http://www.mcmilitary.org/ 2010-07-27T03:26:35+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/ http://www.mcmilitary.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-06-26T17:00:45+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/about_us?rev=1277564445&do=diff This website makes part of the Europe for Peace-project, supported by the Grundtvig-programma of the European Union. It is an intiative of Vredesactie, War Resisters International, OFOG, KEM-MOC, TNI and DFG-VK. Reports of the activities: Europe for Peace text/html 2010-07-22T16:39:44+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/afghanistan_deployment?rev=1279809584&do=diff US President Obama announced to send 30000 extra US troops to Afghanistan and asks his NATO allies to do the same. Several countries did announce to send soldiers before or at the Afghanistan Conference in London on 28th January 2010. This overview of the European involvement in this war and the military infrastructure involved was made as part of the Europe for Peace-Grundtvig project, with involvement of the No Bases-network and the No to NATO-coalition. We also mapped the political debate… text/html 2009-12-29T01:20:37+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/air_bombing_range_bardenas_navarra?rev=1262046037&do=diff Air Bombing Range, Bardenas (Navarra) Air-to-Air Combat and Air-to-Land Bombing Training Yearly Used by around 2000 Planes Testing Site for New Weapons USAF Main Bombing Range in Europe text/html 2009-12-29T01:35:06+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airbase_getafe_madrid?rev=1262046906&do=diff Airforce base, Getafe (Madrid) EADS Factory: production of EF-2000 Typhoon Spanish 35th Wing: C-295 Airplanes for Transport of Troops and Equipment Training of EF-2000 pilots text/html 2009-12-29T01:44:30+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airbase_los_llanos_albacete?rev=1262047470&do=diff Airforce base, Los Llanos (Albacete) Spanish 14th Wing: 45 Mirage F-1 Candidate for NATO Tactic Leadership Programme (training for combat pilots) text/html 2009-12-29T01:36:17+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airbase_torrejon_madrid?rev=1262046977&do=diff Airforce base, Torrejón (Madrid) US airbase from 1953 to 1993 Spanish 12th Wing: 40 F-18A Participation in 1994 in the NATO bombing in the Balcans from Aviano (Italy): Mission “Icarus” Participation in 1999 in the “Allied Force” NATO bombing operation of Serbia and Kosova Spying activities: Satellite Center of the EU NATO Combined Air Operation Center (CAOC) text/html 2009-12-29T01:22:21+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airbase_zaragoza?rev=1262046141&do=diff Airforce base, Zaragoza US airbase from 1953 to 1990 Now regularly used by USAF for scaling and refuelling Spanish 15th Wing: 36 F-18A fighter-bomber planes Participation in 1994 in the NATO bombing in the Balcans from Aviano (Italy): Mission “Icarus” Candidate to host the AWACS airplanes of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) text/html 2009-12-29T01:11:41+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airborne_brigade_brilat_figueirido_vigo?rev=1262045501&do=diff Airborne Brigade (BRILAT), Figueirido (Vigo) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force, Eurocorps, and some rotations of the NATO Response Force 2000 effectives Deployed in every Spanish Military Intervention text/html 2009-12-29T01:13:03+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/airborne_brigade_siero_oviedo?rev=1262045583&do=diff Airborne Brigade, Siero (Oviedo) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force and some rotations of the NATO Response Force Asigned to Eurocorps Deployed in every Spanish Military Intervention text/html 2009-12-29T01:40:39+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/armored_vehicles_regiment_marines_valencia?rev=1262047239&do=diff Armored Vehicles Regiment, Marines (Valencia) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force and some rotations of the NATO Response Force Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosova, Kurdistan, Lebanon text/html 2009-12-29T01:41:27+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/armoured_infantry_brigade_botoa_badajoz?rev=1262047287&do=diff Armoured Infantry Brigade, Botoa (Badajoz) 4500 troops and 200 armoured vehicles and tanks Leopard 2/A4 Deployed in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq text/html 2009-12-29T01:49:53+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/armoured_infantry_brigade_cerro_muriano_cordoba?rev=1262047793&do=diff Armoured Infantry Brigade, Cerro Muriano (Córdoba) Deployed in Bosnia and Kosovo Armoured Vehicles Centaurus and tanks Leopard 2/A4 Asigned to Eurocorps text/html 2009-12-29T01:14:21+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/artillery_exercise_field_teleno_leon?rev=1262045661&do=diff Artillery Exercise Field, Teleno (León) Training Site of the Spanish Artillery and Weapons Factories Used 200 Days a Year text/html 2009-12-29T00:57:38+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/aviano?rev=1262044658&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T00:50:43+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/baumholder?rev=1262044243&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T00:43:19+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/bombodrom?rev=1262043799&do=diff text/html 2010-07-22T16:18:27+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/brize_norton?rev=1279808307&do=diff RAF Brize Norton is the largest Station in the Royal Air Force, employing some 3900 Service personnel and over 600 civilians. We are an extremely busy station and are constantly in the public eye, as the main airport used for deploying UK troops worldwide. (RAF Brize Norton website) text/html 2009-12-29T02:29:33+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/brunssum?rev=1262050173&do=diff Joint Force Command HQ Brunssum (Netherlands) is part of the NATO military command structure. It is one of three operational HQs of NATO. It consists of the Allied Land Component Command, Heidelberg, Germany, the Allied Maritime Component Command, Northwood, UK (AMCCN or CC-Mar Northwood) and Allied Air Component Command, Ramstein (CC-Air Ramstein), Germany. JFC-B reports to Allied Command Operations based at SHAPE in Belgium, along with the other NATO European area commands, Joint Force Command… text/html 2009-12-29T00:55:37+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/buechel?rev=1262044537&do=diff The German Airforce base of Büchel hosts the 33rd Jagdbombengeschwader (36 Tornado-airplanes) or Jabo G-33, as well as an estimated 20 US nuclear B-61/4 bombs. These nuclear bombs are stored in WS3-vaults located under the hardened F-16 hangars. Through contract information we know that 11 WS3-vaults are built on the base, with a capacity of 44 nuclear bombs. One of the proofs is this [WS3 briefing]. These WS3-vaults were installed by Bechtel in 1990. The past years these vaults have been modern… text/html 2009-12-29T00:20:18+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/chievres?rev=1262042418&do=diff Chièvres NATO airforce base text/html 2009-12-29T01:43:09+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/combat_helicopter_base_almagro_ciudad_real?rev=1262047389&do=diff Combat Helicopter Base, Almagro (Ciudad Real) In 2005 the base will host 24 Tiger Attack Helicopters text/html 2009-12-30T20:23:34+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/deployment?rev=1262201014&do=diff Deployment news An overview of troops abroad by country can be found on <http://www.nato.int/issues/commitment/index.html> Archive War starts from Europe - Overview bases 15 November 2008 US deployment from Europe text/html 2009-12-29T01:53:40+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/eads_factory_sevilla?rev=1262048020&do=diff EADS Factory, Sevilla Production of the new european military transport airplane A400M 180 airplanes ordered by Spain, Germany, France, UK, Turkey, Belgium and Luxemburg text/html 2009-12-29T00:47:00+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/eucom?rev=1262044020&do=diff text/html 2010-06-27T14:16:58+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/europe_for_peace?rev=1277641018&do=diff Europe for Peace activity overview Seminar 1 - Mapping military bases and war related infrastructure - 12/13 February 2010 Milton Keynes, UK Seminar report results mapping project on Afghanistan war results mapping project on nuclear weapons in Europe text/html 2009-12-29T00:30:10+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/florennes?rev=1262043010&do=diff Florennes airforce base text/html 2009-12-29T01:00:37+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/gaeta?rev=1262044837&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T00:59:45+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/ghedi_torre?rev=1262044785&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T00:29:09+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/glons?rev=1262042949&do=diff Glons text/html 2009-12-29T00:46:06+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/grafenwoehr?rev=1262043966&do=diff text/html 2010-06-27T15:09:19+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/grundtvig_photo_archive?rev=1277644159&do=diff This is the photo archive of the Grundtvig programme ”Europe for Peace“ Partnership meeting Berlin, 16 October 2009 Group photo from the partnership meeting, together with some of the German learners/volunteers Preparation meeting text/html 2009-12-29T00:48:02+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/heidelberg?rev=1262044082&do=diff Heidelberg houses both US and NATO headquarters. CC-LAND is part of NATO military command structure. It is the land component headquarter functioning under the JFC HQ in Brunssum (Netherlands). It is commanded by a US Army General, and has over 500 military personnel from 13 different nations. text/html 2009-12-29T01:54:43+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/helicopter_base_el_copero_sevilla?rev=1262048083&do=diff Helicopter Base, El Copero (Sevilla) 14 AS532L Cougar Transport Helicopters Deployed in Afghanistan Operation combined with the Special Operations Group in 2002 to recover the Perejil/Layla small islet reclamed by Morocco text/html 2010-02-26T11:30:50+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/kleine_brogel?rev=1267180250&do=diff Kleine Brogel airforce base Kleine Brogel hosts 36 F-16 planes of the 10th Wing. These are divided between the 31st 'Tiger' squadron, specialised in air-ground combat (in other words: bombardements) with 18 planes, and the 349th squadron specialised in air-air combat. The base has 1700 military personnel, of which 90 pilots. text/html 2009-12-29T02:01:51+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/lakenheath?rev=1262048511&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T01:50:45+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/legionary_brigade_brileg_ronda_malaga?rev=1262047845&do=diff Legionary Brigade (BRILEG), Ronda (Málaga) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force and some rotations of the NATO Response Force Deployed in every Spanish Military Intervention text/html 2009-12-29T01:48:58+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/legionary_brigade_brileg_viator_almeria?rev=1262047738&do=diff Legionary Brigade (BRILEG) HQ, Viator (Almería) BRILEG is part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force and some rotations of the NATO Response Force, and has been deployed in every spanish military intervention text/html 2009-12-29T00:44:33+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/leipzig_airport?rev=1262043873&do=diff text/html 2010-01-28T00:53:07+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/logistics?rev=1264636387&do=diff Logistics Logistics for military troops contains a lot of aspects, but in the context of military interventions we are mainly interested in movement of troops, material and ammunition (sealift, airlift, transport by railway or truck), fuel and communication. One of the major changes from a static defence army to an intervention force is the build up of transport capacity to project forces to the war zone and to sustain them. Most European states have their own transport capacity but most have… text/html 2009-12-29T01:58:00+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/mildenhall?rev=1262048280&do=diff text/html 2010-07-22T16:21:53+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/military_bases?rev=1279808513&do=diff Military Bases An interesting overview of military bases can be found in the Google Earth map of foreign military bases worldwide made by the Transnational Institute. Belgium Belgium hosts the political and military headquarters of NATO. The political headquarters are located in Brussels. SHAPE, the military headquarter is located in Mons. Near Mons it is served in logistical terms by the airforce base of Chièvres, which is run by US forces. Another support structure is the NATO Satcom in… text/html 2009-12-29T01:45:42+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/military_exercise_field_chinchilla_albacete?rev=1262047542&do=diff Military Exercise Field, Chinchilla (Albacete) Mainly Spanish Military Exercises 14000 Ha text/html 2009-12-29T01:23:54+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/military_exercise_field_san_gregorio_zaragoza?rev=1262046234&do=diff Military Exercise Field, San Gregorio (Zaragoza) Largest Military Field in Europe: 34000 Ha NATO Exercises Training site for armoured vehicles text/html 2009-12-30T19:44:09+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/military_exercises?rev=1262198649&do=diff Military Exercises EU <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=283&lang=EN&mode=g> US The following documents stipulate how and where the US Army in Europe trains: [US Army combat training FY07-08] [US Army combat training FY04-06] [US Army training regulation AER 350-1 version 24-10-2005] [US Army training regulation AER 350-1 version 22-7-2002] text/html 2010-01-13T17:30:37+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/military_organisation_posture?rev=1263400237&do=diff NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is a military alliance of 26 countries. [NATO membership]] NATO does not have its own army. It are the member states who assign their armies to NATO and place them under NATO command. NATO itself exists of several headquarters and a limited amount of military infrastructure, all jointly funded. The organisational structure of NATO can be divided into 2 areas: the political, with its headquarters in Brussels, and the military. The North Atlantic Council … text/html 2009-12-29T01:18:02+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/mountain_brigade_aizoain_pamplona?rev=1262045882&do=diff Mountain Brigade, Aizoain (Pamplona) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force Deployed in Kosova and Afghanistan text/html 2009-12-29T01:19:27+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/mountain_brigade_hq_jaca_huesca?rev=1262045967&do=diff Mountain Brigade HQ, Jaca (Huesca) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force Deployed in Bosnia, Kosova, Iraq and Albania. text/html 2009-12-29T00:15:38+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/nato?rev=1262042138&do=diff NATO HQ The NATO Headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, is the political headquarters of NATO and the permanent home of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest political decision-making body. This North Atlantic Council meets sometimes in the composition of government leaders, ministers of foreign affairs or of defense in a summit to make the most important decisions. In between those summits it meets weekly at the NATO HQ composed of the permanent representatives of the member states. The s… text/html 2009-12-29T01:33:47+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/nato_command_component_land_hq_cc-land_retamares_madrid?rev=1262046827&do=diff NATO Command Component Land HQ (CC-Land), Retamares (Madrid) Subordinated to Naples HQ Command of out-of-area worst case scenario NATO operations in Northern and Central Africa: 180.000 troops text/html 2009-12-29T01:38:40+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/nato_response_force_nrf_hq_valencia?rev=1262047120&do=diff NATO Response Force (NRF) HQ, Valencia NATO High Readiness Force HQ (HRF-L) NATO Response Force (NRF) Rotatory Command 15 HU-21L transport helicopters text/html 2009-12-29T01:48:04+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/naval_station_cartagena_murcia?rev=1262047684&do=diff Naval Station, Cartagena (Murcia) Maritime Transport of Troops and Equipment, along with the harbours of Valencia and Alicante Navantia Factory: Production of S80 and Scorpene submarines text/html 2009-12-29T02:31:02+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/northwood?rev=1262050262&do=diff The military HQ in Northwood has both a UK and a NATO role. It houses a part of the NATO military command structure: CC Mar. CC Mar is the maritime component headquarter functioning under the JFC HQ in Brunssum (Netherlands). It is commanded by a U.K. Navy Admiral, and has about 280 personnel. text/html 2010-03-24T14:14:05+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/nuclear_weapons_and_missile_defense?rev=1269436445&do=diff US Nuclear weapons available to NATO The Strategic Concept of NATO states: ” A credible Alliance nuclear posture and the demonstration of Alliance solidarity and common commitment to war prevention continue to require widespread participation by European Allies involved in collective defence planning in nuclear roles, in peacetime basing of nuclear forces on their territory and in command, control and consultation arrangements.” (§. 63) In the NATO Strategic Concept, the US, UK and French nu… text/html 2009-12-29T01:37:36+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/parachute_brigade_alcala_de_henares_madrid?rev=1262047056&do=diff Parachute Brigade, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) Part of the Spanish Rapid Action Force and some rotations of the NATO Response Force Deployed in every Spanish Military Intervention text/html 2009-12-30T20:25:29+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/participating_groups?rev=1262201129&do=diff Participating Groups Belgium Bombspotting Bombspotting campaigns against nuclear weapons since 1997. After the decision of the International Court of Justice on nuclear weapons in 1996 we can conclude that nuclear weapons in NATO are as illegal as elsewhere. After the model of the UN inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Bombspotting started with non-violent citizens inspections of military bases with nuclear weapons. This grew into a campaign of tresspassing actions with more … text/html 2010-02-21T18:57:54+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/political_debate_on_afghanistan?rev=1266775074&do=diff international meetings: 26-27 Jan 2010: NATO’s Military Committee will meet in Chiefs of Defence Staff (CHODs) session at NATO HQ Brussels source NATO ACT 28 Jan 2010: Afghanistan Conference London The US Dep of State has released its civil strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan: Regional Stabilization Strategy. Information on the upcoming Afghanistan Conference in Londen has also been given by the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to this information, the conference will focus… text/html 2009-12-30T19:47:52+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/procurement_contracts?rev=1262198872&do=diff US Procurement Contract information For recent years, you have to search in the online database on <https://www.fpds.gov/>. Registration is needed, but is free. The following files list all direct contractors of the US military: [Contractors 2000] [Contractors 2001] [Contractors 2002] [Contractors 2003] [Contractors 2004] [Contractors 2005] [Contractors 2006] text/html 2009-12-29T00:49:38+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/ramstein?rev=1262044178&do=diff The airbase of Ramstein, near Kaiserslautern, serves several military functions. US Ramstein serves as headquarters for U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). US units based in Ramstein are the 86th Airlift Wing and the 435th Air Base Wing. The 86th Airlift Wing operates airlift assets composed of 17 C-130s, 2 C-20s, C-21s, a C-37 and a C-40 throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The 86th Airlift Wing commander also serves as the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) commander. The… text/html 2010-06-26T17:55:10+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/research_sources?rev=1277567710&do=diff Research sources A. deployments To research deployments you need: - information on military units getting deployed - information on the structure of the military, in order to make a good interpretation of the information - information on how troops deploy and their logistics text/html 2009-12-29T00:26:04+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/satcom_gooik-kester?rev=1262042764&do=diff SATCOM Gooik-Kester In the past NATO had a whole range of SATCOM installations, but the technological evolution makes most of them obsolete. The SATCOM installation in Gooik-Kester will be one of the two remaining (the other is in Verona, Italy). The installation is manned by a small amount of US military. This installation controlled as well a communication line with microwave stations, which is also becoming obsolete (posts in Westrozebeke, Ben Ahin, Spa-Malchamp). text/html 2009-12-29T00:17:46+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/shape?rev=1262042266&do=diff SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) near Mons, Belgium is the Headquarters of Allied Command Operations (ACO), one of NATO's two strategic military commands. It performs the operational duties previously undertaken by Allied Command Europe and Allied Command Atlantic. The latter has now become Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. Commanded by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), it is responsible for promoting and overseeing t… text/html 2009-12-29T01:01:48+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/sigonella?rev=1262044908&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T00:51:39+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/spangdahlem?rev=1262044299&do=diff text/html 2009-12-29T01:46:40+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/special_operations_command_rabasa_alicante?rev=1262047600&do=diff Special Operations Command, Rabasa (Alicante) Deployed in 2001 on US ships in the frame of “Enduring Freedom” Operation text/html 2009-12-30T23:39:53+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/start?rev=1262212793&do=diff New Project: Mapping the troop deployment to Afghanistan and the military infrastructure involved in this war. US President Obama announced to send 30000 extra US troops to Afghanistan and asks his NATO allies to do the same. Several countries announced already to send soldiers or will do at the Afghanistan Conference in London on 28th January 2010. We want to make an overview of the European involvement in this war. We also try to map the political debate. Please contribute to this project! … text/html 2009-12-29T01:52:17+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/us-spain_airbase_moron_sevilla?rev=1262047937&do=diff US-Spain Airforce base, Morón (Sevilla) 294 B-52 bombing flights to Iraq during Gulf War I USAF 496th ABS and 18th SSS Spanish 11th Wing: 14 Eurofighter (EF-2000 Typhoon) planes text/html 2009-12-29T01:56:03+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/us-spain_naval_station_airbase_rota_cadiz?rev=1262048163&do=diff US-Spain Naval Station & Airforce base, Rota (Cádiz) Logistic and Command Support to US Forces in the Mediterranean Sea, Middle East and Central Asia. Spying functions: AN/FLR-13 500 m. diameter Radio Surveillance and Signal Intelligence Anthena (see rounded feature near the upper left corner of the image above) of the US Sigint System (USSS), and Naval Security Group (NAVSECGRU), US Army chryptographic division. NATO Logistic Weapon Storage Facility. NATO High Readiness Marit… text/html 2009-12-30T20:20:18+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/us_deployment?rev=1262200818&do=diff US - extra deployments in 2008 to Iraq and Afghanistan: 21st Theater Sustainment Command units and others: <http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50595> <http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52975&source=rss>: Bamberg 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion deploys before March 15 text/html 2010-01-16T17:14:09+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/vicenza?rev=1263658449&do=diff [Information sheet] by No Dal Molin-action group (www.altravicenza.it - www.nodalmolin.it) troops: - 173rd Airborne Brigade - Southern European Task Force: division-size headquarters, has now transformed into an Army Service Component Command for U.S. Africa Command. - 1-503 INF REGT - 2-503 INF REGT - 509 SIGL BN - 14 MCB - 839 TRANS BN text/html 2009-12-29T01:03:03+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/volkel?rev=1262044983&do=diff text/html 2009-12-30T19:26:41+02:00 http://www.mcmilitary.org/en/war_starts_from_europe?rev=1262197601&do=diff Important: situation 15 October 2008 War starts from Europe. The European military landscape has undergone profound changes during the last 10-15 years. Europe hosts a large military intervention machinery. The bombs are not falling in Europe. They are falling several thousands of km away in Iraq and Afghanistan. But still war is waged from Europe. Europe serves as a launch pad for military interventions worldwide. The frameworks differ: NATO, EU, US coalition of the willing, UN. The targets al…