Pavel Felgenhauer
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Air Warfare
Checkmate: Russia's So-Called Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter
Despite another wave of deadly COVID-19 coronavirus infections ravaging Moscow and spreading out into the provinces, the Russian authorities went...

Russia
The Hypersonic Hype and Russia's Diminished Nuclear Threshold
President Vladimir Putin used the July 26, 2020, Navy Day and the Main Navy Parade in St. Petersburg to once again promote Russia’s “superweapons,”...

Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Russian Navy Readies for Future Conflicts in Arctic
Expanding its military presence in the Arctic is currently one of the main priorities of Russian defense policy. Cold War–era military bases,...

Iran
Putin and Trump to Meet in Osaka as Iranian Crisis Moves to Forefront
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told journalists in Moscow that an agreement had been reached with the White House...

Russia
Victory Day 2019: Kremlin Envelopes Itself in Militaristic Fervor
As time presses on and memories of the May 1945 victory over Nazi Germany that ended World War II in Europe fade away, the annual May 9 Victory Day...

Russia
Moscow Touts the Threat of Direct East-West Confrontation
The independent pollster Levada Tsentr regularly tests Russians’ attitudes toward former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, and it recently published a...

Russia
The Kremlin Prepares to Defend Venezuela's Maduro Regime by All Means
A Russian task force of some 100 men has landed in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, arriving on two military planes—a super-large Antonov An-124...

Military Strategy
Moscow Increasingly Ready for Major Military Confrontation
In the last several years, the Russian military has drastically increased its battle readiness in apparent preparation for a possible major conflict...

Military Strategy
Russia Claims Total Military Superiority in the Arctic
The steady and costly buildup of military might in the Arctic has apparently reached a level sufficient for Russia to claim sovereign rights over...

Uncategorized
Moscow Announces New Missiles After U.S. 'Suspends' INF Treaty
As soon as Washington announced its “suspension” of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty beginning on February 2, 2019, Moscow...

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Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
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By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Will HASC Have an Oversight Subcommittee in the Next Congress?
By Christopher J. Bright • RealClearDefense

Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
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Closing the Sea: Lessons from Ancient Mediterranean Blockades
By DeCasien, CIMSEC
From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Bombers Could Have a Major Air-to-Air Combat Role
By Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
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