by Dave Patterson | Aug 15, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Iran has joined China and North Korea in supplying arms to Russia. The intensity of the assault on Ukraine has left Russia suffering shortages, and Moscow’s solution is to tin-cup friends and partners for weapons. The problem was predictable; Russian President...
by Guest Author | Aug 11, 2024 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
By Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D. On July 24, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported detecting and intercepting Russian and Chinese aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Similarly, in May, NORAD tracked four Russian...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 26, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
When Russia and China fly a formation of bombers into the US Air Defense Identification Zone, America takes notice. On July 25, that’s exactly what happened off the Alaskan coast, and NORAD scrambled its fighters to shadow the intruders. Russian planes close to Alaska...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 16, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Mismanagement has put the US nuclear response capability in jeopardy. The replacement for the 1970s-era Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system currently deployed is Sentinel, but the program is struggling. In the meantime, Russia, China, North...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 3, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
President Vladimir Putin has announced he’s considering changing the Kremlin’s doctrine on nuclear weapons use, specifically lowering the threshold for employing tactical nuclear missiles or bombs. Should the Kremlin believe the sovereignty of Russia is in jeopardy,...