It is July 1965, and President Lyndon B. Johnson has made the decision to send troops into Vietnam. U.S. strategy in Vietnam demands a necessary escalation of force. American policy, stemming from Cold War doctrine, and events in Vietnam since at least 1954 have gone unchecked for too long. Yet, U.S. policy is destined to […]
The Russian Military secretly mapped the entire world, but few outsiders have seen the maps—until now. A manual produced by the Russian Army, translated and published in 2005 by East View, a Minnesota company with a large inventory of Soviet maps, gives some insight into how the topographic maps could be used in planning or […]
On the technology front, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has designed a camera pod to carry on P-3’s and P-8’s that will provide video evidence of reckless intercepts by anybody who attempts them. We hear about the unsafe airmanship and dangerous maneuvers when they happen, but NRL is giving our maritime patrol aircraft the ability […]
The Russian defense minister proposed on Friday that Russia and the U.S.-led coalition launch joint action against al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, known as the Nusra Front. A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said no agreement on such action has been made with Russia. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Moscow had proposed to Washington […]
Ekranoplans or Ground Effect Vehicles (GEVs), are an aircraft-hovercraft-ship hybrid that glides at low altitudes above the land or sea, which are capable of swiftly moving equipment and personnel. In 2015, plans for the A-050 Ekranoplan were allegedly underway at the Russian Federation, Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau (CHDB). A model of one of the A-050’s variants […]
United States Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson considered sharing the atomic bomb; in his plan to President Harry Truman. Secretary Stimson expressed a prophetic understanding of the global dynamics of what would soon become an international arms race for dominance of atomic and nuclear armament: The Cold War. Secretary Stimson’s plan addressed the fundamental […]
Russia has begun construction on a 19-kilometer bridge aimed at bypassing mainland Ukraine that will connect Kerch, in annexed Crimea, to Russia. It’s expected to open in December 2018. The connection is expected to cost the Russian budget some 283-349 billion rubles – $4.5 to $5.5 billion. The project comprises two parallel bridges, one for rail and […]
Russian-backed Separatists in Ukraine fire 82mm Mortar Rounds with a Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher (RPG,) for adaptive indirect fire. An innovative approach to bypass and evade the Organization for Security and Co-operation in European (OSCE,) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. The video showcases the testing of this practice by Russian-backed Separatists. A similar methodology is […]
The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organization and a top Syrian archaeologist said Tuesday. The American School […]
In the name of whatever you people hold as holy, stop throwing around the word MANPADS. The word has left its technical description, and has simply become a finger-point against America. It’s a lazy acronym. Meanwhile, in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria; the bulk of weapon systems deployed are based on Russian design platforms. The guided […]
Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons taking part in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission were scrambled to intercept three Russian aircraft last week. The intercept is really nothing new for the RAF, or any of the other NATO nations, but it’s nice to have a light shined on the gamesmanship that goes on between certain […]
President Vladimir Putin on Friday described the development of NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program as a threat to global security and vowed that Russia will take the necessary steps to maintain a strategic parity. Putin, speaking at a meeting with military officials, scoffed at U.S. claims that the shield isn’t aimed against Russia but instead […]
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