating this year:Panavia Tornado;Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter;and F-15E Strike Eagle.NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the drills,saying:In an uncertain world,it is vital that we test our defence so that our adversaries know that NATO is ready and is able to respond to any threat.*France will not participate as it is not a part of the NATO Nuclear Planning Group.*NATO members belonging to the U.S. nuclear-sharing programme are:Belgium,Germany,Italy,Netherlands and Turkey.These have facilities for storing the Boeing B61-12 tactical nuclear weapon in underground vaults inside an aircraft shelter.According to commercial documents,Great Britain is looking to rejoin the nuclear-sharing programme with the development of the needed facilities at RAF Lakenheath,England in light of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.The U.S. Air Force 701st Nuclear Support Squadron looks after the B61-12 tactical nuclear weapons.*The Neatherlands stores approximately 15 B61-12 tactical nuclear weapons in underground vaults inside an aircraft shelter at Vokel Air Base;while Belgium stores 22 B61-12 tactical nuclear weapons in underground vaults inside an aircraft shelter at Kleine Brogel Air Base.U.S. Air Force Security Forces provide security for the nuclear sites.*Despite Russian threats,NATO has seen no change in Russia's nuclear posture.Rutte said that giving into any threat:would set a precedant that using military force allows a country to get what it wants,and we cannot do that.*Angus Lapley,NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy said the drills are aimed at proving the Alliance has the ability to counter any threat against its 32 member nations,is credible and that:any adversary would need to take extremely seriously indeed.*Lapley said that:Moscow is introducing lots of novel systems and putting more emphasis on investment in short and intermediate range weapons systems.It has recently been talking an awful lot about nuclear doctrine and how that may or may not be evolving...a pretty clear attempt to influence us.*The major manoeuvres will take place over the UK;the North Sea off the Scottish coast;Belgium and the Netherlands.*The nuclear-sharing programme is a dual key arrangement,meaning nothing can be done without the consent of both the U.S. and the host nation.*The drills will involve every step in the U.S. nuclear-sharing prgramme:retrieving a simulated weapon from the underground storage vault;transporting it to the surface on an elevator;and mounting it on or in a Dual Capable Aircraft.*Daniel Bunch,Chief of Nuclear Operations at NATO Headquarters in Brussels,said while the drills will involve several types of military aircraft,a lot of it goes on behind the scenes:Under Staedfast Noon,we seek to stress the overall system,put people in tough positions,high operations tempos.The challenge of coordinating things:literally down to the minute when we would put a weapon onto the target is a very complex activity.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

What support does it need most from its allies now? | DW News - YouTube

with Yuriy Sak,advisor to Ukrainian Ministry of Strategic Industries

NATO Secretary General with the President of Finland 🇫🇮 Alexander Stubb,08 OCT 2024 - YouTube

Finland is to establish a new Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup to reinforce the Eastern Flank and Sweden will establish a regional headquarters.

Military honours for Armenia's president - YouTube - BTB-concept - 9 OCT 2024 - Bellevue Palace,Berlin - new remark

Military honours were rendered for the inaugural visit of President Vahagn Khachaturian of Armenia to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.The video shows the march in of the honour guard;the arrival of the guest;the national anthems;the review of the troops;the march out ot he honour guard;the greeting of the delegation and the march out of the honour guard.The honour guard consists of all three Bundeswehr branches:German Army,German Navy and Luftwaffe.The honour battalion is under the commander of the guard battalion,LTCOL Maik Teichgraber.The Bundeswehr Staff Music Corps plays under the direction of LTCOL Klauka.Before the ceremony,President Steinmeier greeted two members of the German Navy on their birthday.*Armenia has broken with its previous neutrality toward the Ukraine War and is no longer siding with Moscow.