Search: USA,Arms (8 materials)

The Turkish Gambit

... national military-industrial complex, increasingly striving to provide itself with domestically-produced weapons, including hi-tech arms. There remain major “gaps,” however, particularly in the most sophisticated and expensive areas, which is almost indecent ... ... relations with the United States after the attempted coup. It is hard to say what kind of response Ankara expected to its accusations and demands—in particular, the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, who was accused of masterminding the attempted coup—but ...

03.11.2021

From Tanks and Deserts to Missiles and Tropical Islands

The USMC should become a streamlined tool for containing China's growing power The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has launched a radical reform that fully and completely reflects the changes in U.S. geopolitical priorities. The Marines are busy getting rid of all their tanks, planning to stock up on medium-range missiles and preparing to become a defensive wall against the growing Chinese fleet. The “Devil Dogs,” a name the Marines have worn proudly since World War I, have always spearheaded...

06.10.2020

The Importance of Ending the Arms Embargo: What Is Iran's Plan?

Iran's experience in circumventing sanctions and advancing its military plans under pressure shows that it can fix the problem Lifting or extending the UN arms embargo on Iran, which according to SC Resolution 2231 is supposed to be ended in October 2020, has led to a new confrontation between Tehran and Washington. The US has circulated a draft UN resolution that would extend the embargo, and Secretary ...

16.07.2020

Trading the Iron Curtain for Iron Shackles: Russian and the U.S. National Security Strategies

... debriefing of the Russian Federation’s main defense hierarchy. Additionally, there is a discussion concerning the core military capabilities possessed by the current Russian state. The report takes care to mention Russian involvement in multilateral arms reduction treaties, somewhat contradicting the accusatory tone that followed the statement criticizing Russia’s refusal to adhere to “no-first-strike” agreements earlier in the report. The Russia-U.S. “New START” (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) signed into agreement on 8 April 2010 set ...

17.07.2017

Is Korean War Possible?

... was in no hurry to follow its rivals. Over 1998-2013, when the North conducted massive reforms, the South retained 670-680 thousand troops and massively increased its defense budget (South Korea’s military budget was 8-10 times greater than that ... ... a second Korean war is unclear. China : today, China is North Korea’s most certain ally. 4 Chinese armies (3 combined-arms armies and 1 tank army) totaling about 250,000 soldiers are deployed in the border region ready to come to North Korea’s ...

22.07.2016

Can US-Vietnam Reconciliation Hurt Russia's Ties with Hanoi?

U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Vietnam and lifting of the arms embargo will no doubt boost bilateral relations. But for Hanoi it is still a rebalance, not a pivot, as Vietnam still has a strong reliance on Russian military exports. Earlier this week, in a farewell trip to Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama concluded ...

27.05.2016

Military Multipolarity in the South China Sea

... do not give China a decisive maritime superiority in the region, but inevitably pose a threat to key countries of the Asia-Pacific [19] . Crawling tigers South-East Asia is the most dynamic region in terms of military activity. The Southeast Asian arms market is relatively small: the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates it collectively worth only $2 billion to $3 billion annually . However, it is quite diverse in terms of suppliers: in contrast to Northeast Asia, ...

01.07.2015

A Panda and a Bear in the Caribbean

... Cuba, is a vivid illustration of this. Against this backdrop, selling arms to Havana openly was very risky. We can only guess how the Cuban authorities skirted the ban, in view of the incident with the North Korean vessel in the summer of 2013 and accusations of China sending secret arms shipments to Havana sparked by the rumor that “at least three arms shipments were traced from China to Cuba ”, which appeared in the American press in 2000. At that time Beijing did not issue any denials. Chinese spokesman Zhang Yuanyuan ...

30.03.2015

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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