Questions tagged [nato]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
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What was the Western involvement in Finland's deal with the Soviets to be neutral?
There was being some comment about this from Yanis Varoufakis (see below). But some people are challenging if Varoufakis is making any sense...so I don't know the facts. How much was the West involved ...
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Have any non-German NATO forces been stationed in Eastern Germany since reunification? [closed]
What, if any, non-German NATO forces have been stationed in Eastern Germany (i.e. the former GDR territory) since reunification?
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Has NATO ever started a war?
From my reading it appears to me that NATO has never initiated a war but only reacted to conflicts already happening? Is this interpretation correct? I find it important to answer as many pro-russian ...
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How did Western leaders justify NATO's eastwards expansion after promising the Soviet leadership it won't happen?
Western leaders apparently promised Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand eastwards and threaten Soviet security interests. Leaders named include Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, ...
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Historically, why did the US station their nuclear weapons in Germany for delivery through German pilots?
Recently, somewhat controversially, Germany considers ordering 45 F-18 fighter jets for replacement of the old Tornado bombers, in order to still have jets capable of delivering US nuclear bombs.
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What restrictions were in place after WWII on the German aircraft industry?
A question on Aviation.StackExchange asked why the German aircraft industry is smaller than other countries in Europe. I know that the Allies did not want German rearmament after the war and had ...
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Did Serb nationalism play an outsized role in the breakup of Yugoslavia?
Every few years, I rewatch a five hour BBC documentary about the breakup of Yugoslavia. The documentary begins with Milosevic's rise to power and his assertion of Serb rights in Kosovo. The video ...
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How "old" is mechanized infantry in terms of usage in warfare and what should be called as such?
This topic often fascinated me as a kid. I often questioned myself if there was an equivalent of the use of machinery to protect ground soldiers during a siege or an attack at some city or whatever ...
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Did NATO promise Gorbachev not to accept membership applications from former Warsaw Pact nations?
There have been several claims that there was an agreement between NATO and USSR at the end of the Cold War. This agreement supposedly required NATO to reject any membership applications from the ...
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Did NATO ever make plans for an unprovoked attack at the Soviet Union?
The Warsaw Pact is known to have made plans for an aggressive, unprovoked invasion of NATO. Are there any known serious NATO plans for an aggressive, all-out attack on the Soviet Union? I am sure both ...
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Why was Russia never part of NATO? [closed]
1954 USSR proposed to join NATO and got rejected. 1991 one of Yeltsin's long term goals was to join NATO. 2001 Putin asked Bill Clinton if Russia could join NATO and his response was "never mind". So ...
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Why there were no economic sanction wars against Warsaw Pact countries by the West?
Currently there are sanctions against Iran for missile test, sanction against North Korea for its nuclear activities, sanctions against Russia for its intervention in Ukraine and so on. All these ...
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How did NATO handle the military coups and juntas in Greece, Turkey and Portugal?
Since the founding of NATO three of its members had military coups and juntas:
Greece from 1967 to 1974
Portugal from 1974 to 1975
Turkey
from 1960 to 1961
in 1971
from 1980 to 1983
Since NATO ...
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Why Mexico is not part of NATO? [closed]
Being a North American country and aligned, by and large with US??
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Has there ever been a direct clash between NATO and Russia?
Looking at the news today on the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkey and I am wondering...
Prior to this, has there ever been a direct clash between NATO and Russia? Proxy wars don't count, I ...
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