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Yesterday newspaper Kaleva brought to our attention that Finland is going to work her way around the Ottawa anti personnel mine treaty. This is welcome news Apart from Social…
Calling the development worrisome, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander, U.S. Army Europe, said the Russians have moved significant capability to the area – increasing tensions with key allies such as Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and […]
[..] Sweden’s island of Gotland, located off the southern coast of Sweden at the epicenter of the Baltic Sea, effectively constitutes an immovable aircraft carrier. With placement of modern air defenses on the island that […]
[..] A war fought against Russian A2/AD capabilities would be fundamentally different than one fought against China, because the dominant domain of warfare in Europe will be on the ground. This changes the counter-A2/AD problem […]
[..]”It’s been a very long time since American soldiers have had to worry about [an] enemy up in the sky … having the ability to drop bombs… I mean, our Air Force has protected us […]
A quarter of a century after breaking free from the Soviet Union, the Baltic states are finally getting rid of their electricity dependence too. One of two new cables costing €1.1 billion, connecting Lithuania to […]
[..]Russia’s antiship missiles and ships berthed in Kaliningrad would very quickly cut all sea communications routes to the Baltic states and in so doing trap the three small American light infantry companies currently training Baltic […]
[..]As far as the Russians are concerned, it would be a great advantage to ‘borrow’ Gotland. … it’s quick and easy and they can say: ‘We mean you no harm, you’ll get Gotland back in […]
[..] Meanwhile, Moscow complains that its interests are being disregarded. A Russian diplomat told POLITICO that Moscow fears the Baltic electrical emancipation would cut off Kaliningrad, home to Russia’s Baltic fleet. Russia “is concerned about […]
“Kaliningrad now has the ability to deny access of our Navy or any NATO Navy to come to the Baltic Sea. [..] From Kaliningrad Russia can stop from entering coming in to the Baltic Sea, […]
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