![US, NATO weapons stockpile ‘dangerously low’: USAF General](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/Stinger--scaled-e1669985212740-225x150.jpg)
“So we don’t have nearly what we had at the heart of the Cold War. Now you add that we’re giving a lot of munitions away to the Ukrainians — which I think is exactly what we need to do — but now we’re getting dangerously low and sometimes, in some cases even too low that we don’t have enough,” said Gen. James Hecker.
By Michael Marrow![Turkey won’t clear Sweden’s way into NATO for 3 months, Erdogan says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/Erdogan-e1689180681906-225x150.jpg)
Though the delay does not fundamentally threaten Sweden’s membership, it could raise concerns among NATO partners that Turkey will use it as a bargaining chip to elicit new political or military concessions.
By Tim Martin![Raytheon’s IAMD: Advancing global security by meeting customer demand](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-225x150.jpg)
Advanced solutions for a layered defense against complex threats.
By Raytheon![‘Deepening’ Russia-China partnership ‘to stay for the foreseeable future,’ Japanese diplomat warns](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/230712_xi_putin_shake_GettyImages-1248971209-scaled-e1689176597917-225x150.jpg)
Tamaki Tsukada, chargé d’affaires at the embassy of Japan to the US, downplayed the tussle over a Pacific NATO office but said Indo-Pacific democracies and Western nations must tighten their own ties.
By Justin Katz![At NATO summit, Zelenskyy disappointed but finds solace in G7 pledge, seeks long-range US weapons](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/Jens-and-Ze-e1689166430704-225x150.jpg)
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that when he meets US President Joe Biden today, he will “raise” a request for long range weapon supplies, though did not mention any weapon specifically.
By Tim Martin![G7 countries set to sign security ‘framework’ for Ukraine](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/g7-ukraine-scaled-e1689109525293-225x150.jpg)
Joint Declaration signatories will provide long-term, bilateral security commitments for Ukraine, with the aim of building a Ukraine that can defend its territorial sovereignty both today and in the future,” according to a UK foreign ministry statement.
By Aaron Mehta![NATO won’t offer Ukraine alliance membership timeline, but promises greater interoperability](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/Jens-at-Vilnius-e1689094220124-225x150.jpg)
While the agreement comes with a number of gifts to Ukraine, including the promise to waive standard requirements for NATO membership in the future, it falls well short of the goal set by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that NATO members lay out a clear path forward for his country to join the alliance.
By Tim Martin![Germany approves $769M weapons package for Ukraine, clears huge Boxer deal with Australia](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/Boris-new--e1689087482221-225x150.jpg)
“We are proceeding [with additional funding] because we are convinced it is necessary and the only right thing to do is support Ukraine for as long as it takes,” said Boris Pistorius, Germany’s minister of defense.
By Tim Martin![Czech leader: ‘Several countries’ hesitant as NATO discusses accession plans for Ukraine](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/Pavel-e1689078830596-225x150.jpg)
“Ukraine needs to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it needs to feel motivated that one day it will be welcomed into our [NATO] family,” said Czech Republic President Petr Pavel.
By Tim Martin![Turkey clears way for Swedish NATO membership, in abrupt about face](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/F0ss8CMWcA4L64v-e1689017460875-225x150.jpg)
While far from the official last step for Sweden’s NATO membership, the transmission of Sweden’s Accession Protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly all but removes any doubt that the northern European nation will become the alliance’s 32nd member.
By Tim Martin and Aaron Mehta![NATO must avoid sea blindness in Vilnius](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/230710_NATO_exercise_maritime_230306b-001-e1689005761453-225x150.jpg)
Among other pressing matters, NATO needs to start talking now about updating its maritime strategy, writes James Foggo, dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy.
By James Foggo![Turkey’s demand to join EU before letting Sweden into NATO puts damper on Vilnius Summit](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/230502_turkey_erdogan_kaan_GettyImages-1486894643-scaled-e1683049618225-225x150.jpg)
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will bring his demands for European Union membership to this week’s NATO summit.
By Aaron Mehta![Neutral nations Austria and Switzerland agree to join European Sky Shield Initiative](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/F0bRqs8XwAIPUGV-e1688747944319-225x150.jpg)
Switzerland made clear that it will “examine” areas where co-operation can be strengthened, with a plan to specifically address information exchange and training for the US-made Patriot air defense system, of which it ordered five units in June 2021.
By Tim Martin
Author John Deni argues that at the NATO Summit, “there was little significant movement on several key issues, leaving much on the table for the alliance’s 75th birthday summit next year in Washington, DC.”
By John Deni