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And what is unbelievably expensive and what is unbelievably expensive and inefficient, particularly when it is conducted on a scale like this and with fairly attritional kind of force structure on both sides. these are by necessity for ukrainians, by choice for the russians. it is not high tech, these are old school armies in effect, using massed artillery, massed soldiers and therefore the demand for everything from ammunition, fuel to vehicles arejust extraordinary. from ammunition, fuel to ve...

"It's not just the continuity. It's the fact that if they changed people you would have risked some delays" as new leaders are brought up to speed, said Neil James, head of the non-partisan Australia Defence Association. "The big challenge for AUKUS has always been the timeline, and this could have affected it."

Executive Summary As Russian electronic warfare (EW) officers assert, depending on the nature of the specific operations and armed conflict, the main aims of EW are: “to degrade an adversary’s C2 [command and control] of forces and weapons; reduce the effectiveness of an adversary’s intelligence gathering and use of weapons; [and] to maintain resilience in command and control of own …

As the June 30 deadline nears for compliance with the U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, U.S. Army officials publicly claim a very small ...

In July 2021, South Africa found herself in the middle of civil unrest in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng Provinces. Properties and businesses were damaged and looted. The target areas were malls and business that were damaged and looted.

The Navy and lawmakers are at loggerheads over what the service should look like in light of the threat posed by China and Russia.

The enhanced tool lets users change the defense budget to see the possible effects on military forces, or add or subtract major units to see the effects on the budget, or explore a mix of those approaches. It includes a how-to-use tutorial.

Donbas has lasted eight years, maybe milley is right, this thing goes on for years as well. what do you think? >> general milley said it could take years. it doesnt have to take years. thank god during the entire trump administration we were giving the javelin missiles and training ukrainians how to use them. thats what has given them the fighting chance theyve had to keep this conflict alive. ill be honest. most of us on capitol hill never thought ukraine would still be standing on its feet lik...

>> well, the big concern again is the encirclement of kyiv. keep in mind that kyiv is larger in square miles than new york city. its 1,020 square miles, new york is 300. again, this very, very impressive mix of conventional forces, partisan brigades and the resistance is making life very, very difficult. theyve even taken the road signs down or theyve painted them over and said welcome to hell or something like that. and you see the terrible logistic support of the russians. the bottom line is w...

We dont have the force capacity and certainly without many months of build up to have a chance in a conventional fight much less potential for nuclear. the same is true in the east with china and taiwan. because we say a lot of we want to defend them and we want to help them out to make them independent country, but we dont have the force structure to even come close to competing tactically with china who is 10. and if xi wants to come he could probably move at the same time. we cant handle one ...