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Today s conference titled Romania and NATO s Ballistic Missile Defense System - a Transatlantic Strategic Contribution to Euro-Atlantic Security was a particularly important moment, marking five years since the becoming operational of the Deveselu-based missile defense facility that represents a Romanian-American contribution to NATO s collective defense, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said on Wednesday. Today was a particularly important moment, as we marked five years since the anti-ballistic missile facility in Deveselu became operational. The full operational capacity of this anti-missile facility was declared exactly on May 12, 2016. Also, this year marks a decade since the signing and coming into force of the Agreement on the deployment to Romania of the US ballistic missile defense system, a project I have taken care of from the very beginning until the moment it was finalized. I was the chief negotiator of this agreement for Romania and today we discus
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Drilon to introduce resolution to censure Parlade over stupid remarks on senators
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Saturday said he will introduce a resolution to censure Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., the controversial and foul-mouthed spokesman of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), for calling some senators stupid for proposing to realign the P19-billion anti-insurgency funds to most urgent COVID-19 pandemic response. Ngayon lang ako nakarinig ng isang opisyal ng armed forces na sinasabing istupido ang mga senador. That is very disrespectful at uncalled for, Drilon said in an interview with radio DWIZ on Saturday.
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ON the back of security threats, especially the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, Nigeria has consistently ploughed vast resources into defence spending in the past decade. The outcome has been chiefly underwhelming. Despite billions of dollars being appropriated to beef up the capabilities of the Armed Forces from the Goodluck Jonathan era up till the moment, Boko Haram is still a menacing force. Additionally, banditry and kidnapping for ransom have assumed a frightening dimension in the North, spreading southward since the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), won office in 2015. This is a double jeopardy: insecurity is increasing amid more funding. Therefore, there is a fundamental problem seething beneath the surface.
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Abuja, March 30, 2021 The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd.) says the military has recorded a progressive return of peace to the North-East.
He stated this when the Senate Committee on Defence, led by its Chairman, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko visited the ministry on Tuesday for oversight.
Magashi who said that Nigeria had been contending with diverse internal security challenges, noted that peace was returning to some parts of the country affected by insurgents.
âNigeria has been contending with diverse internal security challenges even as it grapples with the unconventional warfare waged against her by the terrorist group, Boko Haram and banditry in some states like Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara.