Dienas grauds
[..] With this move, the Kremlin has established control over the Baltic Sea, most of Poland and the Baltic republics—NATO members all. Russia now can exert anti-access and area denial—what the Pentagon calls A2AD for […]
NATO
No mācībām uz dembeli
Multinational Exercise Iron Sword 2016 on November 20-December 3 will train roughly 4 thousand soldiers from 11 NATO allies: Canada, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, UK, and the US. Battalion tactical groups of […]
US doto brīdi
[..] The analysis says that current U.S. military force would not be able to engage and defeat two competitors—the “most worrisome” being Russia and China, given their investments in military modernization—at the same time. The […]
Pirmais padomdevējs
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump offered former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser as he began to build out his national security team Thursday, according to a senior Trump […]
Kas viņiem galvās-2
[..] The Russian General Staff envisages a rapidly growing external threat of war and foreign invasion coming from all directions; and the Kremlin has fully accepted this threat assessment. The coming threat is being referred […]
Pa punktiem
vara bungas: Svaigs ICDS (International Centre for Defence and Security, EE) pētījums “Preparing for the worst” par OMD un rezerves veidošanas risinājumiem Ziemeļvalstīs. LV nav pieminēta ne ar pušplēstu vārdu. Tas šķiet loģiski, jo neesam […]
Dodiet divas!
Trump team discussing Ayotte for defense secretary By now, it should be clear to all objective observers that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not impressed by starkly worded statements and declarations, and if that is […]
Solīts makā
vara bungas: Tuvākajos mēnešos pieaugs diskusiju asums par LV atbilstību “worth to protect” statusam iekš NATO , tādēļ ļoti savlaicīgs ir kolēģa “pzmaus” sagatavotais pārskats par eiropiešu un LV militāro tēriņu izmaiņu tendencēm. Pirms ķerties […]
Dienas grauds
[..]“I’m going to make another prediction. This one is not based on a system; it’s just my gut. They don’t want Trump as president, because they can’t control him. He’s unpredictable. They’d love to have […]
Surviving the Trumpocalypse: first thoughts…
Originally posted on In Moscow's Shadows:
Perhaps we should have been warned by the American predilection for zombie apocalypse dramas, that it was a precautionary signal from deep within the zeitgeist. I write this…
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