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Create an account Reset password Already have an account? Log in From now on you can download videos from our website If you would also like to subscribe to the newsletter and receive our latest updates, click on the button below. Enter the email address you registered with and we will send you a code to reset your password. The password must be at least 12 characters long, no spaces, include upper/lowercase letters,...
Create an account Reset password Already have an account? Log in From now on you can download videos from our website If you would also like to subscribe to the newsletter and receive our latest updates, click on the button below. Enter the email address you registered with and we will send you a code to reset your password. The password must be at least 12 characters long, no spaces, include upper/lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Click the button to return to the page you were on and log in with your new password. 07 July 2026 5 MIN READ NATO Deputy Spokesperson Mark Sanders Thank you, Deputy Secretary General. I now invite the participating Allied representatives of the Ground Based Precision Strike Capabilities High Visibility Project to the stage: Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Türkiye and the United Kingdom. Thank you. I invite Denmark, Norway and Türkiye to remain on the stage. I now invite the additional participating Allied representatives of the generic NATO Indirect Fire Round High Visibility Project to the stage: Canada, Czechia, Finland, Greece, Slovakia and Sweden. Thank you very much. I would invite Türkiye to remain on the stage. The other representative may now return to their seats. I now invite the industry representative from Roketsan to come to the stage. Thank you very much. You may now return to your seats. We will now move on to new announcements reinforcing NATO's integrated air and missile defence. NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska Finally, we turn to integrated air and missile defence. NATO’s integrated air and missile defence is our first line of defence. And we have witnessed in the course of the last month repeated airspace violations by Russian drones and Russian aircraft and NATO has successfully intercepted ballistic missiles launched from Iran against our Ally Türkiye. So, the bottom line is, in order to keep all of us safe, we need more of these capabilities. We need many more. We need interceptors, sensors, command and control capabilities. And to do this faster and better – integrating the newest technologies into the capabilities – we must do them together, by pooling all our resources. This is what Allies are doing. This is what we are seeing here today. On the screen you will see the scope and value of these initiatives. These include multinational efforts to enhance our air defence capabilities against lower-level air threats, and to acquire passive air surveillance capabilities, allowing us to rapidly procure off-the-shelf solutions that we know work well. We’re taking concrete steps to modernise also our command and control systems and adding more capabilities for ballistic missile defence. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has acquired a large number of Patriot PAC 2 missiles in the last three years and it is in the process of acquiring more in the near future. We also see Allies doing more together. The Netherlands and Belgium are signing a memorandum of understanding for initiating joint procurement of several essential air defence systems and Türkiye is investing deeply in its remarkable defence industry for the production of a range of air defence systems. Our companies themselves are also stepping up to deliver on demand. Rheinmetall Italia is announcing investments which will enable it to double the production capacity. And it will be done in a production plant in Rome that works on air defence capabilities and ammunition. All of these announcements are impressive. All of them are crucial and all of them are urgent. And this is all necessary to keep our skies safe, and to keep our deterrence and defence credible. NATO Deputy Spokesperson Mark Sanders Thank you, Deputy Secretary General. I now invite the participating Allied representatives of the High Visibility Project on Air Defence Capabilities Against Lower-Level Air Threats to the stage: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Romania, Sweden and Türkiye. Please remain on the stage as I now invite the additional participating Allied representatives of the Passive Air Surveillance Capabilities High Visibility Project to the stage: Norway, please. Thank you. I would like to invite Belgium and Türkiye to remain on the stage. The other representatives may return to their seats. For the new joint procurement initiative of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Turkish investments in IAMD highlighted by the DSG, I would now like to invite Allied representatives from the Netherlands and Türkiye to join Belgium on the stage, as well as industry representatives from ASELSAN and Roketsan. I thank you very much. You may return to your seats. Link was copied to clipboard
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