Trident Juncture 2018

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Johan Lagerlöf, the deputy director general and head of strategy and security policy at Sweden’s Defense Ministry, and Maj. Gen. Michael Claesson, Swedish Army, the Swedish Armed Forces’ head of plans and policy who also serves as chairman of the Nordic Defense Cooperation Military Coordination Committee, discuss NORDEFCO’s closer cooperation among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the organization’s 2025 plan, Russia, China, cyber and disinformation threats, climate change and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking NORDEFCO’s 10th anniversary and what’s next.

Reagan National Defense Forum 2018
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Tone Skogen, Norway’s deputy defense minister, discusses lessons learned from NATO’s 31-nation Trident Juncture 2018 military exercise simulating an Article V defense of member nation in norther Europe, Russia’s behavior during the exercise and Moscow’s recent seizure of Ukrainian vessels and their crews, and the collision that sank the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.