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Interesting!  I get the impression from watching the HI spokesman that the LHA-8 is essentially a new class of warship.  Similar but different enough from the LHA-6 that it should be...

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via Inside Defense. But as previously reported by Inside the Navy, the service is now considering adding a local air defense requirement to the frigate, as well as alternative designs beyond those...

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via Reuters.North Korea said on Sunday it has detained another U.S. citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the state, which would make him the fourth American to be held by the isolated...

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Thanks to Costas TT for the link! I can't explain why but I'm edging toward being obsessed with the BMD-4M.  That compact, large cannon troop carrier just rubs me the right way. Putting...

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via Naval Technology Testing for the US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle increment 1.1 programme is now underway, with contenders lining up to replace the force’s battle-weary Assault...

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Testing for the US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle increment 1.1 programme is now underway, with contenders lining up to replace the force’s battle-weary Assault Amphibious Vehicle fleet. Two teams have been awarded EMD contracts for the comp…

Caption: 2 Canadian Division from Base Valcartier were deployed to support civilian authorities with the Government of Quebec’s emergency response. Members left Valcartier and drove to Shawinigan,...

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pics and caption via FuckYeahSpaceShips Tumblr Page. caption... “Don’t fuck up, Shepard.” 56 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American in space during a 15-minute, 28-second...

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via Sputnik "These bases present a threat to humanity. American imperialism has promoted them. Right now, the US has more than 800 military bases on all continents. The Trump administration does not...

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The pic you see above was captured from a power point discussing the next ship to shore connector.  The power point is located here. Strock gets his fair share of complaints but I think he's...

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Alien planet - by Vitali Timkin 

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If you're like me and you watch YouTube to get the latest and greatest stuff coming out of the fitness industry then you've been a bit pissed for the past couple of years. Instead of real...

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Thanks to Ogden for the link! I was monitoring a conversation on an earlier blog post about my contention that the Absalon Class ship is the perfect replacement vessel for the LCS.  Others...

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via Wikipedia. The Absalon class are support ships of the Royal Danish Navy,[2][3][4] commissioned in 2005. The two ships in the class may be described as an hybrid between a Frigate and military...

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Today’s installment of slides comes from the speech of Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov, which immediately followed and was largely complementary to Valery Gerasimov’s speech. The Ravkov speech is available on video in Russian and English.

Since the end of the Cold war the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula has become the most dangerous challenge to international stability, security and peace. The nuclear and ballistic programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have dangerously improved since the beginning of the decade and seem to have accelerated since 2014 in spite of the continuous strengthening of the international sanctions regime against Pyongyang’s Weapons of Mass Destruction programmes.
Accordingly, tensions have risen dramatically in the Korean peninsula. In the current context, the resumption of the six-party talks - deadlocked since the spring of 2007 - remains very hypothetical. It is clearly dependent on a change of attitude on Pyongyang's part, something hardly predictable.
Even if 'strategic patience' towards North Korea has been challenged for some time, it may be that there is no better alternative to this policy. Comprehensively conceived, it should be understood as a strong policy of containment of the North Korean nuclear crisis in order to make possible the return of Pyongyang to negotiations.
As a subsidiary issue, it could be asked whether the EU could play a renewed role as regards to nuclear and ballistic proliferation in North East Asia.
Further information
Study: Nuclear Proliferation in North East Asia
Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP