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NATO holds naval exercises in the Black Sea
NATO has held a series of naval exercises in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast, ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia #39; annexation of Crimea. Warships of from six NATO countries -...

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NATO Secretary General with Prime Minister of Moldova, 16 MAR 2015
Joint press point by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of Moldova.

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NATO Continue Black Sea Drills Near Occupied Crimea: USS Vicksburg leads naval rapid reaction force
NATO ships continued a joint exercise in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast on Monday. The naval rapid reaction force in the Black Sea drills consists of a United States flagship, the guided...

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In this Friday, May 9, 2014 file photo Russian bombers Tu-22M3 fly in formation during a Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow, Russia. Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles to its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games intended to showcase the nations resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine. AP

RIGA, Latvia NATO allies are scrambling to protect vulnerable Baltic partners from the threat of hybrid warfare, a Russian tactic that officials and experts say is based on deception rather than formal declaration of war.

Russian President Vladimir Putins use of anonymous little green men to slice Crimea away from Ukraine last year sent alarm bells ringing throughout the three small Baltic NATO and EU members.

They endured decades of Soviet occupation after the Red Army rolled in during World War II.While a full-scale invasion is improbable now, hybrid meddling and destabilization tactics designed to test NATOs commitment to collective defense are not.

Putins brand of hybrid warfare also relies on misinformation, bribery, economic pressure, which are designed to undermine the nation, according to Latvian Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis.

Trojan Horse

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite did not mince her words when she said: The first stage of confrontation is taking place I mean informational war, propaganda and cyber attacks. So we are already under attack.

According to James Sherr of Britains Chatham House think-tank, hybrid warfare is designed to cripple a state before that state even realizes the conflict has begun.

Its a model of warfare designed to slip under NATOs threshold of perception and reaction.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow has called it a modern example of the ancient Trojan Horse tactic.

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NATO allies come to grips with Russias deceptive hybrid warfare

Riga: NATO allies are scrambling to protect vulnerable Baltic partners from the threat of hybrid warfare; a Russian tactic that officials and experts say is based on deception rather than formal declaration of war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of anonymous "little green men" to slice Crimea away from Ukraine last year sent alarm bells ringing throughout the three small Baltic NATO and EU members.

They endured decades of Soviet occupation after the Red Army rolled in during World War II. While a full-scale invasion is improbable now, hybrid meddling and destabilisation tactics designed to test NATO's commitment to collective defence are not.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite did not mince her words when she said: "The first stage of confrontation is taking place, I mean informational war, propaganda and cyber-attacks. So we are already under attack."

Trojan Horse

According to James Sherr of Britain's Chatham House think-tank, hybrid warfare is "designed to cripple a state before that state even realises the conflict has begun.

"It's a model of warfare designed to slip under NATO's threshold of perception and reaction."

NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow has called it a modern example of the ancient Trojan Horse tactic.

NATO is "looking at how we prepare for, deter, and, if required, defend against hybrid threats," the former US ambassador to Moscow said recently at a security conference in the Latvian capital Riga.

Not to be caught off guard amid an increased Russian military presence in the Baltic, alliance members have mounted a series of troop rotations into the region.

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NATO Allies Come to Grips With Russia's 'Hybrid Warfare'

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As the U.S. and several Eastern European NATO countries conduct a series of military exercises near Russia's border, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his Northern Fleet "to full alert in a snap combat readiness exercise" in the Arctic, state-run media reported Monday.

At least one Russian leader described the drill as routine and unrelated to the "international situation."

The fleet got its orders at 8 a.m. Monday, according to Sputnik, launching a land, sea and air drill that will involve 38,000 troops, 41 ships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft.

"The main task of the (combat readiness drill) is to assess the armed forces from the Northern Fleet's capabilities in fulfilling tasks in providing military security of the Russian Federation in the Arctic region," Russian Defense Minister Gen. Sergey Shoigu told the media outlet. "New challenges and threats of military security demand the further heightening of military capabilities of the armed forces and special attention will be paid to the state of the newly formed strategic merging (of forces) in the North."

The drills will run through Friday, Sputnik reported.

A flotilla of minesweepers will support the Northern Fleet's nuclear submarines in the Barents Sea as part of the drill, the Tass news agency reported, citing a Defense Ministry statement.

"Mine-sweeping groups of the Kola Flotilla have moved to the designated areas of the Barents within the framework of a snap check of combat readiness of the Northern Fleet forces for supporting the deployment of the main forces of the fleet, including the deployment of nuclear and diesel submarines of the Northern Fleet," the statement says.

The ships will conduct magnetic, acoustic and contact demining sweeps during the drill, Tass reported.

Despite a number of countries participating in various military drills in Eastern Europe, a Kremlin spokesman described the Northern Fleet inspection as routine practice aimed at improving military capabilities.

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US Warns of Growing Gap in NATO Defense Spending
Top U.S. officials are warning of the dangers of a growing gap between defense spending by the U.S. compared to Europe at a time of heightened tensions with ...

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NATO Secretary General On Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan Islamic State
NATO #39;s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the conflict in eastern Ukraine is not NATO #39;s responsibility, despite what he labelled Russia #39;s "violation of ...

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