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NATO to Announce Europeans Filled Most U.S. Defense Gaps at Ankara Summit
NATO plans to state at next week's Ankara summit that European members have covered nearly all shortfalls left by reduced U.S. contributions to alliance defense plans. The main remaining gap is in strategic bombers, where the U.S. will supply one aircraft instead of two.
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NATO is set to announce at next week's Ankara summit that its European members have filled almost all the gaps left by the United States in the alliance's defence plans, al-monitor.com reported. The main gap NATO is still struggling to plug is in strategic bombers. The U.S.
Has said it will make only one aircraft available instead of two, the report said, citing a NATO source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The report was published July 1, 2026.
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