Secretary of Defense Ash Carter met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon March 26, discussing a range of security challenges shared by the US and the transatlantic Alliance. Specifically, Carter and Stoltenberg addressed NATO’s commitment to the training and assistance mission in Afghanistan, NATO assurance activities, and Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine, according to a read out of the meeting. The meeting, the first of the two leaders, occurred after the conclusion of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation seminar in Washington, D.C., where NATO officials gathered to discuss the evolution of the Alliance’s military capabilities and the threat posed by Russia’s embrace of “hybrid warfare” tactics. Carter assured Stoltenberg the US would participate in NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, and thanked the Secretary General for Alliance member nation participation in both US and NATO reassurance activities in Europe. The two leaders pledged to consult further in the coming months, as NATO gears up for its annual defense ministerial meeting this coming June.
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…