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I believe that the ability to end a RUS-NATO war with a RUS threat of using ‘tactical’ nukes against attempts of reconquest (and against airbases) is an essential requirement for Russia to dare attack any NATO member for real. They could not win in a…
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) many strategic documents, leader speeches, and summit communiques regularly repeat the moniker, “As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance.” This is an acknowledgement of reality and the fact that nuclear weapons are fundamental to the alliance. NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group also provides participating allies […]
NATO’s Fledgling Nuclear Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.
When the Ukraine war broke out, India implemented a series of policy measures that took the West by surprise. In the United Nations General Assembly, it refused to condemn the Russian invasion and, instead, along with 34 other nations, chose to abstain from the vote. That meant that 4.4 billion people, a majority of the […]
It Is Difficult to Break the Russia-India Link was originally published on Global Security Review.
Former President Donald Trump’s views on Europe are consistent. He has long criticized North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-states for their failure to spend the required 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. For Trump, free riding is anathema. He recently said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” […]
Is Trump Right About Europe? was originally published on Global Security Review.
THIS is the jaw dropping moment a pair of RAF Dambusters in massive F-35B fighter jets elegantly land on Britain’s biggest warship.
The two Lightning jets joined up with over 90,000 Nato personnel to take part in practise drills in t…
Beijing’s move comes at a time when Budapest’s relationship with its EU and Nato allies is at a low pointChina has offered to deepen security cooperation with Hungary, underscoring Budapest’s warming ties with Beijing just as Hungarian officials snubbe…
VLADIMIR Putin’s hypocrisy was this week made evident to eagle-eyed viewers who spotted a certain label stitched into his suit jacket.
The Russian president, 71, wore a £7,000 Italian Brioni suit at the Future Technologies Forum as he lectured…
European Commissioner Thierry Breton recently recalled what former President Donald Trump told the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula van der Leyen, back in 2020. Trump suggested that he was extremely skeptical about North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) commitment to European defense. As a result, it came as no surprise that Breton announced that […]
European Commission: Taking Charge of Space Defense was originally published on Global Security Review.
A Trump 2.0 White House term would reportedly launch a wrecking ball into U.S. foreign policy — altering or even doing away altogether with decades long foreign policy mainstays. That purported plan includes a radical NATO makeover and an expedited ac…
CRACK British troops have set sail for Germany for drills to simulate holding off a Russian invasion in World War Three.
The Desert Rats, who earned their nickname defying the Nazis in North Africa, are taking part in a massive war game with 90,000 Nato personnel.
Crack British troops have set sail to Europe for Exercise Steadfast Defender[/caption]
The Sun’s defence editor Jerome Starkey was at the shipping out[/caption]
Almost 600 armoured vehicles and light artillery guns were packed on to ferries at Marchwood military docks near Southampton as part of Exercise Steadfast Defender.
The five-month Nato exercise is the largest drill in Europe since the end of the Cold War and designed to prepare for war with Russia.
The show of force follows bombshell claims by Donald Trump that he would encourage Moscow to attack Nato allies that do not pay enough for collective defence.
At the same time figures have laid bare the scale of Russia’s losses in Ukraine.
A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank said president Vladimir Putin had lost more than 3,000 tanks in two years, equivalent to Moscow’s entire pre-war active service fleet.
The annual yardstick of global armed forces said Putin had been forced to dust off mothballed kit, trading “quality for quantity”.
But Ukraine has gone the other way. The IISS’s Military Balance report said: “Ukraine, so far, has been able to offset equipment losses through Western donations, upgrading quality in the process.”
In the event of war with Russia ports such as Southampton could be targeted.
Troops from the Army’s specialist Port and Maritime Regiment said they routinely train to load ships under fire — including with combat pontoons from beaches if deep water ports are not available.
Sgt Baz Slator, 37, assistant key foreman at the Sea Mounting Centre in Marchwood, said: “We can work in and around enemy fire, at a contested port or across a beach.
“We did it in Iraq. We did it in the Falklands and we train to do it every year. It is routine for us.”
Some 1,500 troops from 7th Light Mechanised Brigade, better known as the Desert Rats, are flying in to meet the vehicles before travelling on to Poland to prepare for an all-out war scenario.
Commanders said the drill was designed to simulate the period of “rising tensions before the outbreak of war”.
Just as with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, commanders said they would expect to have “some warning” of Russian plans to attack a Nato state.
A source said: “We would expect to pre-position our forces in that period as a deterrent.”
In total, around 16,000 British armed forces will take part in the Steadfast Defender drills, which include RAF jets and Royal Navy warships and submarines.
Nato rebuked Mr Trump for claiming he would encourage Putin to attack Nato countries that do not pay two per cent of GDP towards collective defence.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security.”
16,000 British armed forces will take part in the drills[/caption]
Reports suggest Vladimir Putin has lost more than 3,000 tanks in two years[/caption]
The five-month Nato exercise is the largest drill in Europe since the end of the Cold War[/caption]
RUSSIAN tyrant Vladimir Putin has lost more than 3,000 tanks and 400,000 troops since invading Ukraine two years ago.
To rearm, he has had to take equipment out of storage — a tactic he may only be able to keep doing for “two to three more years”, military experts said.
Former British Army Brigadier Ben Barry said Russian top brass are now relying on “warehouses and warehouses with stockpiles of vehicles left over from the Cold War”.
And he said Putin is putting “quantity over quality” as much of his ammo is “50 years old” and “deteriorated”.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies issued the damning indictment of Russia’s armed forces yesterday at its Military Balance 2024 conference in London.
It warned the world is in a “volatile” place and facing a “more dangerous decade” as a result of the war.