Tag: Russia

The idea of space defense exploded into the public consciousness in recent months thanks in large part to President Donald Trump’s directive to establish a space-based branch of the military tasked with precisely that, but within the defense community, space has long been a concern. While the uninformed have levied debates about the militarization of […]

The Baltic Air Policing mission (BAP) has been a priority for NATO since April 2004. Since then, a rotating force of fighters and pilots hailing from various NATO nations have assumed the responsibility of patrolling the airspace over the Baltic Sea, intercepting Russian fighters and bombers and serving as a general deterrent in the region. […]

China’s DF-21D hypersonic anti-ship missile represents a significant enough potential threat to American Naval forces that its existence alone has forced the United States to employ multiple strategies aimed at extending the reach of carrier-based aircraft to keep its Nimitz and Ford class supercarriers outside of the missile’s operational range. The missile, which is capable […]

In March, Russian state-owned media outlets made a surprising announcement: a new documentary series had entered into production that promised to tell the story of Russian nuclear attack submarine commanders sneaking their vessels into American harbors. The story wasn’t set in some fictional “Hunt for Red October”-esque scenario, however — according to the Russians, the […]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, has been tasked with countering Russian aggression for as long as there’s been a Russia. First established in 1949, NATO sought to ensure peace and stability throughout Europe with an eye on the Soviet bear that was awakened during World War II, and while NATO’s purview has expanded […]

Syrian Conflict The Syrian War started in 2011 as an uprising and protests against the government of Syria led by Bashar al-Assad. Originally, the rebel forces were known as the Free Syrian Army but later splintered into several different groups, one of which is ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). The conflict is complex, […]

Despite lacking the economic power touted by nations like the United States or China, Russia has managed to keep their name on the tips of defense analyst’s tongues for years thanks to their unique strategy of using cost-effective hybrid warfare techniques to interfere with foreign governments while allocating funds to only high-profile defense initiatives. While […]

It pays to remember that propaganda is nothing more than government sector marketing, and as such, you’ll often find many of the same tactics employed by fast food and soft drink commercials in use through international level perception management campaigns. Some nations, like China, invest heavily into America’s entertainment sector and use their own regulations […]

Although there has been talk of turning the International Space Station over to commercial parties upon the end of it’s projected service life in 2025, a recent audit of that strategy carried out and released by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General seems to indicate that such an extension of the ISS lifespan is unlikely. […]

Despite the acknowledged effort levied by the Kremlin to discredit Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, there’s a reasonable argument to be made that Russia’s attempt to find a friendlier administration under Trump has been met with failure. Although Donald Trump himself has not done an effective job of convincing the American people that he […]

With added pressure on social media platforms like Facebook to root out concerted foreign efforts to influence democratic elections, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had removed 32 pages and accounts that were involved in a coordinated effort to influence the results of the 2018 American mid-term elections. This effort, deemed “inauthentic behavior” in a […]

Syrian Conflict The Syrian War started in 2011 as an uprising and protests against the government of Syria led by Bashar al-Assad. Originally, the rebel forces were known as the Free Syrian Army but later splintered into several different groups, one of which is ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). The conflict is complex, […]