Emerging threats such as international terrorism, cyber terrorism and humanitarian disasters have altered military equipment needs for North Atlantic Treaty Alliance countries, a State Department official said recently. "The new military emphasis is no longer on tanks, but rather on strategic lift, helicopters and professional, mobile soldiers," said Bruce Turner, director of the Center for European Security and Political Affairs at the European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau of the State Department. Transforming the alliance from a "lumbering giant designed to…
NATO Transformation Shifts Procurement Emphasis From Tanks to Lift
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