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Denmark To Pull Out of NATO Ground Surveillance System

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Thursday, July 1st, 2010

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The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance System (AGS) suffered a blow as Denmark reveals plans to withdraw from the program in a time of fiscal austerity. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister, said: "I strongly regret this decision. AGS is designed to make soldiers from all NATO countries safer and more effective when they are deployed on operations. Denmark's withdrawal from the program sends the wrong signal to our forces and to other allies." Denmark would…

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