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Washington, D.C., United States—The American government has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over an order of Russian anti-air missiles and aircraft. The sanctions came because of a twin Chinese purchase of 10 Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in 2017 and batteries of S-400 surface-to-air missiles in early 2018. The State Department announced that the sanctions […]
A Chinese tank parades in the training ground “Tsugol,” about 250 kilometers (156 miles ) south-east of the Russian city of Chita during the military exercises Vostok 2018 in Eastern Siberia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The week-long Vostok (East) military maneuvers launched Tuesday. And it spans vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East, the Arctic and […]
Recently, the U.S. Navy scrapped plans for a carrier-based armed drone aircraft in favor of their new MQ-25 Stingray program. Instead of carrying ordnance aboard the unmanned vehicles, the MQ-25 will serve as a refueler that helps to extend the operational range of fighters like the Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-35C naval […]
The Syrian Civil War The Syrian conflict started in 2011 as an uprising against the government of Bashar Al Assad but quickly spiraled in a Civil War. The original rebel force, known as the Free Syrian Army, was splintered into several groups, one of which is ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). […]
London, United Kingdom—The British government has announced an additional deployment of troops in Ukraine and a package of financial support. The British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said that an extra contingent of Royal Marines would deploy to the eastern European country as an extra layer of deterrence against Russia. The Royal Marines are Britain’s premier […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin shoots a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Putin chaired a meeting that focused on new arms programs. The Kalashnikov sniper rifle is one of them. Watch Putin fire the rifle below:
Ever since President Trump announced his intention to establish a Space Force, much of the popular sentiment has involved images of jetpack-laden space troops engaging in zero-G warfare in the black expanse above our heads. But the reality of the threats to America’s satellite. Even world-famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has repeatedly spoken out […]
Over the past year, the United States has begun to shift operational strategies away from ongoing counter-terror operations and toward a resurgence of near-peer level threats presented by China’s rapidly expanding military and Russia’s aggressive use of their own limited military capabilities. Over nearly two straight decades of the War on Terror, the United States […]
Russia’s annual military exercises occur within a four year rotation, with each year within that cycle devoted to a particular facet of Russian military operations. Last year, they held their massive Zapad (meaning “West”) drills in Belarus, prompting concerns from NATO allies in the Baltics. This year, their Vostok exercises (this time, meaning “East”) took […]
President Trump campaigned on a platform of “America first,” which included adding pressure on European allies to begin meeting their financial obligations to the NATO alliance. While Trump was certainly not the first president to harp on what the United States often refers to as “burden sharing” among its allies, his rhetoric appears to have […]
Washington D.C., United States—U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the Pentagon is considering the installation of a permanent military mission in Poland. Previously during a White House meeting, Polish President Andrzej Duda had requested from President Trump the building of a new, permanent U.S. military base on Polish soil. He argued that this would […]
Moscow, Russia—The Russian government has accused the Ukrainian security forces of being the perpetrators behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. On July 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by a missile in Ukrainian airspace. All 298 passengers died. The majority were Dutch citizens, but other nationalities […]
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