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Consider a country on Europe’s easternmost fringes that once shared a larger border with the former Soviet Union. This country emerged from the dissolution of the USSR an independent state, …
A Tale of Two Former Soviet Republics (Or: How Much is Ukraine Getting in Trans-Atlantic Military Aid?) Read More
The U.S. on Thursday announced a $675 million security assistance package for Ukraine, marking the 20th time the Biden administration has utilized drawdown authority to transfer existing U.S. equipment into …
U.S. Aid Continues to Flow into Ukraine Read More
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. More than six months have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced on February 24. With no end to the war in …
Is HIMARS a Game-Changer in the War in Ukraine? Read More
A new open-source signals intelligence tool could help pilots and navigators avoid concentrations of GPS jamming. Guest post by Dr. Thomas Withington The jamming of satellite navigation signals is the …
No Direction Home – GPS Jamming and Avoidance Around Modern Warzones Read More
Questions have arisen over the status of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine that was recently in need of repair. The machine was sent to a Siemens Energy maintenance facility …
The Russian Turbine Dilemma Read More
Russia’s armed forces protect their mobile ICBM force with a plethora of systems tasked with electronic protection and electronic attack. Guest post by Dr. Thomas Withington Unsurprisingly, survivability is a …
Discretion Assured? Russia’s ICBM Force Protected by a Wide Variety of EW Systems Read More
Sweden’s last war was tangentially a Napoleonic one, and a Swedish soldier was last killed in action in Afghanistan. And yet, Sweden has one of the most well-equipped militaries for …
A History of Neutrality Potentially Broken? Sweden’s Move Toward NATO Read More
Finland’s top leaders, President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin, announced on May 12 that they favor their country applying for NATO membership. The joint statement said, “As a …
Finnish Leaders Seek to Fast-Track NATO Accession Read More
Throughout the 1980s, the U.S. Army expended considerable time, effort, and angst searching for the answer to a singular question: Could the M1 Abrams survive against Soviet main battle tanks …
So Much for the Myth of Russian Main Battle Tank Superiority Read More
As the conflict in Ukraine continues to drag on and the Ukrainian Air Force suffers attrition and wear-and-tear to its combat aircraft component, help is pouring in from NATO member …
International Support Bolsters Ukrainian Air Force Fighter Capability Read MoreSign up for the latest blog posts and products sent straight to your inbox.