The following is the March 18, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements. Read More
Tag Archives: Russia
Russians Use U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ashore as Excuse to Deploy Strategic Bombers to Crimea
A Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber in 2016.
Photo by Dmitry Terekhov via wikipedia
Russian defense officials say they are deploying “squadrons” of Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers as a counter to U.S. Navy Aegis Ashore missile defense installations in Poland and Romania, according to a report in Russian state-controlled media on Monday. Read More
Report to Congress on Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi
The following is the Congressional Research Service Insight report, The February Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit Read More
EUCOM Wants More Destroyers, Expanded Aircraft Carrier Presence to Deter Russia
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) as the ship transits the Strait of Gibraltar on Dec. 4, 2018. US Navy Photo
The top American officer in Europe wants two more destroyers stationed in his area of responsibility and a “better pace” of carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups moving through the region, he said during a Tuesday hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S.-Turkey Relations
The following is the Feb. 8, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In
Brief. Read More
Modly: Navy Needs to ‘Radically Change’ How it Operates in New Era of Great Power Competition
Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly at WEST 2019 on FEb. 13, 2019. US Navy Photo
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Navy needs to “radically change” the way it does business if it wants to survive in an era of military competition with Russia and China, the service’s number-two civilian said on Wednesday. Read More
Report to Congress on Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The following is the Feb. 8, 2018, Congressional Research Service report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
CNO Richardson Calls for Tougher Actions in Gray Zone Conflicts with Russia, China
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson delivers remarks at Atlantic Council on Feb. 6, 2019. US Navy Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chief of naval operations upped his rhetoric regarding Russian and Chinese “gray-zone” aggression, saying the Navy needed to put pressure on Russia instead of passively reacting to the European competitor and calling for more “muscular” enforcement of rules of the sea when it comes to China. Read More
Document: U.S. National Intelligence Strategy 2019
The following is the recently released U.S. National Intelligence Strategy 2019. Read More
Report to Congress on Russian Compliance with INF Treaty
The following is the Jan. 18, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Russian Compliance with the Intermediate
Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress.. Read More
