Nato Meets To Lay The Groundwork For Next Month's General Meeting

NATO HEADQUARTERS - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left of center, and other members of NATO Ministers of Defense and of Foreign Affairs meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 14, 2010, to give political guidance for the November meeting of Allied Heads of State and Government at the NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

NATO Antimissile Plan Seen Gaining Momentum -- Global Security Newswire

NATO member nations appear set to endorse a plan to unify their existing antimissile systems under a new, alliance-wide shield that would include land- and sea-based interceptors deployed by the United States, the Washington Post quoted U.S. and NATO officials as saying yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 14).

The countries are expected to determine at a summit next month in Lisbon, Portugal, whether to formally include missile defense among NATO's objectives, clearing the way for the project. Washington last year announced it was scrapping a Bush-era program for long-range missile defense in favor of a "phased adaptive approach" that would field sea- and land-based versions of the Standard Missile 3 interceptor around Europe as a hedge against Iranian short- and medium-range missiles.

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More News On Nato's General Meeting Yesterday

NATO chief calls for anti-missile system -- AP
NATO near adoption of U.S. missile shield -- Washington Post
France backs European missile shield, but only as backup to nuclear arsenal -- Canadian Press
France backs NATO missile defence system -source -- Reuters

Clinton, Gates Question Britain's Defense Cuts, See Added Burden for U.S. -- Bloomberg
Clinton warns UK defence cuts may undermine Nato -- The Independent
Hillary Clinton Fires Broadside at U.K. Defense Review -- Wall Street Journal opinion
William Hague moves to reassure US over defence spending cuts -- The Guardian
Britain will remain military power of 'first rank', says William Hague -- The Telegraph
Clinton cautions Britain on defense cuts -- UPI
US, Britain agreed on robust defense spending: Clinton -- AFP
Clinton says she's worried by UK defence spending cuts, says NATO must share military burdens -- Canadian Press

Gates: NATO cybersecurity policies are 'inadequate' -- CNN
NATO secretary general suggests cut in massive command structures -- RIA Novosti
Nato considers new mission statement -- BBC
NATO to lay out vision for cyber, missile defence -- AFP
NATO’s New Strategic Concept. What should Russia prepare for? -- RIA Novosti
Germany - A new Strategic Concept for NATO -- ISRIA
News Analysis: NATO seeks new strategy to tackle crisis -- Xinhuanet
'NATO No Longer Wants to Be the World's Policeman' -- Spiegel Online
Factbox: Ministers discuss NATO's future vision -- Reuters