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Sino Military In 2016
China's military advanced along several fronts in 2016 in its concerted program to develop new asymmetric and conventional warfare capabilities while continuing to challenge the United States for...
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44's Drone Legacy
44 will be known for drones.As of Jan. 2016, 44 had authorized 506 known drone strikes, compared to the 50 strikes ordered by 43. The U.S. drone arsenal has expanded exponentially. In 2000 the military...
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Navy's New Nine
Ahoy!The fleet is scheduled to add nine new ships in 2017, a year that could kick off 45's plan to increase the fleet to 350 ships.The new year may bring four additions to the troubled Littoral Combat...
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Top Threats Of 2017
While 2016 saw an increase in activity from known threats across the globe, the threats the country will face in 2017 are far less obvious. Here are some of the potential issues to watch out for in...
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Nothing Less Than Victory
Ever wonder why not once since the end of World War II has the United States of America—having the most powerful military in human history—won what Professor John David Lewis in Nothing Less Than...
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26,171
Bombs Away! In 44's last year in office, the United States dropped 26,171 bombs in seven countries. This estimate is undoubtedly low, considering reliable data is only available for airstrikes in...
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Year Of The Commando
Busy year for JSOC and similar catsThey could be found on the outskirts of Sirte, Libya, supporting local militia fighters, and in Mukalla, Yemen, backing troops from the United Arab Emirates. At...
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Confronting North Korea
One of the most critical foreign policy challenges45 will face in the early days of his administration is what to do about the nuclear saber rattling that continues to emanate from North Korea.Ringing...
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von Richthofen Day
Gott Mit Uns!100 years ago today,Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofenwas awarded Imperial Deutschland's highest military award - Pour le Mérite - often informally referred to as the "Blue Max."...
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Royal Navy Versus China?
Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the United States, recently told a Washington think tank that Britain will send aircraft carriers to the Pacific once they become operational in the 2020s. Four...
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Two China Policy
So, what's better than one China? Why, two China's of course!As best understood, the "One China Policy"refers to the something something policy or view that there is only one state called "China",...
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COIN, Chechnya Style
Tiny Battles Gazette has a great bit on the Forever War in Chechnya.One of multi money shots right here... Terror Tactics The Russian army suffered greatly during the urban fighting of the First...
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EMP Artillery
If the U.S. Army has its way, America’s next secret weapon may be an electromagnetic pulse artillery shell that paralyzes an enemy city. These special shells won’t carry high explosive. Instead they...
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44's Drone Legacy
The most convenient stick for certain elements with which to whack 44's foreign policy has always been his use of military drones to kill American enemies in chronically anarchic parts of the Mideast...
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Paper Tiger
Is North Korea a paper tiger?45'll have tons of issues to deal with, no doubt!None, however, will come as close on the Richter scale as rising instability on the Korean Peninsula, powered first and...
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Flipping The Syrian Script
In the week after his inauguration, 45 will have an unusual opportunity to put his new diplomatic designs to the test in, of all places, Astana, the remote capital of Kazakhstan. If this sounds like a...
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45's Lessons From The Surge
In January 2007, 43 announced that the U.S. would change course in Iraq to reverse the tide of the war. His decision to set in motion the 2007-2008 “Surge” of more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops –...
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45 And NATO
45's core strategic argument is that the United States is overextended. The core reason for this overextension is that the United States has substituted a system of multilateral relationships for a...
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Audie Murphy Day
For those of us born betwixt the Fall of the Wall and 911, we kinda grew up with Great Satan unbound. Until Operation Iraqi Freedom, for older Americans - battles and history...
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ISIS' Chemical Weaponry
Well, the AP came through...Iraqi forces discovered a mustard chemical warfare agent in eastern Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles.Iraqi and U.S. officials have repeatedly...
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