NATO Seeks Plan To Fix Alliance Shortfalls By November Prague Summit

By Adam J. Hebert / June 19, 2002 at 5:00 AM
NATO's defense ministers earlier this month agreed to prepare a plan to improve alliance capabilities in a handful of high-profile areas that currently suffer from military shortfalls, senior administration officials testified this week. Officials told the House International Relations Europe subcommittee that the "capabilities gap" between the United States and its NATO allies continues to grow, and that European airlift and precision weapon capabilities must be improved. Further, newer members and so-called NATO "aspirants" seem in some ways more committed...

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