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The European Union has developed a hybrid warfare defense strategy. The decision to implement this plan comes two years after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and initiated a proxy war in East Ukraine. This position from Europe has arisen as Russia continues its nationalist march for old glory. The advent of Russian proxy and hybrid […]
Air National Guard F-15Cs and airmen are headed to Europe to augment U.S. forces on the Continent, part of ongoing efforts to boost peace and stability in the region while deterring Russian aggression in eastern Europe. Twelve F-15C Eagles and about 350 airmen and support equipment were to begin deploying Friday from their home stations, […]
The Pentagon has drawn up plans to position American troops, tanks and other armored vehicles full time along NATO’s eastern borders to deter Russian aggression, in what would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. The Pentagon intends the plans as an escalation of a proposal it announced last year, […]
Editor’s Note: It’s been interesting to watch Russian performance in Syria unfold as they’ve matured. We’ve seen an impressive array of very modern hardware: Putin has brought his very best toys into the sandbox to play with–none of which (the S-400, for example) are really required to deal with Daesh. That suggests, as we mentioned […]
About 1,200 soldiers from 13 countries looked up toward the thin white clouds stretching across the sky. Having just participated in a brief NATO battle demo, they awaited the November event’s finale. First Lt. Tim Pena would later say it was “a beautiful day to jump.” But he hadn’t quite arrived just yet. Right on […]
Editor’s Note: Canada’s Defense Ministry announced that Canada will send about 100 Royal Canadian Air Force personnel and four CF-188 Hornet fighter jets to train with the Romanian military. As we all know, NATO has been stepping up its presence in eastern Europe, as a response the Russia’s resurgence and activities in Ukraine. Canada will send […]
Watch as U.S. and NATO special operators fast-rope out of CV-22 Ospreys during a training exercise called Emerald Warrior.
Editor’s Note: Commercial satellite imagery, thanks to the awesome folks over at DigitalGlobe, reveals Belarus has at least partially converted their S-200 SAM site at Polatsk to support the highly capable S-300 system. The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble; SA-12 Giant/Gladiator; and SA-20 Gargoyle) is a whole family of Russian modern long range surface-to-air missile systems. As […]
Editor’s Note: Romania is another example of a NATO partner nation whose Air Force is in dire need of modernization. We’ve talked with our brothers and sisters who have spent time there on deployments, and the reports on the current state of affairs in the Romania have been dismal at best. Hopefully they’re able to […]
Washington has dispatched more than 5,000 tons of ammunition to Germany, the largest amount in 10 years, the US military announced, adding that the shipment will help to “continue to enable the NATO alliance” and to defend its allies. “In the largest single Europe-bound US shipment of ammunition in 10 years, the 21st Theater Sustainment […]
(CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s fiscal 2017 budget quadruples defense spending on the U.S. “presence and posture” in Europe, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told PBS on Tuesday. “We’re putting in heavy equipment into Eastern Europe. We are putting forces in now — not on a permanent basis, but a persistent, rotational basis. “There will be a […]
Editor’s Note: Rand Corporation has been a long-trusted think-tank in the Washington, D.C. area and, based on its latest report, the company believes NATO would end up losing an engagement with the Russians over territory in the Baltic Sea region. A lot of factors are at play, but the study’s conclusion are certainly not unfounded. […]
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