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Why can’t the US Army augment the police the same way the British Army...
Police militarisation in the United States has seen some police forces in the US as heavily armed as army units anyway. So, why can't the army help out?
The Kiev class ‘cruiser-carrier’ hybrid – A flawed design or ahead of its time?
The evolution of the Kiev class ‘cruiser-carrier’ hybrid from the days of the soviet union to its current role as an Indian Navy aircraft carrier.
Military manoeuvres & the prelude to a new cold war: Russian aggression or NATO’s...
NATO and Russia: In the last couple of years we have witnessed important military manoeuvres that demonstrate the heightened tensions between the two blocs.
The rise of China’s ‘blue water’ navy: Will the Pacific turn Red?
The rise of China as a maritime power was further enhanced by the news that China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier will be transferred from the dry dock of the Dalian shipyard, and will soon undergo trials and be fitted with systems to make her fully operational.
A militarised Japan: A potential start of a new arms race?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has put in a a request of 5.2 trillion Yen or $48 billion dollars for 2018 which includes defensive measures including missile protection technology.
BMT to showcase design capability at DSEI
This year’s DSEI event in London will see the launch of a new naval design from engineering and risk management consultancy, BMT Group Ltd.
The decommissioning of HMS Ocean without replacement: Strategically nonsensical?
The planned decommissioning of the Royal Navy’s helicopter the HMS Ocean in 2018 without replacement is a nonsensical step and puts accountancy and politics above our nation’s security and our national interests.
Russia behaving in a cold, calculated way in Syria
President Putin’s Russia is behaving in a calculated, geopolitical way in Syria, which is indicative of Political Realism, and the move from an American dominated international order towards a one where America’s power and ambitions do not translate into preferred diplomatic outcomes.
Chinese PLA Navy displays capabilities in the Yellow Sea
As Russian and Chinese navies have been practising together for the first time in the Baltic Sea during the start of August, Beijing has been busy on the domestic front.
Tensions in the Asia-Pacific: by choice or design?
There is deep concern that tensions in the South China sea will erupt into a conflict with more aggressive posturing by both the United States, Japan and China, accompanied by the deteriorating situation in North Korea which could erupt into a catastrophic conflict at any time.
