2016-11-07 By Richard Weitz At this writing, a Russian naval battle group is assembling in the East Mediterranean off Syria’s coast. It includes Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is now making its first combat mission following years of repair and modernization. The small carrier carries four Su-33…
2016-11-06 On November 2, 2016, Second Line of Defense visited the Spanish Eurofighter squadron based at Albacete, Air Base in Spain. During the visit our hosts, Captains Antonio Duque Polo and Sergio Martinez Pėrez provided us an overview on Eurofighter, their recent deployment to Lithuania and the support structure on…
2016-11-05 By Robbin Laird © 2016 FrontLine Defence (Vol 13, No 5) The Australian Navy is in the throes of its largest recapitalization since the end of World War II – and it’s coming at a time when the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is working across the services to shape an integrated…
11/05/2016: The original Endeavour, a copy of which can be seen at the Maritime Museum in Sydney, was the flagship of Captain Cook and amazingly this sailing ship crossed the oceans and explored Australia and the environs. [caption id="attachment_90878" align="alignnone" width="225"] A photo shot onboard the replica Endeavour which is ported…
11/05/2016: U.S. Marines participate in force-on-force training during Exercise Silver Arrow 2016 at Adazi Military Base in Latvia, Oct. 27, 2016. Silver Arrow is a multinational annual exercise designed to expedite NATO’s response time during conflict and increase collective defense capabilities amongst nations. ADAZI, LATVIA 10/27/2016 U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe…
2016-11-05 By Danny Lam There are few territorial disputes as muddled as the South China Sea. Republican China (ROC), despite its irrelevance from 1950 onwards, steadfastly maintained a claim - initially made in 1947 when the government was on the verge of defeat – to vast stretches of the seas…
2016-11-05 By Danny Lam Western Foreign policy towards China have been focused on interactions with Peking since the Jesuits found a place in the Ming Court at the expense of understanding the dynamics of the vast civilization nominally ruled by present day Beijing. Extending diplomatic recognition and permitting the PRC…
2016-11-05 By Garth McLennan The hell that is the Russian-backed siege of Aleppo in Syria has forced the administration of American President Barack Obama to contemplate options it otherwise wouldn’t. In early October, as the latest U.S.-driven effort at a real ceasefire in the country was falling apart, The Washington Post’s…
