Author: Michael

Russia and multiple NATO member states have continued to expand their military buildups in the Arctic, as rising temperatures and receding ice levels are expected to expose vast energy and mineral resources which both sides are expected to seek to claim. As the Arctic has emerged as a central theatre for geopolitical conflict between Russia and the West, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev has provided new insight into recent developments in the region. “I must say that the situation in the Arctic region remains difficult.

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Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand experience in a strategic level wargame against a human red team to fully realize how much understanding of classical military art has been lost.The 21st century has witnessed the resurgence of great-power competition, with the Indo-Pacific theater emerging as a focal point for geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China.

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The U.S. Air Force has deployed two B-52H Stratofortress nuclear capable bombers for operations alongside Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters, with the aircraft staging a joint show of force on December 11. Japanese government sources Tokyo described the show of force as a signal of alliance cohesion, while U.S. defense officials familiar with regional operations have confirmed the choice to deploy the B-52 was specifically intended to demonstrate combined long-range strike readiness.

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To say that 2012 was a tough year for Ed Bambas is putting it extremely mildly. He lost his pension from General Motors, lost his family’s health care coverage at a time when his wife was sick, and the company took all but $10,000 of his life insurance. He was forced to sell his home and all his property to help him and his wife survive. Bambas took a job at a Meijer outside of Detroit, Michigan in order to make ends meet.
That’s the story he recounted to Australian influencer Samuel Weidenhofer and his 7.8 million followers in a video posted to his TikTok on Dec. 1.

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