Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
CYBERCOM Head Rogers: U.S. Should ‘Publicly Out’ Kremlin Cyber Attacks
The United States needs to make it clear it is unacceptable and there is a price to pay if any…
Coast Guard Commandant Continues Call for More U.S. Icebreakers
“If you do not have presence to exert sovereignty, you’re a paper lion,” the Coast Guard commandant said in explaining…
U.S. Official: Russia Installed System in Crimea to Snoop on U.S. Destroyers, Jam Communications
Russia has installed a modern mobile electronic warfare system in Crimea to eavesdrop on U.S. ships in the Black Sea…
PACOM: U.S. Should Renegotiate INF Missile Treaty to Better Compete with China
The commander of U.S. Pacific Command said the United States may want to renegotiate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty…
Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations
This post has been updated to clarify the deployment of Russian Navy Kilo-class attack submarineRostov-na-Donu. The sinking of the Russian…
Russian Navy Spy Ship Sinks After Colliding with Turkish Freighter in Black Sea
A Russian Navy surveillance ship has sunk after colliding with a freighter in the Black Sea, according to Turkish officials.…
CRS Legal Sidebar: Was U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase Legal?
The following is the April 17, 2017 Congressional Research Service Legal Sidebar: U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase: Legal under International…
Italian PM Pushing for Political Removal of Bashar Al-Assad from Power
Italy’s Prime Minster backed President Donald Trump’s retaliatory Tomahawk cruise missiles strike in response to the Syrian regime’s use of…
Document: Report to Congress on Armed Conflict in Syria
The following is the April 7, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response.…
As Russian Arms Sales Slow, Moscow Focus Now on Domestic Weapons Modernization
While Russia remains a major international arms exporter, the Kremlin has seen its sales have fallen flat in recent years…