The North Korean 'Threat'
Is North Korea a serious threat or is the West distracted by ploys intended to impress North Korea's own populace? [node:read-more:link]
Weapons
IRAQ: 10 Years Ago
Former UNMOVIC Weapons Inspector looks back on the inspections, the evacuation, and the mandate. [node:read-more:link]
Working Together on Counter-IED Tactics
Illustrating determination around the world in dealing with such challenges, 15 nations collaborated during Exercise Rapid Trident to improve counter-terror tactics. [node:read-more:link]
Trump not bothered by North Korea missile tests
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not "personally bothered" by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is hosting the president on four-day state visit full of pageantry. [node:read-more:link]
US clears $1B in weapons for Canada, South Korea and Japan
In a trio of notifications Friday afternoon, the U.S. State Department cleared more than a billion dollars in potential weapon sales for three of America’s military allies. [node:read-more:link]
NATO Mine Hunters
Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group One (SNMCMG 1) contributes to keeping sea trade safe and open. [node:read-more:link]
China Modernizing its Nuclear Force
Since China became a nuclear power in 1964, they have maintained a small nuclear force. Those assets are being strengthened substantially. [node:read-more:link]
Russian Air Force
Russia is in the process of expanding and modernizing its national military aviation fleet (manned and unmanned) by 2020. [node:read-more:link]
Living with a Nuclear-Armed North Korea
Diffusion is happening in an uneven manner, with powerful state and non-state actors vice militarily (where U.S. still dominates). [node:read-more:link]
Increases in German Defence Spending
After two decades of military cuts and reductions, Germany has decided that a rebound in defence spending is in order. [node:read-more:link]
Russia's Space Forces
Establishment of its Space Forces and expansion of its constellation of military satellites will significantly increase Russia’s military potential in outer and near space. [node:read-more:link]
Victoria-class submarines Canada’s Maritime Predators
There is a reason the Royal Canadian Navy’s submarine HMCS Windsor and her three sisters, Victoria, Corner Brook and Chicoutimi, carry the imposing moniker of hunter-killer submarines (SSK). [node:read-more:link]
NORAD/NORTHCOM
U.S. Admiral Gortney talks of the need to widen the scope of the NORAD/NORTHCOM role. [node:read-more:link]
The New Nuclear Reality
Having nuclear weapons clearly creates its own level of deterrence among nuclear powers, great or newer. Is there a risk of such weapons falling into terrorist hands? [node:read-more:link]
Damned if you do...
Several issues facing the Prime Minister and his still-fledgling government fall into the damned if you do, damned if you don’t category. Then there’s the Middle East. [node:read-more:link]
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