Dienas grauds
[..] Why do we spend billions on defence, if we are not immediately threatened? For some countries—Israel, Latvia come to mind—the answer is self-evident. Countries that face a clear and immediate existential challenge know they […]
NATO
Strategic depth and Alliances
Originally posted on Corporal Frisk:
“American newspaper – the concept of strategic depth: Finland could withdraw to Sweden if attacked” That is the headline chosen by Finnish news source Verkkouutiset when retelling Jane’s Defence Weekly’s…
Leksikons
…combatant A member of the armed forces of a party to a conflict, other than medical personnel and chaplains, who has the right to participate in hostilities. Note: in this context, armed forces of a […]
Dienas grauds
[..] Senator Perdue: Russia in the last five years has dramatically increased its global footprint. They have Mirmansk, Kaliningrad, Crimea, and now, Tartus and Latakia on the coast of Syria. What does our intelligence say […]
SOF mācības “Flaming sword” Lietuvā
vara bungas: Viena piezīme, LV nav ne “speciālo operāciju spēku”, ne “speciālo operāciju vienības”. LV ir nacionālā līmeņa Speciālo uzdevumu vienība, kas ir diversanti, pretteroristi un izlūki, tātad visnotaļ “konvencionāli” uzdevumu veicēji. Savukārt “speciālās operācijas” […]
Das ist realistisch!
zehr gut!
“NATO approved” franču virtuve
vara bungas: nezināju, ka NATO apstiprina nacionālos MRE…mūsējam šāda uzraksta virsū nav. Varbūt Briselē pagaršoja šīs 3200 kalorijas un tā iepatikās, ka nevarēja nepiešķirt vērtejumu. Melnajā tirgū 1 šāda (uztur)deva sākot no 20 euro. Izskatās, […]
Logs būs ciet vēl četrus gadus
[..]NATO klātbūtne Baltijas reģionā saglabāsies līdz 2022.gadam[..] vara bungas: To jau var paredzēt, ka Baltijas Okinavas nebūs. Visam labam ir sākums un beigas, jo īpaši finansējumam. Mums (Baltijas valstīm) ir dots laiks – 4 gadi […]
Kaujas rati (papildināts)
[..] Estonian Defence Forces unveiled a multi-mission, unmanned ground vehicle is also equipped with a 12.7mm remotely operated weapon station (RWS) during NATO-led military exercise. The THeMIS (Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by Estonia-based defence […]
Ideja kā māja
[..] But this year, far from the headlines, Germany and two of its European allies, the Czech Republic and Romania, quietly took a radical step down a path toward something that looks like an EU […]
