Category: Security

Aerial supremacy and Israel’s decisive actions during Operation Focus of the Six-Day War is the textbook standard of air superiority. The ability to degrade enemy air defense and aircraft is what Western nations and their allies excel in, while countries such as Russia will only struggle with it.

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam was an act of desperation by a failing autocrat who thinks of himself as a reincarnated Peter the Great and a nation that still lives in a mindset of rite of passage for territorial conquest. These acts of desperation will not deter Ukraine nor Western support but make it even more likely Ukraine’s defense and membership in the European Union and NATO will be solidified by the war’s end.

During times of crisis, it is human nature to pull in and harden our security perimeters. And this is the pro way to do it.

Preemptions must be made to contain Wagner and its influence as the PMCs look to further their extreme violence to attract more followers and influence. Like ISIS, ultimately the group will become a major global security problem unless their external operations are kept in check.

Relations between Washington and Tel Aviv will continue to be tantamount due to the ever-changing geopolitical shifts in the region. Now bolstered by what they perceive as weakness, the IRGC and its proxies will continue to push red lines to see how far their operations can go unless they are forcibly checked.

The four Nordic nations of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway are forming a joint air command that puts a dent in Russia’s hostile posture in Northern Europe.

If you think America is doing a good job at promoting freedom and democracy around the globe ask yourself this question. Is the world safer and more stable today than it was when the twin towers came crashing down on 9/11?

One year into the Russo-Ukraine War, SOFREP goes over the lessons learned in this conflict so far.

Tensions between the United States and China have escalated since the US shot down a balloon near South Carolina’s coast that they claimed to be a spy device. China has maintained that the balloon was not intended for espionage.

There had been an outrage in Washington when Chinese ships sailed near the Arctic last autumn, even though they had broken no rules and crossed no borders. 

I believe the entire story behind the events that occurred at Robb Elementary has yet to be discovered. We definitely know more now than we did when I wrote the last article on June 16. I’d like for you as readers to take away two points today.

One of the newest developments for Kremlin’s threat and deterrence strategy is the 9M730 Burevestnik (NATO codename SSC-X-9 Skyfall); a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile with potential unlimited range that has Western analysts worried.