The challenge will be to sort out in PRACTICAL terms how Greenland will be defended. This will need to be done in the presence of greater outside powers influence through the mining companies, the dynamics of change between Denmark and Greenland, and the uncertainty about US policies and capabilities for…
Video highlights Aegis Ashore Initial Test
The MSC supplies ammunition at sea to the fleet.
Title 38 has become so corrupted that it should be obvious that the only remedy is to start over again.
The Russians have concluded a long-negotiated deal with the Chinese for a new pipeline. Putin evidently knows what he wants, and he is prepared to use whatever means he has to promote what he perceives to be Russia's national interests, including the use of Russia's vast energy resources.
Putin is acting under the assumption that Ben Franklin was right: the European nations will hang separately. And he really does not fear an American surge of leadership of NATO that would lead to the kind of cohesion to head off piecemeal threats.
With the Arctic opening, it is clear that the Icelandic mission will grow in importance in the period ahead.
Exercises and training are central to shaping coherent and effective capabilities to deal with 21st century challenges. The US and the Pacific allies are working within a wide-ranging exercise regime to reach more effective outcomes for future contingencies and current operations.
