Estonia has procured a significant number of naval mines in order to improve its sea denial capabilities.
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Forward basing of US ground troops in Western Pacific is unrealistic
It makes little sense to talk about forward basing of American ground forces in East Asia before addressing the problem that no country wants to host them.
Russia invented electronic warfare – quite literally
Electronic warfare was first utilized during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.
A few questions about the U.S. submarine aggressor squadron
The U.S. Aggressor Squadron (AGGRON) is dedicated to playing the enemy in exercises, but there must be caveats as to how accurately that can be done.
Retracting ice makes Canadian Arctic easier to navigate
New study documents that the Canadian Arctic has become significantly easier to navigate in the last decade.
Lukashenko weaponizes refugees against Lithuania
Belarus is apparently channeling migrants from the Middle East and Africa into Lithuania as a way to put pressure on their neighbor.
How Donald Rumsfeld deserves to be remembered
Not in a positive light.
Russia and the West moving into state of more “professional antagonism”
The Russian Prosecutor General has declared Bard College an “undesirable organization”. This means that any Russian citizen who maintains a relationship with the American liberal arts school faces up to six years in prison, while all foreign professors and students are banned from Russia. Bard runs a mini-campus in Saint Petersburg, so the number of […]
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Do tripwire forces work?
Not according to Paul Poast and Dan Reiter. In this article in War on the Rocks titled Death without deterrence, or why tripwire forces are not enough they argue that nobody is deterred by a militarily insignificant body of soldiers whose only job it is to die. Though tripwire forces offer little deterrence power, larger […]
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Russian submarines are dangerous, says U.S. general
Joseph Trevithich writing for The Drive: A senior U.S. military officer has again sounded the alarm about the threat that advanced, very-quiet, cruise-missile-armed Russian submarines, as well as Chinese ones, increasingly present to the United States. At a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, who is head of U.S. Northern Command […]