President Obama’s pick to command all U.S. forces in Europe said Thursday that all options — including military force — should be considered as Washington weighs its response to recent Russian aggression against American forces operating in eastern Europe. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti’s testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee came barely a week after Russian […]
Russian attack submarines, the most in two decades, are prowling the coastlines of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic in what Western military officials say is a significantly increased presence aimed at contesting U.S. and NATO undersea dominance. Adm. Mark Ferguson, the U.S. Navy’s top commander in Europe, said last fall […]
Russia’s ambassador to NATO accused the U.S. Wednesday of trying to intimidate Moscow by sailing a Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea, and vowed Russia would respond to future incidents with “all necessary measures.” Alexander Grushko spoke following a meeting of the NATO-Russia council in Brussels, the first in nearly two years. The meeting, which […]
India and the United States have been militarily courting for the past two years, following a prolonged freeze in defense diplomacy and U.S. sanctions after India’s nuclear-weapons testing in 1998 . U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has recently returned from a three-day visit to India, his second trip this year. Mr. Carter discussed logistical requirements for […]
On Thursday, April 14th, a Russian SU-27 fighter “performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers” in proximity to a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft.
Poland’s foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski has urged NATO to deploy troops to guard its eastern flank against Russian aggression. Speaking at a security conference in Bratislava in Slovakia, Waszczykowski said he would appeal to NATO directly when the organisation visits Warsaw in July for a summit. He said Russia has the potential to destroy countries and […]
Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has flown to Moscow for talks with Russia’s military and political leadership, three sources with knowledge of his trip said on Friday. “General Soleimani traveled to Moscow last night to discuss issues including the delivery of S-300s and further military cooperation,” one senior Iranian security official told Reuters, referring to […]
Automatic weapons changed the history of warfare, and the AK-47 changed the history of automatic weapons. As detailed in C.J. Chivers’ terrific history of the subject, The Gun, the AK’s durability, consistency, and price allowed for a democratization of violence across the globe. The Kalashnikov is on the flag of Mozambique. There’s a giant statue of one in Egypt. When the Russian financial system […]
Ukrainian Forces successfully engaged a Russian armored vehicle with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), as it passed through the Russian-backed separatists zone of control and into Ukrainian territory. The engagement occurred in-between the towns of Shchastya and Vesela Hora, Luhans’ka oblast, Ukraine on 11 April 2016. The encounter was anticipated, thanks to an OPSEC-SNAFU, turned public announcement that was leaked […]
FighterSweep Fans, we have more fun news coming out of Southwest Asia, where the Iranian government has announced the delivery of the first S-300 long-range SAM sytem from Russia. This is the S-300PMU-2 variant, designated by NATO as the SA-20B “Gargoyle.” It is a very lethal component of an Integrated Air Defense System, with an […]
For over twenty years, NATO has reached out to Russia to enhance cooperation on a multitude of topics. NATO was forced to redact that cooperation in September of 2014 when Russia militarily intervened in Ukraine. Zamir Kabulov, of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced earlier today, that Russia would like to re-open relations with NATO and come to an agreement to cooperate on terrorism. His statement came around the time three militants […]
It has actually been one of the rougher weeks for Ukraine – this year. • Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk are relentlessly striking Ukrainian positions, in response to Moscow’s displeasure with Ukraine’s growing pro-Western attitude. Last week, Ukraine was an active and diplomatically successful participant at the World Nuclear Summit in Washington DC. • Today there were ninety-one attacks […]
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