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☆ Trump faces a far more emboldened Kim Jong Un this time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementTrump has boasted about his chemistry with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Donald Trump has long reminisced about the unlikely bromance he formed with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while president. His comments suggest that Trump will find Kim a much tougher and more emboldened character to deal with this time around. North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June. "Kim likely sees in Trump a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remake his country's relationship with the US, and thereby the wider world," said Chan.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, Donald Trump, Kim Jong, Kim hasn't, Trump, Jeremy Chan, Bruce Bennet, Kim overplayed, Bennet, Kim Jae, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Chan, Daniel Salisbury, Russia's Vladimir Putin, GAVRIIL GRIGOROV, —, Ellen Kim Organizations: Trump, North, North Korean, Eurasia Group, Getty, Reuters, RAND Corporation, UN Security Council, South, Centre for Science & Security, King's College, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: North Korean, Korean, Pyongyang, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, China, Asia, Hanoi, Anadolu, South Korea, King's College London, Trump, Korea

☆ In an F-35 funding fight, Musk will need to win over a skeptical Congress and Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementElon Musk sharply criticized the F-35 stealth jet and its builder, Lockheed Martin. Musk could target the expensive program as part of his efforts to cut federal spending under Trump. Congress has historically valued the stealth fighter flown by three military branches despite its problems. His comments suggest he could be eyeing the $2 trillion F-35 program, and possibly other fighter jets, for potential spending cuts. In fact, the House's defense spending bill for the 2025 fiscal year called for more F-35s than what the Pentagon initially requested.

Persons: Lockheed Martin, Donald Trump, Elon, Musk, Trump, Elon Musk, ANGELA WEISS, Samuel King Jr, President Trump, Clawson, Michael Bohnert, Bohnert, Cmdr, Darin Russell, Stacy Pettyjohn Organizations: Elon, Trump . Congress, Pentagon, Congress, Getty, Trump, Department of Government, Department of Defense, Lockheed, US Air Force, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, RAND Corporation, US Navy, Defense, Center, New, New American Security Locations: New American

☆ Biden's last-minute missile moves for Ukraine are coming far too late, weakening their effect on the Russians
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It's been a truism that Ukraine has needed the capability to strike the Russian rear for many years at this point." Related storiesA pattern of late aidThe US and other allies have been repeatedly criticized for slowness and hesitancy in giving Ukraine aid and permissions. One American fighting in Ukraine told BI, "It feels like everything that we've been getting has been either too late or it's just enough to barely hold on." AdvertisementA US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) firing a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-US joint missile drill. Savill said of Biden's missile decision that "the impact may be more political, albeit with a narrowing window of opportunity."

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, George Barros, It's, Lockheed Martin, Matthew Savill, Michael Bohnert, ISW, we've, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, There's, Barros, Putin, Bohnert, counterattacking, Savill, Ukraine Biden, Trump Organizations: MGM, Tactical Missile Systems, Lockheed, Storm, UK Ministry of Defence, Royal United Services Institute, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP, Biden, Politico, Reuters, RAND Corporation, NATO, Army Tactical Missile, Korean Defense Ministry, Getty, Ukraine, Trump Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Kursk —, Ukrainian, Kursk, Russia's Kursk, South Korea

☆ Trump might be able to get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting. A real peace is harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week indicated he's willing to take part in negotiations. "Given its own track record in Ukraine, Russia has a history of taking 'a crunch at a time,'" Paul Cormarie, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, told BI. AdvertisementPutin has said that as a condition of any peace deal, Ukraine must agree to remain neutral. If Trump takes Ukrainian NATO membership off the table, a different type of security deal could still be negotiated, said Cormarie. A truce containing a watered-down security deal for Ukraine would likely only mean a pause in the war while Russia regathers its strength.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump's, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Paul Cormarie, Putin, JD Vance, Trump's, Vance, Timothy Ash, Margus, Cormarie Organizations: Trump, RAND Corporation, Ukraine NATO, Ukraine, NATO, Kyiv Independent, London's, Ukrainian NATO, Financial Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Kyiv, Western, Moscow

☆ Elon Musk is looking for trillions in government waste, and defense is a massive potential target
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk to help spearhead cuts to government spending, and the defense sector could be a prime target. But Musk's past comments hint at one area he could target: defense contracts. Musk built SpaceX's business model around fixed-price contracts. Musk's new initiative could recommend exactly this: a move away from cost-plus contracts toward fixed-price contracts. An aerial view of the Pentagon AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, FileMusk's new initiative may target other areas of Pentagon spending, as well.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon, Elon Musk, It's, Trump, Musk, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Clayton Swope, Walter Isaacson's, Swope, John Raoux Overspending, Gerald R, Mike Gallagher, Gallagher, Ford, Steve Helber, Bryan McGrath, Todd Harrison, —, Harrison, Michael Bohnert, they've, Archer Macy, Patrick Semansky, John Harvey Jr, Mississippi Sen, Roger Wicker Organizations: Defense, Pentagon, Department of Government, SpaceX, NASA, AP, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Services, International Space, Kennedy Space Center, Littoral, Ford, DoD, Republican, Palantir Technologies, Newport News Shipbuilding, American Enterprise Institute, Shipbuilding, BAE Systems, RAND Corporation, CSIS, US Air Force, Navy, Senate Armed Services Committee Locations: Pennsylvania, Columbia, China, Wisconsin, Virginia, Mississippi

☆ Trump's first term avoided a fight in the South China Sea. It's only getting harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIn his first term, Donald Trump ramped up military actions to counter China in the South China Sea. South China Sea observers expect continuity with the Biden administration, which tried to ramp up diplomatic efforts and strengthen US alliances and security partnerships. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine troops in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. AdvertisementThough Trump hasn't outlined a specific South China Sea plan, he could pursue his broader foreign policy mantra of "peace through strength." "Unrestrained US militarization is precisely what drives Beijing's insecurity and will continue to exacerbate tensions in the South China Sea," Marston said.

Persons: Donald Trump ramped, Donald Trump, Trump, Hunter Marston, Trump hasn't, Biden, Gregory Poling, Joe Biden, Marston, Sari Arho Havrén, Chip Somodevilla, Zeno Leoni, Leoni Organizations: Australian National University, China, Southeast Asia, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Trump, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, CBS, Royal United Services, Ukraine, King's College London's Defense Studies Department, Rand Corporation, Biden's National Security Locations: China, South China, Philippines, Asia, Pacific, Philippine, Europe, South Korea, Palm Beach, South, East Asia

☆ New French Mirage fighter jets could help Ukraine skirt one of the biggest roadblocks for the F-16 program
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

France also said it was training Ukrainian pilots. That's a big benefit, experts said, as the F-16 training program keeps being delayed. AdvertisementFrance's plan for getting Ukraine new Western fighter jets could help it skirt a big issue facing the F-16 program. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands against the background of Ukraine's Air Force's F-16 fighter jets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jets fly in an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Persons: —, Sébastien Lecornu, Gordon, Skip, Davis, Lockheed Martin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, it's, Michael Bohnert, George Barros, Barros, Lecornu, Tim Robinson, Bohnert, Denmark — that's, Abrams, Robinson Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Ukraine Mirage, US Army, Lockheed, Politico, Street, AP, Pravda, RAND Corporation, Mirage, Institute for, Dassault Aviation, La Tribune, Ukrine's, Ukrainian, UK's Royal Aeronautical Society Locations: Ukraine, France, Ukrainian, Western, Russia, Nancy, US, Denmark, Romania, Soviet, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands

☆ Trump said he will divide Russia from China. It's a tough bromance to break.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

President-elect Donald Trump claims he can split the alliance between Russia and China. "The one thing you never want to happen is you never want Russia and China uniting," Trump said. These are potentially all things that Trump could use to drive a wedge between Russia and China." The Trump effectAnother factor likely to draw Russia and China closer together is Trump himself. In East Asia, Trump has accused allies of freeloading off the US, a source of tension Beijing will likely seek to exploit.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Tucker Carlson, Trump, Biden, Vladimir Putin of, Xi, China's, Putin, Stefan Wolff, Carlson, Wolff, Paul Cormarie, Jonathan Ward, Vladimir Putin, they'd, Robert Dover, Zhiqun Zhu, Cormarie Organizations: Service, Trump, University of Birmingham, Pentagon, Trade, Anadolu, Getty, Central, RAND Corporation, BI, Hudson Institute, Kremlin Press, Anadolu Agency, International Security, Hull University, NATO, Bucknell University Locations: Russia, China, Ukraine, Glendale , Arizona, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Moscow, Beijing, Taiwan, Russian, Bering, European, East Asia

☆ Russia's struggle to kick the Ukrainians out is likely only going to get tougher
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementRussia's retaking territory in Kursk, but efforts to drive the Ukrainian forces out of the country will likely only get more difficult. Ukrainian troops invaded the Kursk region in southwestern Russia in August, and at one point, they held roughly 500 square miles of Russian territory. Russia's response to the shock assault was slow, but a larger effort to drive the Ukrainians out is now underway. Michael Bohnert, a warfare expert at RAND Corporation, told BI Ukraine doesn't have to defend Russian cities. Russia's military is larger than Ukraine's, which means that the more resources Russia uses, the harder it will be to defend.

Persons: —, William Alberque, Matthew Savill, YAN DOBRONOSOV, Michael Bohnert, it's, Alberque, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine would've, Savill, Russia's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Kursk ., Service, Stimson Center, Royal United Services Institute, UK Ministry of Defence, Getty, Russia Ukrainian, RAND Corporation, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Korean, Russian Defense Ministry Press, AP Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kursk, Russian, Ukrainian, Sudzha, AFP, Russia's Kursk, Ukraine Ukraine, Russia's

☆ Ukrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have an advantage they've never had in this war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian troops in Russia have an advantage that they haven't had before in this war. Being on foreign soil means less pressure to defend and more strategic options, war experts say. AdvertisementUkrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have a kind of flexibility in combat that they haven't had before in this war. Ukrainian forces surged into the southwestern Russian region of Kursk in August, and at the peak of the incursion, they held about 500 square miles. AdvertisementAlberque said that in Kursk, Ukraine could ask itself: "Where can we actually defend?

Persons: it's, —, Ukraine's, Michael Bohnert, KIRILL CHUBOTIN, Libkos, Bohnert, William Alberque, Matthew Savill, Alberque, Ed Ram, they're, haven't, Alexander Ermochenko Organizations: Service, RAND Corporation, Publishing, Getty, Stimson, Royal United Services Institute, UK Ministry of Defence, Washington, REUTERS Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Kursk, Sudzha, Bakhmut, Crimea, Donbas, Avdiivka, Alexander Ermochenko Ukraine

☆ Ukraine needs F-16s now, but this rugged jet made for the Russia threat could be the better choice for its future fighter fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ukraine needs its F-16s, but it should get Gripen jets to help fight Russia long-term, experts said. A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on August 4. A Ukrainian air force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on August 4. Three Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets escort a B-52H Stratofortress in flight. AdvertisementUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in front of the first F-16 fighter jets received by Ukraine.

Persons: —, Michael Bohnert, They're, Bohnert, Gordon, Skip, Davis, You'll, Swedish Saab JAS, Corban Lundborg, Mats Helgesson, Sukhois, Oleg V, AirTeamImages Gordon, they're, Saab JAS, PATRICK TRAGARDH, Lloyd Austin, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Vitalii, Tim Robinson Organizations: Gripen, Service, RAND Corporation, Saab AB, Ukrainian Air Force, AP, US Army, Defense Investment Division, Russia, Royal United Services Institute, NATO, Swedish Saab, Tech, US Air Force, Sweden's Saab Gripen, Swedish Gripen, Saab, Getty, Defense, UK's Royal Aeronautical Society Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Swedish, Sweden, Europe, Germany, Ukrainian, Russia Sweden, AFP

☆ The US can 'ill afford' another war now its rivals are teaming up so well, US general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The US can "ill afford" another war if conflict breaks out in East Asia, Gen. Charles Flynn warned. From the Middle East to Russia, authoritarian regimes are challenging US power. AdvertisementThe US Army's outgoing top commander in the Pacific region has warned that the US can "ill afford" another war because its military is vastly overstretched. "There's a limited regional war going on in the Middle East. We can ill afford another limited regional war in Asia.

Persons: Charles Flynn, —, North Korea —, Flynn, Russia's, Kim Jong, Russia's Vladimir Putin, GAVRIIL GRIGOROV, Kathryn Levantovscaia, Stephen Sklenka, haven't, Raphael Cohen Organizations: Service, Defense, —, Washington DC, North, Bloomberg, Observatory, Getty, Forward Defense, Atlantic Council, NATO, Sydney Morning Herald, RAND Corporation, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Locations: East Asia, East, Russia, — Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Taiwan, Europe, Asia, Ukraine, Pyongyang, United States, Stockholm

☆ Getting more F-16s is only half the battle. Ukraine also desperately needs to be training more pilots.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine needs more trained pilots to effectively build a reliable F-16 fighter fleet. AdvertisementUkraine desperately needs more trained pilots to effectively build a formidable F-16 fighter fleet, air warfare experts told Business Insider. AdvertisementTraining bottleneckF-16 training for Ukraine's pilots is being done by a coalition of countries, including the Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, the US, and Romania. "The number of F-16s we have in Ukraine, the number of pilots who have already been trained, is not enough," he said. AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyBohnert said the number of F-16s Ukraine is getting from its partners is "definitely not enough."

Persons: —, Michael Bohnert, Gordon, Skip, Davis, Bohnert, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Efrem, Troels Lund Poulsen, George Barros, Ukraine's, Lockheed Martin, That's, Efrem Lukatsky, Lukatsky Bohnert, Zelenskyy, Russia's, it's Organizations: Training, Service, Ukraine, RAND Corporation, US Army, Defense Investment Division, REUTERS, Politico, AP, Danish Defense, General Dynamics, Lockheed, Associated Press, Ukrainian, Air, Patriot Air and Missile Defense, US Air Force Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Romania, Norway, Belgium, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Russia

☆ Putin's weak response to Ukraine's advance on Russian soil appears to be rooted in a persistent fatal flaw
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia's weak response in Kursk shows Putin's leadership still has a major flawRussia's response was slow, allowing Ukraine to take territory, and it hasn't put a general in charge. Putin doesn't want a situation where "any general could claim credit for being the victor," an expert told BI. AdvertisementRussia's weak response to Ukraine's assault into Russian territory is partly due to a persistent flaw in Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership, a warfare expert told Business Insider. Weeks after the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia put Gen. Aleksandr V. Dvornikov in charge of operations in Ukraine. Destroyed Russian military vehicles on the outskirts of Sudzha, in the Kursk region, in August.

Persons: hasn't, Putin, —, Vladimir Putin's, Michael Bohnert, Vladimir Putin, Bohnert, GRIGOROV, Weeks, Aleksandr V, KIRILL CHUBOTIN, Simon Sebag Montefiore, George Barros, Sergei Shoigu Organizations: Service, RAND Corporation, Getty, New York Times, UK Ministry of Defense, Russian, Moscow Times, Publishing, Institute for, Newsweek Locations: Kursk, Ukraine, Russia's Kursk, Russia, Moscow, Kremlin, Russian, Sudzha

☆ Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots have had to dramatically change the way they fly after long flying Soviet jets, and it's a lot to overcome
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ukraine's F-16 pilots have had to get up to speed on a different fighter jet quickly. And more broadly, Ukraine's air force is having to rapidly undergo a wider transition that its international partners took significantly longer to do. Those older jets have hydraulic systems, while F-16 jets are fly-by-wire, which means computers process the input by pilots. A Ukrainian air force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. A farewell ceremony for Ukrainian F-16 pilot Oleksiy Mes in Shepetivka on August 29.

Persons: Ukraine's, —, Michael Bohnert, Bohnert, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vitalii, Tom Richter, James Hecker, Mitchell, David Deptula, Christopher Bowie, Oleksiy Mes, Oleksiy, they're, Valentyn, Keir Giles, Michael Clarke, Gordon, Skip, Davis Organizations: Service, RAND Corporation, Associated Press, Getty, Nokia, US Marine, National Guard, Politico, US Air Forces, NATO Allied Air Command, AP, Air Force, Pentagon, Ukrainian Air Force, Libkos, REUTERS, Chatham House's, West, Ukraine, US Army, Defense Investment Division Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Soviet, Europe, Ukrainian, Shepetivka, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Chatham House's Russia, Eurasia, British

☆ The old F-16s the West is giving Ukraine can't outmatch Russia's best jets, former US general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementThe old F-16 models that Ukraine's allies are giving it are no match for Russia's best jets, a former US general told Business Insider. The F-16s, which Ukraine has started receiving from its allies, are the most advanced aircraft Ukraine now has in its arsenal and are armed with more powerful bombs and missiles. AdvertisementDavis said Ukraine's F-16s "are making a difference now" and said when more arrive, that "will help them make more of a difference." All of them pose a threat to Ukraine's F-16s, Davis said, along with Russia's formidable batteries of surface-to-air missiles. Related storiesThe Wall Street Journal reported in August that many of Ukraine's F-16s "are secondhand and have decades of flying time already."

Persons: —, Gordon, Skip, Davis, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Vitalii, Michael Bohnert, Josh Rosales Ukaine's, David, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, they'd, we're Organizations: NATO, Service, Business, US Army, Defense Investment Division, Getty, SU, Air Missiles, Street, RAND Corporation, Air Force, US Air Force, Tech, Aircraft, Russian Defense Ministry, Anadolu Agency, Air, Ukrainian Air Forces, REUTERS Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, South Korea, of Mexico, Brest, Belarus, Valentyn, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands

☆ The West's restrictions on Ukraine's weapons are making its F-16s less effective, military experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewWestern restrictions on how Ukraine can hit targets in Russia make its F-16 fighter jets less effective, military experts told Business Insider. This, in turn, leaves Russia's weaponry more free to hit Ukrainian jets, making them more vulnerable and less able to fly close to the front lines. A still from footage by Ukraine's air force that shows a Storm Shadow missile being launched. A limited number of F-16sThe effectiveness of Ukraine's F-16s faces other challenges, too. Ukraine and its allies, as well as warfare experts, also describe Ukraine's F-16 program as being in its infancy.

Persons: —, George Barros, Barros, DIMITAR DILKOFF, Michael Bohnert, Gordon B, Skip, Davis, Jr, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Vitalii, it's, Czarek, Michael Clarke, Volodymyr Zelensky, Keir Giles, Oleksiy, Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, RAND Corporation, Shadow, YouTube, Ukrainian Air Force, AP, Chatham House's, Air, Libkos, Ukraine US Locations: Ukraine, Russia, AFP, Kursk, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Chatham House's Russia, Eurasia, Russian, Ukrainian, Shepetivka, Britain

☆ China is taking over the South China Sea, and the US isn't doing enough to stop it, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewTensions between the Philippines and China have heightened around contested waters in the South China Sea in recent months. In recent months China has engaged in increasingly aggressive operations against the Philippines around the disputed islands of Sabina Shoal, Escoda Shoal, and Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. A Chinese Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a Philippine Navy-chartered vessel resupplying troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in March 2024. AdvertisementSpeaking at a conference, he said that the "escort of one vessel to the other is an entirely reasonable option within our Mutual Defense Treaty."

Persons: —, Collin Koh, Thomas Shoal, Second Thomas, Jay Tarriela, Timothy Heath, Heath, Koh, Shoal, Ezra Acayan, Samuel Paparo, Alexander Lopez, Sari Arho Havrén Organizations: Service, Institute of Defence, Strategic, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Business, coastguard, Mutual Defense Treaty, RAND Corporation, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, Congressional Research Service, China, Philippine Navy, Navy, Air Force, Pacific Command, Mutual Defense, Philippine National Maritime Council, RAND, Royal United Services, Democrats, Republicans Locations: Philippines, China, South, Sabina, South China, Philippine, Second, Sabina Shoal, Asia, Ukraine, Israel

☆ Russia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile restrictions lifted, Putin warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Avery Schmitz | Michael Conte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia,” Putin told reporters on Thursday. US officials have expressed concerns that allowing Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia could escalate the conflict and cause Russia to further accuse the US of being part of the war. Blinken said he discussed the restrictions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and would report back to President Biden. On Tuesday, the bipartisan congressional Ukraine caucus called on Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with the long-range weapons. The United States already does provide intelligence to Ukraine, and has previously assisted in the targeting, although not with the long-range systems currently being considered.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, ” Putin, Joe Biden’s, Antony Blinken, we’ll, ” Blinken, Andrii Sybiha, David Lammy, Blinken, Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden, Putin, Stacie Pettyjohn, CNN’s Alex Marquardt, Rustem Umerov, William Courtney, ”, Michael Callahan, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Lex Harvey Organizations: CNN, NATO, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Britain’s, Biden, Republicans, West, United, Center, New American Security, Belbek Airbase, Tactical Missile, Ukrainian Defense, RAND Corporation Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, United States, Russia, Kyiv, Blinken’s Ukraine, Russian, Belbek, Crimea, Ukrainian, Iran, US

☆ Ukrainian forces in Kursk are readying for a long fight and may plan to 'bleed' the Russians just like in Ukraine, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That figure is more than the amount of territory Russia has seized in Ukraine so far this year. AdvertisementThat's a rate of more than 1,100 casualties a day, and there are indications Russian forces are continuing to take heavy losses. A pair of Ukrainian soldiers walk in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region. But he said there's also a danger that Ukraine's forces could get overextended and "get too widely spaced that the Russians can take advantage of it." Furthermore, this unexpected invasion of Russian territory has allowed Ukraine to regain the initiative after months in a grueling defensive position.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Fabien Nachi, Matthew Savill, David Cohen, Michael Bohnert, Savill, Ed Ram, Mark Cancian, there's, Cancian, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Business, NBC, Getty, Royal United Services Institute, UK Ministry of Defence, Russia, Ukraine, CIA, RAND Corporation, Washington, Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: Russia's Kursk, Russia, Ukraine, Kursk, Sudzha, Ukrainian

☆ The US Air Force's potential shift to adaptable 'light fighters' to solve budget woes is more complicated than it seems
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

US Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. The Air Force needs new missiles, new bombers, and new fighters — but is struggling to pay for them allThe B-21 Raider in flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Cultural inertia in the fighter businessUS Air Force fighter aircraft fly in formation. A rendering of a future crewed next-generation air dominance aircraft by the US Air Force Research Laboratory. Nonetheless, for a cash-strapped Air Force, this would be a significant challenge.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has clawed back billions of dollars that countless veterans were given as incentives to leave the military, including when it needed to downsize, according to new data obtained by NBC News. Disabled veterans have been told in the last 12 fiscal years to return nearly $3 billion in special separation pay — lump-sum incentives that were offered when the U.S. had to reduce its active-duty force or release slightly injured service members, the data shows. The justification of the recoupment rule carried over in the 1990s when other forms of special separation payments — unrelated to disabilities — were authorized. Those payments, including the Special Separation Benefit (SSB), were designed instead to help the Defense Department manage its force size. He was told to pay back the money in 2017 after he filed for VA disability for PTSD and other conditions.

Persons: ”, Damon Bird, “, ” Salahudin Majeed, Bird, Salahudin Majeed, ” Majeed, ‘, ’ ” Majeed, —, ” Marquis Barefield, Marquis Barefield, ” Barefield, John Colage, Terrence Hayes, Hayes, Colage, ” Colage, Domenick Fini, Denis McDonough’s, Majeed, recoupment, Ruben Gallego, Gallego Organizations: of Veterans Affairs, NBC News, Disabled, NBC, Army, ” Army, Congressional Research Service, Defense Department, DAV, American Veterans, ” Navy, U.S ., Appeals, Veterans, Veterans ’ Appeals, RAND Corporation Locations: U.S, —, Haslet , Texas, USS Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Iraq

☆ A little-known law has forced over 120,000 veterans to return the money they got to leave the military, new data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Melissa Chan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

He said the VA is legally bound to recover special separation benefits from veterans before those eligible can begin receiving disability payments. The VA had to recoup separation pay from 8,130 veterans in fiscal year 2020 and 8,550 in 2021. In 2021, the Veterans Benefits Administration began scanning all veterans’ service and medical records into electronic files, which “reduces the likelihood of this situation reoccurring,” Hayes said. Unique exceptions to the lawVeterans have a chance to pursue a waiver of their recoupment responsibilities for only certain special separation benefits under the law. In 2023, the Navy authorized reducing the amount of disability pay that is withheld while voluntary separation pay is recouped, Navy spokesperson Charlie Spirtos said.

Persons: “, ”, Vernon Reffitt, recoupments, Terrence Hayes, Shawn Teller, Teller, ” Teller, “ It’s, Reffitt, ‘, Hayes, ” Hayes, Erika Yepsen, Yepsen, recoupment, ” Yepsen, Charlie Spirtos, Marquis Barefield, ” Barefield, Ruben Gallego Organizations: NBC News, Army, U.S . Department of Veterans Affairs, NBC, “, VA, Veterans, Administration, The Air Force, Air Force, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, DAV, American Veterans, ” Veterans, recoupment, RAND Corporation Locations: U.S, Storm, Walnut Creek , California, Twin City , Georgia, United States

☆ Will A.I. Save Us or Kill Us First? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Here’s a bargain of the most horrifying kind: For less than $100,000, it may now be possible to use artificial intelligence to develop a virus that could kill millions of people. That’s the conclusion of Jason Matheny, the president of the RAND Corporation, a think tank that studies security matters and other issues. “It wouldn’t cost more to create a pathogen that’s capable of killing hundreds of millions of people versus a pathogen that’s only capable of killing hundreds of thousands of people,” Matheny told me. In contrast, he noted, it could cost billions of dollars to produce a new vaccine or antiviral in response.

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☆ Ukraine's US-provided Bradley armored fighting vehicles are turning heads in tough battles against Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIn a snowy landscape near Stepove in eastern Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian armored vehicles went head-to-head in what appeared to be a mismatched fight. The Russian tank's turret starts spinning, and then the tank veers off course and crashes into a tree. Advertisement"So armored vehicles dash in, fulfill their combat mission, and then withdraw as fast as they can," said Gressel. Only weeks later, a Bradley took out two BTR-82 Russian armored troop carriers in the same region. AdvertisementParakilas, the RAND analyst, said that the Pentagon is modifying the Bradley vehicles to better defend them against the drone and air attacks that proved devastating against the western-supplied armored vehicles in summer 2023.

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