One of the less publicized forms of NATO military aid for Ukraine was the establishment of a training course for Ukrainian officers based on previous military operations and the current ones in ...
The fighting persisted into 2024 because the main participants, like Russia, Turkey, Iran, the Assad government and several remaining rebel factions cannot agree on how to deal with the loose ends.
A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, Sept 18, 2024. Flight testing includes ground testing ...
South Korea is, on a per-capita basis, twenty times more prosperous than North Koreans and that’s because the south has a free market economy and a democracy. Socialist North Korea is run by a ...
September 23, 2024: In July of this year the U.S. Navy disposed of two retired amphibious ships by having ships and warplanes fire on them. The two ships were equipped with electronic sensors to ...
September 22, 2024: In the African country of Mali, Russian Wagner Group mercenaries went looking for some low-risk, high-paying work during July 2024. What they got was a massacre that left all the ...
China and Russia are another matter. Despite the payment problems, China still supports Russia, at least diplomatically and in terms of joint military exercises. China expects Russia to remember that ...
Inside Afghanistan the Taliban promised not to harm the 800 kilometer long Afghan portion of the pipeline. This assurance turned out to be the opening round of negotiations about how much the Taliban ...
Air bases and ballistic missile storage or launch sites are also under attack. Targets as distant as the Russian Northern Fleet bases around Murmansk are under attack. This has caused a shortage of ...
September 20, 2024: When Russia invaded in 2022, Ukraine had no warships at all. In contrast the Russian Black Sea fleet consisted of one cruiser, one destroyer, three frigates, three corvettes, three ...
September 21, 2024: After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia was subject to international economic sanctions. This had some unfortunate side effects for other nations, like India, which has long ...
The U.S. was facing a Chinese naval threat in the Pacific and Chinese naval forces were increasingly showing up throughout the Indian Ocean region. China was also selling warships, especially ...