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Arctic Reflections
Ilya Kramnik:
To Sequestrate, or Not to Sequestrate. The Impact of Covid-19 on Military Budgets
The U.S.–China standoff at sea should not eclipse the processes that are more obvious to Russian readers, namely the development of the Russian Navy that is also unfolding in the context of the renewed adversarial relationship with the West. The key element of this confrontation is the fundamental economic imbalance that pushes weapons designers in Russia to look for unorthodox solutions.
It ...
Interview with Admiral William Fallon
RIAC Media and Government Relations Manager Nikolay Markotkin discusses current US policy towards NATO, new military technologies, and U.S.-Russia relations with retired US Navy four-star admiral William Joseph Fallon, who served as Commander of the U.S. Central Command (2007–2008) and U.S. Pacific Command (2005–2007).
What is your opinion on the current policy of Donald Trump towards NATO?
Christopher Harper:
NATO ...
... needs to take to counteract the threat.
Foggo and Fritz write that once again, “an effective, skilled, and technologically advanced Russian submarine force is challenging” the US. The authors cite Viktor Chirkov, former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, who had previously
stated
that “the rate of submarines going on deployment has increased by nearly 50%”
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. Foggo and Fritz concur with Clive Johnstone, British Vice Admiral, Commander of the Allied Maritime Command, who believes that Russian ...
Prospects for Russian Navy amphibious forces development in the wake of the cancelled Mistral contract
“In military matters, capability, not intentions, matters most”.
Otto von Bismarck
In early 2014, Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolphe, Director for Strategic Planning ...
... transport airplanes were transferred under the command of the Air Force. The only exclusion was made to the SU-24s of the Black Sea Fleet, which remained with the Navy only because the Russia-Ukraine agreements allowed the Crimea basing just for the Russian Navy but not the Air Force aircraft.
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Ilya Kramnik:
Russian Aircraft Carrier: Time to
Grasp the Nettle
Apart from the Black Sea SU-24 squadron, the naval aviation still possesses IL-38 and Tu-142 antisubmarine aircraft, Be-12 hydroplanes,...
