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Russian exercise ‘Centre 2019’ to involve 128,000 troops from seven nations
Military vehicles on the Tsugol training ground during ‘Vostok 2018’, the largest exercise since the Cold War. ‘Centre 2019’ will not come close to ‘Volstok 2018’ in scale, but it may demonstrate the readiness of Russian forces to conduct large scale network centric warfare. Source: Russian MoDMalaysia enhances naval, coastguard interoperability with US
USCGC Stratton arriving in Lumut for the ‘2019 Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia’. Source: US NavyKim continues to let his missiles do the talking
The new missile test-fired by North Korea on 10 August somewhat resembles the Chinese-made King Dragon 300 missile and some of the missiles used by the US Army Tactical Missile System. Source: KCNAUS THAAD task force returns home from Romania
The US 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command’s 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade THAAD task force began withdrawing from Romania on 9 August, following its deployment there in April 2019. Source: US Army/Sergeant 1st Class Jason Epperson
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Russia proposes new railroad battalions in each military district
Russia is proposing that additional new ‘emergency’ railroad battalions are created and deployed in each military district. Two have already been established in the Western Military District, Russian media reported on 19 August. Although headlined as civil defence in nature, the
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US Air Force develops plan for restoring F-22 low observability maintenance capacity
Key Points The US Air Force is determining how to improve the low observability maintenance capacity for its F-22 fleet The capacity was damaged when the former F-22 home, Tyndall Air Force Base, was severely damaged by a hurricane in October 2018 The US Air Force (USAF) is developing a plan to
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Admiral Gilday takes over as USN CNO
Admiral Mike Gilday relieved Admiral John Richardson as the 32nd Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the most senior officer in the US Navy (USN) on 22 August. A seasoned surface warfare officer (SWO), Adm Gilday most recently served as the director of the Joint Staff. The Lowell, Massachusetts,
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Moscow stages comprehensive Arctic exercise
Russia staged a 30-vessel exercise with ships from three of its four fleets in international waters off Norway’s northernmost Nordland and Troms counties from 13 to 17 August. Despite Moscow issuing four advance notices to airmen (NOTAMs), the scale of the drills was much larger than
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Pentagon kick-starts weapons’ portfolio review
Legacy weapon systems are on the chopping block as newly minted US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper moves out with his promise to task the services with examining their weapons’ portfolios to decide which ones need to be culled to pay for modernisation programmes. Esper, the former US Army
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3D printing poses limited nuclear proliferation risks
The limited implications of 3D printing for nuclear proliferation have been well established in open sources. Robert Kelley examines the case of centrifuge rotor construction techniques in greater detail -
Mexico grapples with direction of intelligence and security reforms
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to power with a promise to shift the country's security policy away from a focus on the military and to reform the intelligence services. Pablo Uchoa examines the outlook for the reforms to Mexico's security apparatus under the new administration -
Autonomous ambition: NavyX plots a course to machine-speed warfare
Faced with the need to redress and recover a capability debt, but limited in its number of manned ship platforms, the UK Royal Navy is advancing plans to accelerate the operational exploitation of autonomous techniques and technologies as a means to increase mass, lethality, and agility. Richard Scott reports
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Russian exercise ‘Centre 2019’ to involve 128,000 troops from seven nations
The ‘Centre 2019’ exercise scheduled by Russia for 16–21 September is expected to involve at least 128,000 personnel from seven nations, as well as 600 aircraft and up to 450 artillery systems, the TASS news agency reported on 20 August, citing the Russian Ministry of Defence Press
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Kim continues to let his missiles do the talking
Key Points North Korea has continued to mount a series of weapon tests The tests have been a reaction to US-South Korean military drills and most recently a speech by the South Korean president North Korea test-fired two more missiles into the waters off its east coast on 16 August while
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Martial law extension, activation of 11th Infantry Division, to reduce risk of large-scale terrorist attacks in Mindanao
Key Points Islamist militant capability has been degraded by increased pressure from the Filipino military, and although they will mount small IED attacks against security forces and engage in small-arms firefights, they are unlikely to conduct large assaults against cities over the next six
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
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Levels of violence remain high in Afghanistan despite peace talks’ progress
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Azerbaijan’s partial replacement of troops with border guards likely indicates de-escalatory posture towards Armenia, reducing war risks
Key Points While the Border Guards commander claims that the order reflects their high standard of combat-readiness, IHS Markit assesses that Aliyev’s move is likely based on the calculus that, after winning Armenia’s recent early general election by a landslide, Prime Minister Nikol
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
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Levels of violence remain high in Afghanistan despite peace talks’ progress
