Rick sits down with Richard Maass, the author of “Salami Tactics: Faits Accomplis and International Expansion in the Shadow of Major War,” to discuss how powerful countries can use repetitive, limited acts of aggression to expand influence while avoiding potential escalation. Image: Mstyslav Chernov
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The new NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre (JATEC) being set up in Poland to help the alliance strategically apply lessons directly from the battlefield as the war provoked by Russia in 2022 wages on, is expected to be fully operational in the next year.
In an interview on the sidelines of the Washington Summit on Thursday, a spokesperson for Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared new details with DefenseScoop about this in-the-works collaborative knowledge hub, which NATO leadership has been broadly hinting at launching in recent months.
A catastrophic propeller failure that ripped apart a Marine Corps KC-130T during a 2017 flight, killing 15 Marines and one sailor on board, was more than just a mechanical failure, federal prosecutors say. The deadly crash traces back, officials say, to faulty inspections half-a-decade earlier which an Air Force civilian engineer approved and then covered up.
Federal prosecutors charged James Michael Fisher, a former Air Force civilian engineer at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex in Georgia, this week with obstructing justice and making false statements to crash investigators.
In 1949, the U.S. Air Force demonstrated its global reach when a B-50 Superfortress made the first nonstop flight around the world. This feat was made possible by aerial refueling which the service has mastered over the course of 100 years. Although the Air Force still flies its first jet-powered tanker, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, the new Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is replacing older KC-135s in the tanker fleet. Following its approval for general operational use in 2022, the Pegasus made its own milestone nonstop flight around the world two years later.
The first class of warrant officers to join the Army’s recruiting corps graduated Thursday, a major step as the service after overhauls how it convinces civilians to become soldiers. The class of 25 completed 10 weeks of training at two bases learning how to use large-scale data and marketing skills to aid traditional face-to-face recruiters.
“The Army ultimately is a brand just like any other company so we have to analyze the market out there.
The Marine Corps issued a new artificial intelligence strategy that is expected to guide the service’s efforts to integrate the technology across its enterprise, from the back office to the battlefield.
Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy, deputy commandant for information, described the release of the document, which was announced publicly Wednesday, as a major milestone in the Marines’ pursuit of digital modernization.
In 2019, Luis Simón wrote “What Is Europe’s Place in Sino-American Competition?” where he examined the feasibility of Europe’s geopolitical equidistance between the United States and China amidst constant competition. Given the intensifying rivalry between China and the United States, we invited Luis back to expand on his initial thoughts. Read more below. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Diliff In your 2019 article “What Is Europe’s Place in Sino-American Competition?” you discussed Europe’s difficulty in responding to competition between the United States and China.
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The Brazilian Army has collaborated with IDV to bolster national defence capabilities by utilising 420 LMV-BR 2 vehicles.
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You can no longer call these cartels drug organizations. They are well-organized armies that control vast swaths of territory across Mexico and conduct massive cross-border operations into the heart of America. The Mexican Government and Military are powerless to stop them as the Cartels own them -all bought off!
The weapons used in the war in Ukraine are now allegedly showing up right on the other side of our southern border.