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Allied aircraft exercise NATO’s nuclear deterrence capability in exercise Steadfast Noon Thirteen Allies are participating in NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise Steadfast Noon, a long-planned, routine training activity that is hosted by a different NATO Ally each year. This year, training flights are taking place over Italy, Croatia and the Mediterranean Sea. Sixty aircraft of various types including advanced fighter jets and US B-52 bombers, as well as conventional jets, surveillance aircraft and refuelling aircraft from Allied air forces are taking part in the exercise to test NATO’s nuclear deterrent. The manoeuvres involve aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads but do not involve any live bombs. The exercise runs from 16 to 26 October 2023. The purpose of NATO’s nuclear capability is to preserve peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression. Click here to download the b-roll. Footage includes shots of US and Dutch aircraft taking off and landing. With soundbites from the Chief of NATO Nuclear Operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Col.Daniel Bunch.

20 October 2023 Update NATO steps up Baltic Sea patrols after subsea infrastructure damage NATO and Allies are stepping up patrols in the Baltic Sea following recent damage to undersea infrastructure in the region. The increased measures include additional surveillance and reconnaissance flights, including with maritime patrol aircraft, NATO AWACS planes and drones. A fleet of four NATO minehunters is also being dispatched to the area. READ MORE Secretary General at the Conference of National Armaments Directors: Ukraine needs our sustained support Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of continued support to Ukraine in a Conference of National Armaments Directors meeting at NATO Headquarters on 19 October 2023.  READ MORE Secretary General welcomes newly appointed experts to address NATO’s southern neighbourhood On 19 October 2023, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with a group of independent Allied experts to discuss NATO’s approach to its southern neighbourhood – particularly the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel regions. READ MORE NATO holds long-planned annual nuclear exercise NATO launched its long-planned annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on 16 October 2023 with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over southern Europe. READ MORE Additional NATO reinforcements arrive in Kosovo More than 130 additional troops from Romania arrived in Kosovo on 13 October 2023 to further reinforce NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission, in addition to two hundred British soldiers deployed earlier this month. READ MORE NATO Military Committee visits SHAPE, NATO’s strategic warfighting headquarters On 16 October 2023, the NATO and Invitee Military Representatives headed down to SHAPE for a series of briefings, including an update on the headquarters transition from strategic command to warfighting command and the ongoing implementation of the regional plans as well as ongoing and upcoming exercises. READ MORE Meet Martina Ptáčková, who is training NATO troops in hand-to-hand combat "A complex, aggressive, attack-oriented army sport without rules, practised by militaries worldwide, but also an activity that teaches the values of respect, reverence and perseverance." That is how hand-to-hand combat is described by Martina Ptáčková, an eight-time world champion in martial arts who has trained Allied soldiers at a military training centre and in the NATO multinational battlegroup in Slovakia. How did her story begin and what does working with NATO mean to her? READ MORE THIS WEEK IN PICTURES

NATO Secretary General to visit Sweden

On 24 and 25 October 2023, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Sweden. Mr Stoltenberg will participate in the NATO-Industry Forum, where he will give a speech on the need to address the new security and strategic reality. He will also meet with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Mr Ulf Kristersson, the Minister of Defence, Mr Pål Jonson, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Tobias Billström, as well as the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Mr Andreas Norlén.   Media advisory 24 October 2023, 13:20 (CEST)        Joint press conference by the NATO Secretary General with the Prime Minister of Sweden 25 October 2023, 09:20 (CEST)       Speech by the NATO Secretary General at the NATO-Industry Forum   Media coverage The Secretary General’s press conference with the Swedish Prime Minister, as well as his speech at the NATO-Industry Forum, will be streamed live on the NATO website. Transcripts of the Secretary General’s engagements, as well as photographs, will be available on the NATO website after the events.   For more information: Contact the NATO Press Office

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