The following is the Aug. 31, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations. Read More
Category Archives: Foreign Forces
Report to Congress on Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policy
The following is the Sept. 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policies. Read More
China Sent Uninvited Spy Ship to Russian Vostok 2018 Exercise Alongside Troops, Tanks
An undated photo of Dongdiao-class auxiliary general intelligence (AGI) Tianwangxing (852).
Russia recently concluded the 2018 edition of the massive Vostok exercise series that included Chinese forces for the first time. At Moscow’s invitation, Beijing sent People’s Liberation Army soldiers, helicopters, tanks – and one uninvited Chinese surveillance ship. Read More
China Expanding Economic Influence in Americas, Research in the Arctic
China’s icebreaker Xue Long
China’s drive for influence in the Western Hemisphere has zeroed in on economic gain, making the current great powers competition significantly different from the Soviet Union’s attempt to assert military power in the Americas the during the Cold War, a panel assessing the American-Chinese relationship after 40 years of diplomatic recognition agreed. Read More
U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea
Photo of a sample page of the new Mariners Skills logbook for US Navy surface warfare officers. US Navy Photo
Surface warfare officers are borrowing a lesson from naval aviators and will now keep a logbook of their time underway throughout their career, according to a new Navy instruction obtained by USNI News. Read More
State Department Notifies Congress of Potential $2.1B P-8A Sale to South Korea
A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over the Chesapeake Bay. US Navy Photo
The U.S. State Department notified Congress of South Korea’s planned purchase of six Boeing P-8A patrol aircraft, in a deal worth an estimated $2.1 billion. Read More
Panel: Trade Tensions May Complicate Delicate Security Environment in Indo-Pacific
Washington’s simmering trade war with and tariffs against China are creating some unintended consequences for the U.S. military and its relationships with partners in the Pacific, a panel said today. Read More
Japanese Navy Successfully Tests Latest Aegis BMD Upgrade from Destroyer JS Atago
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Atago (DDG 177) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. US Navy photo.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) demonstrated Japan’s sea-based ballistic missile defense capability, when destroyer JS Atago (DDG-177) intercepted a missile target off the coast of Hawaii this week. Read More
New India-U.S. Arms Agreement, Expanded Exercises Illustrate Growing Security Cooperation
U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis greets Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, New Delhi, India, Sept. 6, 2018. DoD Photo
The U.S. strengthened its military relationship with India last week in signing an agreement that allows New Delhi to buy advanced American weapons, share sensitive technology and exchange military information securely and quickly. Read More
Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria
The following is the Aug. 21, 2018 Congressional Research Service Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response. Read More
