The Dartmouth Centre for Seapower and Strategy (DCSS) at University of Plymouth and the NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) co-hosted the Third MARCOM-DCSS Sea Power Conference at Warren House, Kingston-Upon- Thames, Surrey UK on Monday, 10 February 2020. The Conference…
The United Kingdom military is taking the threat posed by space weather extremely seriously. The up and coming “Military Space Situational Awareness Conference 2020”, in London (UK), 29-30 April, organised by the MOD and the Air and Space Power Association,…
The University and its international academic partner the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC) has showcased its collaborative Masters Degree in Applied Strategy & International Security to Senior Diplomats and Defence Attaches at a working dinner in Greece. Senior representatives from…
Source: Defence Blog Pentagon announced that on Sunday was conducted the first flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile. “On Aug. 18, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the Defense Department conducted a flight test of a conventionally…
Source: SCMP By Bhavan Jaipragas If an armed conflict broke out between Beijing and Washington, China’s hi-tech ballistic missiles would likely cripple the United States’ military bases and naval fleet across the Western Pacific region within hours, a new report…
Source: WSJ By Michael R. Gordon Two Russian monitoring stations designed to detect nuclear radiation went silent soon after the explosion at a missile test site this month, spurring concerns among observers that the Russian government is trying to restrict…
Source: Forbes By H I Sutton There is a corner of North Korea’s nuclear program that we should take notice of. Hidden behind the distraction of the recent spate of tactical missile tests is a greater development with strategic implications:…
Source: Hurriyet Daily News The U.S. will not be able to stall Ankara on the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Aug. 15. “What we say is that a U.S. stalling tactic will…
Source: Haaretz By Chemi Shalev There are only 34 days left before Israelis head to the polls for the second time this year. Despite the critical and possibly fateful importance ascribed to the September 17 ballot, most Israelis seem disengaged,…
Source: National Interest By David Axe And there is a problem: A reactor that powers one of these weapons might have created “possibly one of the worst nuclear accidents in the region since Chernobyl.” A mysterious explosion at Russia’s Nenoksa…