German Forward Defense, Basing Mobility and How the CH-53K Can Help
It is fair to say that no ground combat force is working harder on mobile basing…
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Dominating the debate on Australia’s defence-capability development is a long list of expensive new weapons to…
Read More »Additional CH-53K Operational Capabilities Which Fit Right In with German Forward Defense
If this was the Cold War, where the primary focus was really upon moving support around…
Read More »Direct Fire Support Weapons (DFSW) Course
A range of heavy weapon and anti-armour capabilities were developed by the 6th and 8th/9th Battalion,…
Read More »Imagined Republics: The United States of America, France, and Brazil (1776–1792)
Editor’s Note: Professor Kenneth Maxwell recently completed his research on the “global revolution” from the United…
Read More »Putin and Shaping a Way Ahead with Russia
During my flight from LA to Sydney, I had time to read Philip Short’s more than…
Read More »Remembering Gorbachev: The 1986 Reykjavik Summit
Last week, Mihail Gorbachev died. I found much of the press coverage of this event very…
Read More »Adding Rotorcraft Lift to the German Defense Forces: The Case for the CH-53K
When measured against the key elements for reshaping German defense, the CH-53K entering the USMC today…
Read More »The Danish Defence Minister on the Expansion of NATO in Northern Europe
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the NATO membership request from Sweden and Finland, the…
Read More »Enhanced Nordic Cooperation: August 2022
Recent meetings and statements by Nordic Ministries of Defence have highlighted the way ahead for enhanced…
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