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Response Force Is Vehicle For NATO’s NCW Ambitions

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

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ROME--The NATO Response Force (NRF) will play a central role in the development and fielding of network-centric operational capabilities, the Alliance's C3 director said here last week. Leaders at NATO's recent Bucharest summit concluded that there would be more Alliance military operations in the future and more members participating, Maj. Gen Georges D'Hollander told attendees at Defence IQ's Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) Europe 2008. Development and fielding of net-centric operational capabilities within the Alliance is imperative, and "NATO's Response Force will…

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