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Maintaining Lethality

03/06/2019
Regionally allocated forces conduct maintenance regularly to maintain readiness and lethality, and participate in future training exercises with partners and allies. AHB recently began a rotation in Romania to support Atlantic Resolve, a joint NATO commitment to build readiness and enhance the bond between ally and partner nations through multinational…

Australia Moves Ahead with Its Working Relationship with Naval Group: The Sub Design Contract

03/05/2019
The Australian government signed an agreement in 2016 with Naval Group to build a new class of attack submarines. There have been challenges to reach a partnering agreement, including intellectual property and other issues. Last month, a core partnering agreement was signed enabling further working relationships to be established essential…

21st Century Anti-Submarine Capability as a Key Element for Shaping Escalation Dominance

03/05/2019
By Ed Timperlake The famous battle winning lineage of the Navy’s Anti-submarine force (ASW)  is being called to “Sound General Quarters Battle Stations” because  America is being directly threatened by the President of Russia’s  submarines with low flying air-breathing nuclear tipped hypersonic cruise missiles.  The significant change in the direct…

Meeting the Challenge of the Australian Submarine “Gap”: Upgrading the Collins Class

03/05/2019
The decision by the current Australian government to co-develop a new class of attack submarines with the French Naval Group will not deliver the replacement submarines until well into the next decade. This clearly creates what one might call a submarine "gap." Given that attack submarines are the key current…

Updated German Defense Report: March 5, 2019

03/05/2019
We have just published the third version of report on German defense. According to Brigadier General (Retired) Meyer sum Felde: “Priority must now be again on collective defence and related high intensity warfighting capabilities for credible deterrence. “The Bundeswehr must become again essential part of the conventional backbone of defence…

480th Fighter Squadron Trains with Portuguese Air Force

03/05/2019
The 480th Fighter Squadron went to Monte Real Air Base, Portugal for Flying Training Deployment with our NATO allies, the 301st Fighter Squadron, and the 201st Fighter Squadron. MONTE REAL, 10, PORTUGAL 02.14.2019 Video by Airman 1st Class Chanceler Nardone  52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs  

The Strategic Shift and German Defense: The Perspective of Brigadier General (Retired) Rainer Meyer zum Felde

03/04/2019
By Robbin Laird During my visit to Germany in February 2019, I had the chance to discuss the return of direct defense in Europe and the way ahead for German defense with an experienced Bundeswehr officer and thinker with many years of NATO experience, Brigadier General (ret.) Rainer Meyer zum…