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Missile Defense

NATO Chief Calls For Member Nations To Up Military Spending In Face Of Sabre-Rattling Russia

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

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NATO Chief Calls For Member Nations To Up Military Spending In Face Of Sabre-Rattling Russia

Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system. (Photo: Raytheon)

BRUSSELS – In response to what is generally seen as a Russia re-energized with Cold War-style expansionism, NATO is flexing its collective muscles including the deployment of Italian surface-to-air missiles to Turkey.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in opening remarks at an alliance ministerial meeting Tuesday, said he expects an alliance-wide increase of 1.5 percent in military spending in the next year. He also carefully said that the alliance harbors no animosity to its Cold War opponent and does not wish to…

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