Sourced The Wall Street Journal By Julian E. Barnes The North Atlantic Treaty Organization brought two battle groups together Tuesday in a drill meant to demonstrate the alliance’s ability to keep open vital supply lines between Poland and Lithuania, shoring up what military planners have identified as an alliance weakness. Allied militaries have been conducting a series… Continue reading NATO MOVES TO SHORE UP VITAL SUPPLY LINE
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A GIANT RUSSIAN EXERCISE WILL SOON PUT 100.000 TROOPS ON NATO’S BORDER
Sourced :Defence One By Caroline Houck As Russia and Belarus prep for their quadrennial fight-the-West wargame, NATO’s Baltic states are watching more than a bit nervously. For the Baltic countries on NATO’s northeastern flank, carefully monitoring Russia’s various defense investments and activities is nothing new. Like brushing your teeth, it’s just a matter of staying… Continue reading A GIANT RUSSIAN EXERCISE WILL SOON PUT 100.000 TROOPS ON NATO’S BORDER
THE BIG CHINA NUCLEAR THREAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT
Sourced : The National Interest By Zachary Keck One of the most consistent aspects of China’s military policy is likely to undergo a significant transformation. Since its first nuclear test in 1964, China has maintained a relatively small nuclear arsenal designed to hold adversaries’ population centers at risk. Even as it has modernized its conventional… Continue reading THE BIG CHINA NUCLEAR THREAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT
RUSSIA LAUNCES PRODUCTION OF UPGRADED TU-160 STRATEGIC BOMBER
Sourced : Sputnik Russia is resuming the production of the famous Tu-160 strategic bomber in a modernized version – the Tu-160M2, with the first engines and other structural elements already being built, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a teleconference in Moscow. “A great deal of preparatory work has been done and unique technological methods… Continue reading RUSSIA LAUNCES PRODUCTION OF UPGRADED TU-160 STRATEGIC BOMBER
QATARI MONEY INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR TURKEY
Sourced : Al Monitor By Mustafa Sonmez The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) announced May 23 the approval of the membership application of Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund, created hastily last year amid criticism that it looks like a “parallel budget” to deal with growing economic woes. The IFSWF, a global network of sovereign… Continue reading QATARI MONEY INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR TURKEY
ASSESSING RUSSIA’S REORGANIZED AND REARMED MILITARY
Sourced : Carnegie Endowment By Keir Giles Recent Western assessments of Russia’s renewed military power have led to a wide range of differing conclusions and, taken together, provide a mixed and confusing picture of the scale and nature of the threat. Impressive capabilities demonstrated in Ukraine and Syria have given rise to concern that Western… Continue reading ASSESSING RUSSIA’S REORGANIZED AND REARMED MILITARY
WHITE HOUSE PUSHES BACK AGAINST REPORT TRUMP SHARED CLASSIFIED INFO WITH RUSSIANS
Sourced : POLITICO By POLITICO Staff The White House went into fresh damage control mode on Monday, pushing back against a Washington Post report that Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, the latest scandal to engulf the embattled White House. National security adviser H.R. McMaster briefly spoke… Continue reading WHITE HOUSE PUSHES BACK AGAINST REPORT TRUMP SHARED CLASSIFIED INFO WITH RUSSIANS
U.S TIPPED FRANCE TO RUSSIAN ELECTION HACKING SAYS CYBER COMMAND CHIEF
Sourced : Defense News By: Joe Gould The U.S. watched as Russia “penetrated” French systems during the election runup and gave French officials “a heads up,” Adm. Mike Rogers said Tuesday. Rogers, who also serves as the director of the National Security Agency, said the U.S. is also cooperating with Britain and Germany amid fears that Russia… Continue reading U.S TIPPED FRANCE TO RUSSIAN ELECTION HACKING SAYS CYBER COMMAND CHIEF
PUTIN HAS A NEW SECRET WEAPON IN SYRIA, CHECHEN AND INGUSH COMMANDOS
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Neil Hauer Τhe Russian intervention in Syria has been, by most accounts, a success. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do everything he can to keep it that way. Beginning with an air campaign on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in September 2015, Russian forces have not… Continue reading PUTIN HAS A NEW SECRET WEAPON IN SYRIA, CHECHEN AND INGUSH COMMANDOS
U.S TROOPS DEPLOYED ALONG SYRIA-TURKISH BORDERS
Sourced : The Star By Sarah El Deeb U.S. armoured vehicles are deploying in areas in northern Syria along the tense border with Turkey, a few days after a Turkish airstrike that killed 20 U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, a Syrian war monitor and Kurdish activists said Friday. Footage posted by Syrian activists online showed a convoy… Continue reading U.S TROOPS DEPLOYED ALONG SYRIA-TURKISH BORDERS