U.S. reveals plans for long-term Europe troop increase

U.S. reveals plans for long-term Europe troop increase

(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 […]

Secret Norwegian caves being used to store U.S. tanks, artillery

Secret Norwegian caves being used to store U.S. tanks, artillery

Washington (CNN) – Marines are prepositioning battle tanks, artillery and logistics equipment inside Norwegian caves as the U.S. pushes to station equipment near the NATO-Russia frontier. “Any gear that is forward-deployed both reduces cost and speeds up our ability to support operations in crisis, so we’re able to fall in on gear that is ready-to-go […]

Rand: Russia Defeats NATO In Baltic Theater Engagement

Rand: Russia Defeats NATO In Baltic Theater Engagement

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. […]

The CIA’s Back Channel to Putin: Preventing U.S.-Russian Clashes in Syria

The CIA’s Back Channel to Putin: Preventing U.S.-Russian Clashes in Syria

During the course of an interview that aired on February 14, 2016, on the CBS program “60 Minutes,” CIA Director John Brennan revealed that he is personally acting as a back channel to Russian President Vladimir Putin, communicating through Russian intelligence, to deconflict U.S. and Russian operations in Syria. In the interview, Brennan stated that he had […]

India and China key partners in keeping Afghanistan stable

India and China key partners in keeping Afghanistan stable

Landlocked in the heart of Eurasia, Afghanistan sits in between superpowers. Previously this was Russia and the United Kingdom, using its territory as a chessboard across which they would plot intrigue against each other. During more recent history, it became a covert battlefield between Russia and the United States as the wider ideological struggle between […]

Russia claims they are in ‘new Cold War’ with U.S.

Russia claims they are in ‘new Cold War’ with U.S.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said his country is in a new Cold War with the U.S. and its allies, underscoring the tenuous level of trust that’s putting a day-old plan for a truce in Syria at risk. The clash, with echoes of superpower rhetoric during the 20th century, played out at the Munich Security […]

U.S. Army seeks to modify old weapon systems: Anti-Ship Howitzers & Anti-Air Strykers

U.S. Army seeks to modify old weapon systems: Anti-Ship Howitzers & Anti-Air Strykers

New threats from Russia and China mean the Army must take on new missions — but it’s got almost no new money so the Army is looking at ways to modify existing systems to do some radically new things. So imagine howitzers firing precision-guided cannon shells to shoot cruise missiles out of the sky or to sink ships on the South China Sea. […]

Cold War Reprise: Hunting Russian Submarines In Iceland!

Cold War Reprise: Hunting Russian Submarines In Iceland!

Editor’s Note: I’m not sure how many of you have been to Iceland, but for my compatriots and I, it’s a place on our bucket list, and for a lot of reasons. This story reminds me of the first Tom Clancy novel I ever read and how pivotal of a role this tiny island country […]

Russia hints at potential ‘new world war’

Russia hints at potential ‘new world war’

By Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor, Matthew Holehouse in Brussels and Louisa Loveluck in Gaziantep Russia warned of “a new world war” starting in Syria on Thursday after a dramatic day in which Gulf states threatened to send in ground forces. Foreign and defence ministers of the leading international states backing different factions in the war-torn country met in […]