Since neutrality is one of the hallmarks of its national identity, Switzerland refrains from supplying military equipment and ammunition to countries involved in a conflict. Based on this principle and his Federal Law on War Materiel, he vetoed the supply of 35 mm shells for the Oerlikon KDA L/90 guns of the Gepard anti-aircraft armored vehicles delivered by Germany to the Ukrainian army.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley (Department of Defense).
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an unexpected visit to U.S. forces in Syria. The top general visited American troops in the country’s northeast to hear from them about how the fight against ISIS is going. The visit also comes after recent attacks on bases housing American soldiers.
Milley was asked by reporters if the mission in Syria was worth the risk, per Reuters. He directly connected U.S. presence in the country with the nation’s national security.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Killian
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) recently made the decision to remove most of the markings and tail numbers from its refueling and cargo aircraft, according to a recent statement by the service. Ostensibly, AMC suggests the reason behind the change relates to operations security (OpSec), although some have questioned this rationale.
Confirmation of the change was first reported by Aviation Week on February 28, citing a recent emailed statement written by AMC spokesperson James Stewart.
Superstar Tom Cruise recently boarded an American aircraft carrier to film sequences for his upcoming film “Mission Impossible – Judgment Day – Part Two” off the coast of Italy.
Antonio Parente, head of the Apulia Film Commission, confirmed on March 2 that Cruise arrived in Bari, the capital of the Apulia region, on February 25.
The article goes on to say that on February 26, after spending the night at the Hotel Delle Nazioni in Bari, Cruise boarded a private chopper and headed to a US aircraft carrier to film scenes for the eighth “Mission Impossible” film.
The first headline and report represented a declaration by the Saudi government that it would join the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program as part of a new military arrangement with Britain. Hours after its publication, the UK issued a statement denying that the Saudis would play any role in the FCAS. This article has been updated to reflect the new information.
On Wednesday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it would join Britain’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, but the UK backed down hours later.
Last week marked one year since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. To that end, both the Americans for Ukraine organization and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation organized deeply moving and insightful events in Washington, DC, to commemorate that anniversary.
This month also marks the ninth anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Crimea, another watershed moment in the tense relationship between Russia and Ukraine.
Now, though, the possibility of Ukraine retaking Crimea—which was unfathomable just a few weeks ago—has been given some credibility.
The Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), and the Spanish Navy amphibious assault ship-aircraft carrier ESPS Juan Carlos I (LHD 61) sail in formation during multicarrier operations in the Adriatic Sea, Feb. 24, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Wagner).
Tom Cruise just cannot get enough of naval life. And apparently the U.S. Navy can’t get enough of Tom Cruise.
China would not like to lag behind the Western-led security order on the Asian continent. It plans to create more exchange and cooperation platforms to address security challenges in unconventional and digital fields.
Some of these initiatives aim to strengthen governance in non-traditional security domains like the fight against terrorism, cyber security, biosecurity, and new technologies.
Some of these initiatives aim to strengthen governance in non-traditional security domains like the fight against terrorism, cyber security, biosecurity, and new technologies.
Image by Neville Goodman
Guest post by Thomas Klocek
One of my high school teachers was fond of telling us that common sense was not very common. If it ever was common, it seems to be mostly gone now. Today’s self-anointed pharisees, rather than employ common sense to foster the needs of the people, do everything they can to counter it, mostly for their own needs and agenda, regardless of the negative impacts it may have on society as a whole.
Attack on carrier USS Franklin 19 March 1945
Reprinted with permission Mises Institute Martin George Holmes
It is a great tragedy that many modern military leaders and strategists do not understand economics. If they did, I suspect that there would be a lot less war, a lot less military spending, and a lot less wastefulness. Certainly, there would be greater awareness of the appalling human and economic costs of war in a capitalist age.
Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, understood this point well.