Author: Michael

An Iranian sailor looks at the Chinese destroyer
Nanning
during an exercise in March that also involved the Russian frigate
Admiral Gorshkov
.
Nanning
also visited Abu Dhabi during the IDEX defence show in February.
(Mehr News Agency)
US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Michael Kurilla repeatedly warned that China has significantly increased its defence exports to countries in his area of responsibility (AOR) when he testified to the Senate Armed Services committee on 16 March.

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During the Cold War, the “MBT-70” project emerged, a collaborative effort between the United States and West Germany to develop a cutting-edge main battle tank.
American intelligence services learned that the Soviet Union was upgrading its main battle tank, the T-62, with powerful modifications such as an automatic main gun and improved armor.
To effectively counter Soviet armored vehicles, then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara opted for an unprecedented “super tank.

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The EU and NATO Task Force on Resilience of Critical Infrastructure was launched for the first time on 16 March 2023. This Task Force was announced jointly by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 11 January.
The initiative will see the security partners share best practices, situational awareness, and develop principles to improve resilience. The Task Force will begin by focusing on four sectors: energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and space.

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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

 
The People’s Socialist Republic of Albania was a Marxist-Leninist one party state that existed from 1946 until 1991. Throughout much of its existence, the country was led by Enver Hoxha, who ruled Albania by establishing a Stalinist style of governance known as Hoxhaism. Despite far-reaching similarities with North Korea, Albania and its authoritarian ruler arguably constitute a forgotten chapter of the Cold War period.

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