The long-term planning of the Swedish Defence Forces, SVFM, has been in quite some flux during recent years. The short version of a complex dynamic is that prior to Crimea the Swedish Defence Forces were […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JA0bxgq1X2Y%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Just when you thought the horror inflicted on eastern Ukraine by Russia couldn’t get any worse. Russia-led forces are now resorting to firing anti-personnel fragmentation mines towards Ukraine government held territory. As so […]
Kolaboracionisms (no franču: collaboration — ‘sadarbība’) šaurākā nozīmē ir jebkura sadarbība ar okupācijas varu, savukārt starptautiskajās tiesībās ar šo terminu saprot apzinātu, brīvprātīgu un tīšu sadarbību ar pretinieku, darbojoties tā interesēs pret savu valsti. Terminam […]
Tweet Summary: We face an expanding list of threats, natural and otherwise. We need new ways to prepare for them. In this, as in so many things, the Founders give us sound advice. Militias can […]
Ar katru aizejošo dienu pasaule aizvien vairāk slīkst liesmās. Nemieri, finansiāli motivēti kari, valstsvīri, kas ar nekompetenci, alkatību un zagšanu, slimības, kā miesīgas, tā arī garīgas, nihilisms un dekadents hedonisms – tas būtībā ir viss, […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ylfMAggDqRQ%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent With Google Earth having updated, it’s a chance to see what Russia’s forces have been up to both inside & outside of eastern Ukraine. My first port of call was to check up […]
Izvērstas atkāpes par jau publicēto Pirms nedēļām divām, pie reizes atgādinot par pašizsludināto moratoriju attiecībā uz valdības apdiršananu rīcības komentēšanu līdz ārkārtas stāvokļa pirmā termiņa beigām, šeit blogā publicēju kāda sava preses komentāra plašāku versiju, […]
By Nicholas Drummond This is an updated version of an article published on the Wavell Room blog in January 2020. (Header image: UK Ministry of Defence) Contents 01. Introduction 02. The problem of deployability 03. […]
No datiem par pandēmiju mani visvairāk interesē saslimušo skaita procentuālais pieaugums visās Baltijas valstīs. Tiesa, lai tas rādītu objektīvāku ainu, būtu jāņem vidējais lielums pēdējo 5-7 dienu laikā. Piemēram, vakar tas bija Lietuvā 10,2%, Igaunijā […]
They resemble long-forgotten relics of WW2 or a film set. Tank traps, barbed wire, and foreboding red, mine warning signs snake along a European beach. But these defences are not 75 years old. Not from […]
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