2018-02-14 By Robbin Laird Helsinki, Finland During my visit to Helsinki during the week of February 11, 2018, I had the chance to sit down with Matti Pesu, a research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. https://www.fiia.fi/en/expert/matti-pesu In a paper published late last year entitled “What non-alignment? Finland’s…
2018-02-11 Recently, the Finnish Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö met with Commander of the United States Army, General Mark A. Milley in Helsinki. According to a press release on the Finnish MoD website: Earlier General Milley followed a readiness unit's live fire exercise at the Karelia Brigade. The visit is…
2018-02-11 By Robbin Laird The Queen visited RAF Marham in early February to open officially the F-35 facility at the base. According to an ITV report dated February 2, 2018: The Queen has taken a tour of RAF Marham in Norfolk to see how it is preparing for the arrival…
2018-02-11 By Stephen Blank Although the U.S. announced late in 2017 that it would transfer Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine; nobody should think that this transaction suffices or will terminate USA defense ties to Ukraine. Quite the opposite, in fact, is true. This relationship is only beginning and in the…
2018-02-11 By India Strategic Russia Continues to View India as a Privileged Strategic Partner On the occasion of its 10th Anniversary Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov CEO of Rostec Corporation interacts with India Strategic in an exclusive interview from Moscow India Strategic: Rostec recently celebrated the 10th anniversary. What do you consider…
2018-02-08 By Robbin Laird The S-92® helicopter was first delivered in 2004, and now, there are nearly 300 deployed worldwide by various commercial customers. What makes the S-92 notably of interest for students of military systems is that the S-92 is the first helicopter deployed with digital systems for monitoring…
2018-02-09 The Williams Foundation will continue its series of examining the transformation of military forces by looking at the challenges of the shift from the land wars to higher tempo, high intensity operations. According to The Williams Foundation, the focus of the seminar is as follows: Most Air Force and senior…
2/12/18: The first Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion in the Marine Corps was activated during a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 9, 2018. The new battalion, part of the II MEF Information Group, is designed to provide and coordinate combat-service support as well as security and administrative services to…
