Tag: Russia

National Security

NATO Black Sea partners describe Russian threat and need for more US deterrence

Abraham Mahshie · June 27, 2021 12:00 pm

UH-60 Blackhawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters from 3rd Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, and IAR 330 Puma Helicopters from Baza 57 Aeriana, Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania conducted air assault operations alongside soldiers from The Netherlands 11 Air Assault Brigade at Mihail KogÄlniceanu, Romania May. 14, 2021.

National Security

US Blackhawks and Apaches train with Russian attack helicopters nearby

Abraham Mahshie · June 26, 2021 4:00 pm

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. âThere's a whole fleet of them,â one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. âIt's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021.

Beltway Confidential

Decoding the government’s UFO report

Tom Rogan · June 25, 2021 9:39 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin as he meets with President Joe Biden Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.

We can still send Putin a message

Rep. Chris Stewart · June 25, 2021 4:00 am

President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Biden’s meeting with Putin left America in a weaker position

Phill Kline · June 25, 2021 4:00 am

National Security

US says ‘all countries should be concerned’ about arms sales to Myanmar junta

Brady Knox · June 25, 2021 12:39 am

Russia warns of ‘a real conflict’ with NATO over Black Sea naval exercises

Joel Gehrke · June 24, 2021 4:45 pm

UK dismisses Russian claim that ‘bombs were dropped’ near British warship

Joel Gehrke · June 24, 2021 12:00 am

This undated Ministry of Defence handout shows the HMS Duncan, a Type 45 Destroyer, which will relieve HMS Montrose in the region as Iran threatens to disrupt shipping.

Beltway Confidential

Britain shows Biden how to deal with Russian aggression

Tom Rogan · June 23, 2021 7:09 pm

Five charged for alleged illegal export of rifle scopes and night-vision goggles to Russia

Jeremy Beaman · June 22, 2021 3:04 pm

Beltway Confidential

Hypersonics, aircraft carriers, and why you shouldn’t be distracted by the Navy’s cool explosion video

Tom Rogan · June 21, 2021 8:01 pm

Kosovo police in riot gear deploy to disperse a crowd of hundreds of stone-throwing protestors demanding removal of a blockade of flower pots on a bridge linking ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica on Sunday, June 22, 2014. Police said at least seven officers were injured as some 5 cars set ablaze as ethnic Albanian protested ethnic Serbs barricading the Serb run north from the ethnic Albanian south. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Beltway Confidential

Balkan stability requires Serbia-Kosovo agreement

Janusz Bugajski · June 21, 2021 10:00 am