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This year’s iteration of Britain’s biannual Joint Warrior exercise in the Irish Sea is subsumed under another exercise, Strike Warrior 21, being used to prepare the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Royal Navy, and its carrier strike group for deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Pacific region.
Exercise Joint Warrior, held in the spring and autumn every year, is described by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as the largest military exercise in Europe and is organized jointly by the British army, navy and air force. It occurs off the northern and western coasts of Scotland in the Irish Sea. It is one of 95 NATO exercises scheduled for 2021 (113 were scheduled for last year), with 220 other national and multinational exercises conducted in conjunction with them.
Putin Moves to Quit Open Skies as Russia Looks to Biden Summit
May 12 2021, 12:42 AM
May 11 2021, 4:47 PM
May 12 2021, 12:42 AM
(Bloomberg) President Vladimir Putin moved to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty already abandoned by the U.S., as Russia said it hopes summit talks with President Joe Biden will focus on strategic stability.
(Bloomberg) President Vladimir Putin moved to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty already abandoned by the U.S., as Russia said it hopes summit talks with President Joe Biden will focus on strategic stability.
The Kremlin sent a bill to the lower house of parliament Tuesday formally repudiating the treaty, saying remaining bound by its terms would be a âthreat to the national interests of the Russian Federation.â State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said lawmakers would act quickly to consider the proposal.
Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan of the Canadian Armed Forces joins soldiers during a lunch with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. on Monday, July 15, 2019. A parliamentary committee will hear this morning from Carigan, who was recently tapped to lead the military s efforts to change its culture.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA – Canada’s top military police officer told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he is not beholden to the top brass, as he responded to allegations that former defence chief Jonathan Vance said he “owned” the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.
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Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan of the Canadian Armed Forces joins soldiers during a lunch with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. on Monday, July 15, 2019. A parliamentary committee will hear this morning from Carigan, who was recently tapped to lead the military s efforts to change its culture.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick May 11, 2021 - 1:14 PM
OTTAWA - Canadaâs top military police officer told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he is not beholden to the top brass, as he responded to allegations that former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance said he âownedâ the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.
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Brigadier-General Jennie Carignan of the Canadian Armed Forces joins soldiers during a lunch with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. on Monday, July 15, 2019. A parliamentary committee will hear this morning from Carigan, who was recently tapped to lead the military s efforts to change its culture.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee will hear this morning from the senior officer who was recently tapped to lead the military’s efforts to change its culture.