NATO says it is set to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions, strengthening Romania’s eastern flank and to “monitor Russian military activity.”
In a statement on Friday, the military alliance said that the three of Airborne Warning and Control System planes (AWACS) will be sent on Tuesday to an air base near Romania’s capital, Bucharest, on a mission expected to last several weeks.
According to NATO’s spokeswoman Oana Lungescu, AWACS aircraft, which belong to a fleet of 14 usually based in Germany, are “capable of detecting planes hundreds of kilometers away, making them a key capability for NATO’s deterrence and defense posture.”
Each AWACS aircraft can typically stay in the air for eight and a half hours at an altitude of 9,000 meters (30,000 feet). In Addition, it can monitor an area as large as Poland while flying and increase its flight time by air-to-air refueling.
Around 180 military personnel will be stationed at Romania’s Otopeni Air Base to support NATO’s AWACS aircraft.....More Below
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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will reject any call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, insisting that there must be a permanent end to the aggression.
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran will continue to fight because Israel and the US had already shattered a ceasefire reached to end the 12-day war in June last year.
“And now you want to ask for a ceasefire again? This doesn't work like this… There needs to be a permanent end to the war,” Araghchi said.
“Unless we get to that, I think we need to continue fighting for the sake of our people and our security,” he said.
The comments came in response to NBC moderator Kristin Welker's question about whether Iran would be ready to end the war and return to the negotiating table with the US.
It also came two days after US President Donald Trump said that the only way to end the war would be for Iran to announce “unconditional surrender.”
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