05/31/2014: Unified Vision 2014 (UV14) is the biggest Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) trial NATO has ever staged. A multitude of ground sensors, zeppelins, jammer aircraft and land ISR assets are deployed during this trial. Credit: NATOCHANNEL:5/27/14 According to a NATO piece published on May 26, 2014 and entitled…
2014-05-31 According to a story published on Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, the F-35 has achieved three major flight test milestones on the same day. Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Systems Command, Maryland – In three separate flight tests on May 27, 2014, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft demonstrated air-to-air…
2014-05-31 By Harald Malmgren China has apparently become far more aggressive about its legal authority and its power projection in relations with neighboring countries, particularly in the China Seas. Friction with Vietnam has converged in the Chinese placement of an energy exploration platform in waters, which Vietnam claims as its…
2014-05-31 by Ed Timperlake During these dangerous times it is important for all enemies and Allies of America to know that we are a peaceful nation until aroused. Make no mistake there is a fighting thread in America with undaunted battlefield courage. Commanders and troops who fought for both the…
05/30/2014: Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) and Combat Logistics Battalion 11 (CLB-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an aerial delivery exercise during Realist Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 21, 2014. Credit:11th Marine Expeditionary Unit:3/21/14
2014-05-30 Clearly, Russian actions in the Ukraine have focused the attention of the Baltic states as well as of the Nordics who are intimately involved in the Baltic region as well. The recent piece by a Latvian researcher suggesting that the Russians are evolving their techniques and approaches to pressuring…
2014-05-29 by Kenneth Maxwell Russia's strategy is becoming clearer by the day. The natural gas deal with China enhances Russia's position in the east. China provides a guaranteed long-term market for Siberia's vast reserves of natural gas. Vladimir Putin has also succeeded to obtaining new natural resources to the west.…
2014-05-29 When Washington has a problem, it is good to have a study announcing that whatever Administration moving ahead on the problem, which most often has been caused by the opposition party in earlier years, with little or no causative impact from that Administration’s party. Brussels has a variant of…
