Washington (CNN)The U.S. intelligence community now thinks Russia may have embarked on its military buildup in Syria because Moscow believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may not be able to hang onto power and it wants […]
The Intelligence Community Cannot Warn, Or Do Anything When Powerfully Motivated Senior Leaders Find The Distortions More Attractive Than Dealing With Reality
…Next Monday may offer some answers. Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, is to address the UN General Assembly for the first time in a decade. Nor will he be the only major national leader to address […]
[..]The problem is that today’s UAVs are not designed to survive a full spectrum of threats, says a 2014 NATO study on the subject titled “Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems in Contested Environments.” The design features […]
“[..] ministri man ir stāstījuši, šogad paaugstinās aizsardzībai veltītos līdzekļus līdz 1,4%, nākamgad līdz 1,7%, lai 2018.gadā tie jau sasniegtu 2%. Tas mums parāda Latvijas apņēmību stiprināt savu drošību un aizsardzību, un arī tas ir […]
[..]Ochmanek has run the two-day table-top exercise eight times now, including at the Pentagon and at Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, with active-duty military officers. “We played it 16 different times with eight different teams,” […]
The U.S. government has expressed its opinion to Icelandic authorities that considering increased Russian aggression there may be reason to reopen the U.S. Navy base in Iceland; the U.S. Armed Forces operated the Naval Air […]
[..] The advantage that we had from the air I can honestly say is shrinking, not only from with respect to the aircraft that they’re producing, but the more alarming thing is their ability to […]
[..]Western diplomatic sources recently reported that a series of negotiations had been held between the Russians and the Iranians, mainly focusing on ISIS and the threat it poses to the Assad regime. The infamous Iranian […]
