Robert Beckhusen
Security,
In recent years, Finland has participated in more joint military exercises with NATO countries.
Key Point: Finnish pilots won’t be landing on aircraft carriers of their own anytime soon — or ever.
On March 17, 2017...
Related topics: Finland, Nato
Sudan’s highest governing body Friday ratified a law criminalizing female genital mutilation, a widespread ritual in the African country, the justice ministry announced. The sovereign council, comprising military and civilian figures, approved...
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India and China's border dispute in the Himalayas is decades old. But more recent competition in the Indian Ocean is likely to grow.
Related topics: India, China
(Scott Johnson) Reuters notes in its report from Dubai last night regarding an explosion in western Tehran today: “There have been several explosions around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities since late June.” Jerusalem...
Related topics: Iran, Reuters, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Tehran, Israel, Jerusalem
The novel coronavirus has reportedly infected 28 Georgian soldiers in the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
The infected soldiers have been transported back to their country and are undergoing treatment in a military hospital,...
Related topics: Afghanistan, Nato
Gen. Mark Milley labeled Confederate leaders as treasonous and signaled his support for renaming bases.
Caleb Larson
Security,
And some still serve today.
Key Point: The T-54/55 continues to serve in active duty to this day.
The most-produced tank in military history. Perhaps one of the most battle-tested tanks ever. Nearly 70 years of service...
Related topics: Russia
Jonathan Spyer on Turkey's flurry of overt and semi-covert Turkish regional military assertion.
Related topics: Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan
It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Trump’s latest folly, an election 2020 rally where he was to parade his goods and pretend all was well with this...
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Two House hearings grappled with a C.I.A. assessment that Russia offered payments to kill American troops in Afghanistan — and White House inaction on the months-old judgment.
Related topics: White House, Russia, Afghanistan
Iran To Help Syria With Air Defense To Repel US, Israeli Attacks
Tyler Durden
Thu, 07/09/2020 - 22:40
Submitted by South Front,
Iran will help to strengthen Syrian air defense capabilities as part of a wider military security...
Related topics: Iran, Syria
Top Pentagon officials pledged Thursday to “take action” if the US military could corroborate intelligence suggesting Moscow paid militants linked to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan. General Mark Milley, chairman of the...
Related topics: Pentagon, Intel, Russia, Moscow, Taliban, Afghanistan
Soldiers in North Korea have reportedly been given an order not normally seen in the military: to breed rabbits. The new directive comes amidst rumors of a famine plaguing the country, leading to many experts believing that the army hopes to use the...
Related topics: North Korea
Caleb Larson
Security,
Let's take a look.
Key Point: As the United States military transitions from counter-insurgency preparedness to a focus on near-peer rivals, the rather large and admittedly powerful MG 338 may be out of place.
In a press...
Charlie Gao
Security, Americas
American Rifleman states that the pistol’s original intent was to serve as a super-sidearm of sorts for a private military company (PMC) in the Middle East.
Here's What You Need To Remember: As hunting is already...
The Defense Department officials are scheduled to appear before the House Armed Services Committee. The Pentagon's top leaders are going before Congress for the first time in months to face a long list of controversies, including their differences...
Related topics: Pentagon, Protests
Police departments that get more equipment from the military kill more civilians than departments that get less military gear. That’s the finding from research on a federal program that has operated since 1997 that I have helped conduct as a...
Related topics: Police
Mark Episkopos
Technology,
And it has the money and technical know-how to pull it off.
Amid rising military tensions in East Asian waters, the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) looks to forge a path that balances the need to respond to local...
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Emergency services and military troops in Japan were working Thursday to reach thousands of homes cut off by devastating flooding and landslides that have killed dozens and caused widespread damage in central and southwestern areas of the...
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Zachary Keck
Technology, Middle East
But in any conventional military conflict, Iran wouldn’t stand a chance against the U.S. armed forces.
Here's What You Need to Remember: Iran pursues a deterrent-based military doctrine premised on three...
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