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Israel and the US Work Integrated Missile Defense

05/08/2019
By Arie Egozi

TEL AVIV: The US and Israel have completed a unique joint missile defenseexercise seen as crucial to…

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Operation Relentless: 50 Years of Nuclear Deterrence at Sea

05/07/2019
By UK Ministry of Defence

Known as Operation Relentless, at least one Royal Navy ballistic submarine has been patrolling the world’s…

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05/07/2019
By Pierre Tran

It appears that the Macron Administration is cracking down on the press. The case in point…

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05/03/2019
By Second Line of Defense

We recently visited the Warlords at Beaufort MCAS. We had a chance to meet with the…

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Warlords Series 15: The Warlords in Copenhagen, 2015

05/03/2019
By Robbin Laird

Not only are the Marines key players in the Pacific, but clearly, they are as well…

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Warlords Series 14: The Warlords in Canberra, 2014

05/03/2019
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I have attended the Williams Foundation seminars in Canberra, Australia since 2014. The RAAF and the…

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Warlords Series 13: The CO of the Warlords as the XO of the Green Knights, 2014

05/03/2019
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During our visit to VMF-121 in Yuma as the Green Knights were preparing to work towards…

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Warlords Series 12: The Coming of the “Newbies” to MCAS Beaufort

05/02/2019
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In a 2015 piece, we highlighted the coming of the first F-35B student pilot or “newbie”…

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Warlords Series 11: The B as a Strategic Asset

05/02/2019
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Following our visit to MCAS Beaufort and to the USS Wasp, it was time to reflect…

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Warlords Series 10: The UK Working with the Marines at VFMAT-501, 2015

05/02/2019
By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte

During our visit to MCAS Beaufort, we had a chance to discuss UK engagement and participation…

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a stark warning in his address to the Australian parliament. The post-war global order is “breaking down”, he said, and middle powers like Canada…

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