By Robbin Laird In a famous line from Molière’s play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, the aspiring social climber in the play discovers that: "For more than forty years I have been speaking prose while knowing nothing of it, and I am the most obliged person in the world to you for…
Compilation video featuring statistics and capabilities of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). Video edited with footage provided by Defense Media Activity. KINGS BAY, GA, UNITED STATES 07.16.2019 Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ashley Berumen Commander, Submarine Group Ten
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force take part in a deck shoot aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (Official U.S. Marine Corps…
On 8 April a French Air Force Mirage 2000D intervened in support of a company of the G5 Sahel joint force (FC-G5S) in Burkina Faso, helping repel an armed terrorist group being targeted by a Barkhane force patrol. During a reconnaissance mission in the north of Burkina Faso, a company…
by defenceWeb It appears the Pantsir-S1 air defence systems delivered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Libya have been used to shoot down over a dozen Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This is according to unverified reports from the Libyan National Army (LNA), which said the Pantsir-S1 has destroyed…
On April 17, 2020, the Norwegian government released its Long Term Defence Plan. The plan reaffirmed Norway’s commitment to increased defense spending and joint force modernization. But it also underscored the continued efforts on national resilience which the current Coronavirus-19 crisis has underscored as a key requirement for national defense…
The Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Groups conducted dual carrier and joint air wing operations with a B-52H Stratofortress in the Arabian Sea March 21, 2020. ANDAMAN SEA 03.21.2020 USS Harry S Truman
By Robbin Laird With a growing array of single service initiatives designed to compete for “deterrence badges” in the great power competition, there is a clear danger of splintering deterrence rather than reinforcing it. In my recent discussion with Dr. Paul Bracken, the nuclear weapons expert, underscored the key importance…
