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NATO Members To Sign Defense Industrial Pledge, Stoltenberg Announces Stinger Missile Deal

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024

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NATO Members To Sign Defense Industrial Pledge, Stoltenberg Announces Stinger Missile Deal

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2024

NATO members this week are set to sign a new commitment to develop plans for bolstering defense industrial capacity, with the alliance’s leader citing it as an opportunity to improve interoperability and weapons production at scale. “That will be a pledge that will help to make our industry across Europe and North America stronger, more innovative and capable of producing at scale,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during U.S. Chamber of Commerce's NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum on Tuesday.…

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