Russia’s military is easy to deceive, but that makes deterrence harder Business Insider
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A Puma Tank
After an embarrassing incident in which all 18 of Germany’s Puma tanks failed a drill and were declared unfit for action in the NATO Rapid Reaction Force (NRF), German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that the country will not be purchasing any more of the tanks until their reliability can be proven.
The failure of the Puma tanks is just one of several recent troubles plaguing the German military. Army Inspector General Alfons Mais said of the Pumas, “there was an unexpectedly high number of failures in the demanding exercise conditions.
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Cyber to be featured for first time at US military exercise in Africa C4ISRNet
The battlefield remains unchanged today, as the Russian and Ukrainian presidents traveled abroad to garner support for their countries.
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Peter Huessy – Warrior Senior Nuclear Weapons Analyst, Senior Fellow – Warrior Maven, Atlantic Council, Hudson Institute The US annual budget deficit …
The challenge posed by the Pentagon’s new concept for fighting wars is creating somewhat of a paradigm shift in how programs and capabilities are procured.
Simply put, previously a requirement would be created and industry would bid against and build a capability based off a request for proposal that outlined very strict specifications. However, the nature of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is flipping this paradigm of delivering against a requirement on its head, because there really aren’t any concrete requirements yet.
Mike Kofman and Nick Danforth start this episode by analyzing the latest events in the war and the fighting in and around Bakhmut. Mike offers his thoughts on Russia and Ukraine’s stockpiles of artillery, and what that may mean for the fighting this winter and beyond. The conversation concludes with a discussion about foreign support for […]
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Video Abovee: Russia Attacks Ukraine – Infantry Commander Analyzes Russian Tactics & Weapons *This story is being republished from several years ago …