At the next NATO summit meeting in Lisbon from November 19th to 21st 2010, the new  NATO strategy will be adopted. The new strategy should “lead NATO through the uneasy and dangerous times at the beginning of the 21st century”, as formulated in the contract for the development of the new strategy at the summit of heads of states and governments in Strasbourg in April 2009.

Raytheon Co., the world’s largest missile maker, plans to expand its Patriot air-defense system in the Persian Gulf as the world’s biggest oil-producing region strengthens its missile-defense, naval and air forces.

-The NATO missile-defense shield has triggered a lively debate in Turkey's media, however. Religious-conservative newspapers and commentators oppose the plan, describing it as a "trap" set by the U.S. to reverse Turkey's improvement in relations with countries such as Iran and Syria. They also have speculated that the true purpose of the shield is to protect Israel, rather than Europe, Turkey or the U.S.

“US has unprecedented imperial military presence in the world” - The American military presence in the world is global, blogger and author Tom Engelhardt told RT.

Britain's senior military officer warned on Wednesday that troop levels in Afghanistan won't be reduced for up to five years as America conceded that it has failed to inflict significant damage on the Taliban since sending 34,000 reinforcements to the battle