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Briefing: Improving capabilities to meet new threats 4. Defence Capabilities Initiative Contents   1. Introduction   2. Multinational CBRN defence battalion  3. Missile defence  4. Defence Capabilities Initiative  5. Implementing the Prague capabilities package  6. From Prague to Istanbul  7. Alliance Ground Surveillance  8. Strategic lift  9. NATO Response Force  10. New NATO command structure  11. Cooperation with Partners Editorial Note   Important publisher and editorial information about this document Other Formats English PDF (~929Kb) Printable version with colour illustrations Order a hardcopy version using the online order form. The effort to improve Alliance capabilities was given new impetus at the April 1999 NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., where Allied leaders launched the Defence Capabilities Initiative (DCI). The Defence Capa bilities Initiative identified a number of areas where improvements for Alliance capabilities were required. These areas fell into five major categories.

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