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☆ Ukraine-Russia war sees Bradley non-tanks enter the fray
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sébastien Roblin | Sébastien Roblin Writes About The Technical | Historical Aspects Of International Security | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
The debate centers on the precise form and function of the new fighting vehicles — but it misses the point. (The guns on the Bradley and Marder are smaller-caliber, while the AMX is wheeled rather than tracked.) And despite the downsides of providing these more sophisticated vehicles, armored vehicles can help capture ground whereas artillery, even if more lethal and at least as important, by itself can’t. A Marder infantry fighting vehicle of the German armed forces participates in the NATO Iron Wolf military exercises on Oct. 26, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania. Nonetheless, supplying new, tougher armored vehicles will improve Ukraine’s ability to liberate territory.
☆ Japan-Italy-U.K. fighter plane will challenge U.S. defense industry
  + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Sébastien Roblin | Sébastien Roblin Writes About The Technical | Historical Aspects Of International Security | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
In the mid-1990s, revelations that Israel may have shared U.S. fighter technology with China led Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wisc., to sponsor an amendment banning the not-yet-in-service F-22 stealth fighter from being exported. Unfortunately, this contributed to a negative outcome for the U.S. as well as its potential foreign partners. It’s true some U.S. defense partners maintain significant partnerships with potential military adversaries or may use U.S. arms in objectionable ways. If that happens, it could become impossible to rebuild domestic fighter production capacity fast enough to respond to a crisis. But it’s good for U.S. national security when our allies and partners retain an independent defense technology base rather than allowing their indigenous industries to atrophy.
☆ Air Force unveils B-21 stealth plane. It's not a boondoggle, for a change.
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Sébastien Roblin | Sébastien Roblin Writes About The Technical | Historical Aspects Of International Security | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Each new B-21 is pegged at roughly $729.25 million, and the U.S. Air Force expects to procure at least 100 of them. Factoring in inflation, it’s half the price of the exorbitantly expensive B-2 stealth bomber it’s meant to replace. Factoring in inflation, it’s half the price of the exorbitantly expensive B-2 stealth bomber it’s meant to replace. (China’s military grasps the benefit of long-range stealth bombers in the Pacific context and is developing its own Raider-like stealth bomber intended to expand its strike range.) That isn’t to say the Raider program should be written a blank check.
☆ Army sides with Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz over its own general
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Sébastien Roblin | Sébastien Roblin Writes About The Technical | Historical Aspects Of International Security | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +9 min
After Fox News host Tucker Carlson took to the airwaves to ridicule female service members, an Army general defended the tens of thousands of women in the ranks in a social media post. That includes reviews of how active-duty officers engage on public social media platforms, where they are rightly held to stricter standards than typical users. This is evident in the war in Ukraine, where social media has greatly influenced the global public’s perception of the war. It’s true that just 4% of Russian military personnel were women in 2020, compared to 16.5% in the U.S. armed forces. And Russian female military personnel aren’t permitted to serve in combat roles.
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