After a few cat and mouse days of Defense Secretary Lloyd “Raytheon” Austin’s denials, the Pentagon finally yesterday affirmed that there was evidence of a North Korean military presence in Russia. Asked what they were doing in Russia, Austin replied, “What exactly they are doing? Left to be seen. These are things that we need to sort out.”
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U.S. shipments of ammunition to Ukraine were delayed for at least two months last year because of problems with a U.S. military contract with Germany’s Deutsche Bahn railways, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report.
Problems with a German railroad contract slowed US munitions to Ukraine, IG says
“We’ve continued to support the needs of the warfighter even without pulling our installations into the modern era,” said Stephanie Hoaglin.
How the Army goes about modernizing its crucial but aging organic industrial base
US Missile Agency Scales Back Guam Defence Plans
The project is designed to create “360 degree” protection for the U.S. Pacific territory from missile and air attacks of all kinds, the agency said. Plans include integrating Raytheon’s SM-6, SM-3 Block IIA, Lockheed Martin’s THAAD, and the Patriot PAC-3, which uses components from both companies, over about 10 years.
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North Korea has recently warned against the use of drones over its sovereign airspace to spread subversive propaganda.
US Government Behind Campaign Violating North Korean Airspace (archived)
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Once technological advances can be used for military purposes and have been used for military purposes, they will immediately almost forcefully, and often against the commander’s will, cause changes or even revolutions in warfare.
Who said it? Carl von Clausewitz or Friedrich Engels? I saw it quoted in a paper by the China Aerospace Studies Institute (attributed to Engels). Considering that it’s the “think tank” of the Department of the Air Force, I’m not taking the contents of the paper at face value (same with the papers that I posted below). I’m more interested in who said it, anyway. FYI, I only have Volume 1 of “On War” and apparently it’s the “wrong” translation. I’m too busy reading Mao to read Clausewitz. I find it interesting what I find when researching stuff, though.
Engels’s Second Theory: Technology, Warfare and the Growth of the State
Thesis Title: “The First Red Clausewitz”: Friedrich Engels and Early Socialist Military Theory, 1848-1870 by Michael A. Boden (United States Army Command and General Staff College)
THAAD transfer to ‘Israel’ points to crisis in defense systems: Report
Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 on Friday reported that “Israel” has requested the US to deploy a second THAAD battery to bolster its defenses against a potential Iranian retaliation to its planned upcoming attack.
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U.S. Missile Defense Is Under Strain
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American officials are trying to determine the source of the leak, which describes military drills and weapons placement, and how damaging it might be.
Leaked U.S. Intelligence Suggests Israel Is Preparing to Strike Iran (archived)
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Pro-Iranian account leaks alleged U.S. intel on Israel’s attack plans
On October 14, China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center revealed that the U.S. has established seven monitoring stations across the country to intercept data transmitted through undersea cables in both the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Inside the subsea cable firm secretly helping America take on China
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