By Pierre Tran LORIENT, France - The Greek navy chief of staff was foreign guest of honor at the Oct. 24 ceremony of first cutting of steel for the frigate for defense and intervention (FDI), signaling Naval Group’s aim to help close a sale of the new French warship. Admiral…
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, flew in formation with a B-2 from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, Sept. 16, 2019. F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, and Royal Air Force F-35s from RAF Marham, England joined the formation.…
By Robbin Laird At the recently concluded Williams Foundation Seminar held in Canberra, Australia on October 24, 2019, the series launched in 2013 to discuss the nature and impact of fifth generation force capabilities in the defense of Australia and its capabilities to work with core allies continued. At this…
Video about the Spark Cell Wireless Airfield Lining idea. 09.20.2019 Video by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
Dr Buchanan is a Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies where her areas of expertise are Russian foreign energy strategy and Russian polar geopolitics. Dr Elizabeth Buchanan is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Modern War Institute at The U.S Military Academy WestPoint. Dr Elizabeth Buchanan is co-Managing…
By Robbin Laird It is always a pleasure to sit down and talk with Vice Admiral (Retired) Tim Barrett. I learn a lot and have a chance to clarify and crystalize what I am learning about the evolution of the Navy and the ADF going forward. This time we met…
By Robbin Laird Canberra, Australia I am currently in Australia supporting the next Williams Foundation Seminar on “Fifth Generation Maneuver Warfare.” I will be leaving next to go to Bahrain for a military conference there and will do a presentation on the shift towards a new approach to warfare by…
By Robbin Laird In the shifting narrative of Vladimir Putin as the leader of Russia, over time he has downplayed Russia’s modernization engaged with the West to shaping a Euro-Asian perspective and promoting the concept of Russia as a unique Eur-Asian power. Although the Obama Administration referred to Russia as…
