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The death of Kyle Mullen during BUD/S training in Coronado California and the importance of the SEAL training program are addressed by former Navy SEAL and Naval Criminal Investigation Service Agent David Brown in this SOFREP Member submission.
The UK has announced it will send 14 Challenger II MBTs to Ukraine. It’s a mixed blessing for Zelensky
Japan will double its defense spending in the face of emerging threats by China, North Korea and Russia, and may even build a new aircraft carrier, but it it may be feeding the dragon it wants to defend itself from as well.
Can the “Merchant of Death” go back into the arms business? Why did the US limit the range of HIMARS in Ukraine and is Russia threatening to march into Kazakhstan next?
SOFREP member Tom Johansmeyer explains why cyber-attacks are a sideshow in the larger conflict in Ukraine.
The exchange of Brittany Griner for Viktor Bout probably makes Americans traveling overseas much less safe from arrest and imprisonment on bogus charges.
A month old story about Lockheed Martine building new missile launchers may tell us something about US strategy in the war in Ukraine
Ukraine keeps knocking down most of the multi-million dollar cruise missiles the Russians launch at them in an attempt to weaken their spirit and destroy their infrastructure.
As global power dynamics change, so does the role of American Special Operations Forces. SOCOM is tasked with keeping up with those changes to keep SOF relevant and effective. Presented here is part of their plan to do just that.
The destruction of the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines was of strategic importance in the war in Ukraine. We have a look at the events and offer a hypothesis on who pulled it off and how.
Video of a massacre of Russian troops by Ukrainian soldiers has appeared, but was it a war crime? Or was it the result of a different war crime committed by these now dead Russian soldiers?
There is talk of Belarus entering the conflict in Ukraine with ground forces. Ukraine is taking no chances, but SOFREP thinks Belarus is destined to play a different role in the conflict.
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