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 […]
President Vladimir Putin has apparently agreed to a major write-off of Russian defense industry debt. It’s a significant story not receiving much attention. The decision came in a secret presidential ukaz at the end of […]
In his year-end report, Russian Defense Minister Shoygu not only publicized what the MOD received by way of arms and other equipment in 2019, he also mentioned what the military is supposed to get this […]
vara bungas; Gatavnieks nav tas, kurš gatavas “pirmajām 72 stundam”(c), gatavnieks ir tas, kurš apsver riskus un ir situatīvi modrs (situational avareness), t.i., normāls pragmātiski domājošs reālists. Un pirms runāt par pārtikas krājumiem vai ūdens […]
Интервью с автором книги «Путинбург» Дмитрием Запольским. Друзья, ниже – интервью известного питерского журналиста, депутата Ленсовета в 1990-93 гг., а ныне политэмигранта Дмитрия Запольского. Он был лично знаком со многими фигурами бандитского Петербурга 90-х гг., […]
I don’t have the time to write anything substantive here, nor the inspiration, given that I’ve already penned three articles on this week’s news. For those of you who may be interested, these are: The […]
Youtube treated me for an unexpectedly good generalization of Finland’s position in cold war era. I do realize it is hard to find Finland specific info about these things away from Finland. The video was […]
By Nicholas Drummond and Jed Cawthorne In a world where wheeled armoured vehicles are becoming the primary equipment type for all NATO armies, this article explores the development and increasing importance of the All-Terrain Transport […]
There are great differences between Baltic, Nordic Poland, or BNP9, countries. Baltic countries Estonia Lithuania and Latvia ha too little manpower and too small economies to have really 1st rate national defense, and they thus […]
In the domestic critique of the Pohjanmaa-class, an often repeated claim is that with the Russian focus on light vessels, the few corvettes will simply be overwhelmed by the swarming vessels launching barrages of anti-ship […]
