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> Logistics, Costs >>  European MIC 

24-7-30 Europe creating EU military-industrial complex [too slowly] - Caspian > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

> R&D Military >>

> A2/AD >>

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-8-17 Xina will watch AFU's marines as Ruscia attempts A2/AD | Tele > .

23-8-15 A2/AD & Taiwan’s Asymmetric Strategy to Repel Xinese | WSJ > .

23-8-9 Force Design 2030 EABO vs Xina's A2/AD - Uncensored > .

22-3-25 A2/AD: A Strategy for Defence of Australia in 21st Century - hypo > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

AI 

24-5-8 Sea drones and AI are reshaping naval warfare - CBC > .

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-9-9 Tech War: Xina's Future Shaky; AI Industry Competion - BuBa > .

Ammunition 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

Amphibious Challenges ..

23-8-17 Xina will watch AFU's marines as Ruscia attempts A2/AD | Tele > .

23-8-9 Force Design 2030 EABO vs Xina's A2/AD - Uncensored > .

23-6-11 [Mil-Civ Crosr] X's RoFo [Amphibious Assault] Ferries - K > . skip > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

WW2 amphibous challenges

24-6-4 D-Day Shipping: Battle of Atlantic, Liberty Ships, LSTs - Shipping > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-7-30 Europe creating EU military-industrial complex [too slowly] - Caspian > .

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

1861-2023 Military Budgets - 1861-WW1-WW2-Cold War-2023 | Stats > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-9-18 South Korean Factories Churning Out Armaments for NATO | WSJ > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-9-10 Industrial Competition & Consolidation, Military Procurement - Perun > .

23-9-8 Economics of Artillery Shells in the R-U War - nwyt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-13 Game Theory Of Military Spending | EcEx > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

Artillery

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-9-8 Economics of Artillery Shells in the R-U War - nwyt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

23-3-26 British Army Trains Ukrainian Tank Crews on Challenger 2 - MoD > .

Attrition 

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

23-3-26 Attrition & winter war in Ukraine - casualties & forces - Perun > .

22-4-22 R-U: War of hardware attrition - Perun > .

> AUKUS >> 

23-12-2 RNDF 2023: Deepening Defense Cooperation through AUKUS > .

23-6-2 AUKUS: Australia Preparing for War - T&P > .

23-5-21 5 countries sharing intelligence say Xina is No.1 threat | 60 Min Aus > .

23-5-21 Real Top Gun: US military stand-off with Xina | 60 Min Aus > .

23-5-12 PLAN posturing: weakness vs Taiwan, USA, SK, Philippines - Insights > .

23-5-1 Australia’s nuclear submarines enough to deter Xina? | ABC > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

> Budgets, Procurement >>  European MIC  > NATO Militaries >>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-7-30 Europe creating EU military-industrial complex [too slowly] - Caspian > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

> Chip War >>

>> Chip Wars >>>

23-12-2 Huawei: [Subsidized Weapon in Chip War versus USA] - Update > . 

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-9-28 Race for semiconductor supremacy | FT > .

Chokepoints 

23-8-6 Climate Change & Panama Canal; USN vs PLAN - Kamome > . skip > .

Communications 

24-6-20 Hazardous Life of an Undersea Cable - Asianometry > .

> Conscription, Recruitment >>  

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion & Ukrainian Conscription Law Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-16 Is Mandatory Military Service Actually a Good Idea? - Context Matters > .

24-1-14 Demography & Armies - Recruitment, Retention, Manpower - Perun > .

24-2-1 Could National Service fix British forces recruitment crisis? | Sitrep > .

Corruption 

23-8-16 How Corruption Destroyed the Ruscian Army - Icarus > . skip > .

Cost of Warfare   > NATO Militaries >>

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

23-11-7 Scientific Progress & War - [Counterproductive for Ruscia] (subs) - Katz > .

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-8-22 [R-U War Economies - Sanctioned vs Supported] - K&G > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-13 Game Theory Of Military Spending | EcEx > .

23-7-31 Ruscia Cannibalizing Its Economy - Still Not Enough - gtbt > . skip > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

23-7-12 Xina prepares for war - Hudson > .

23-3-26 Attrition & winter war in Ukraine - casualties & forces - Perun > .

23-3-12 Economic War in Ukraine; 1 Year On; energy war, production - Perun > .

23-1-8 Why War Economies don't collapse (until they do): R-U - Perun > .

22-7-31 Defence economics; US production advantage - Perun > .

22-6-19 R-U Economies at war - 100 days of sanctions and shelling - Perun > .

22-4-22 R-U: War of hardware attrition - Perun > .

22-4-14 Price of War - Can Ruscia afford long conflict? - Perun > .

> Djibouti >>

24-7-26 [US Military Logistics & Overseas Bases] - Real > .

> Drones >>

24-9-21 How drones change America's future war in the Pacific - Kamome > .

Economies 

> Ruscist Economy >>

> Sanctions - R >>

> Ukrainian Economy >>

Energy 

23-12-6 Shadow Fleet Fueling Ruscia’s War | Bloomberg > .

Equipment 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

EU Army > EuM - European Defense >>  > NATO Militaries >>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

24-2-28 EU Army Looks Increasingly Likely - TLDR > .

24-2-20 Why Europe is Reinstating Conscription - TLDR > .

23-12-23 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? (ft. UEF) - Simple > .

22-5-1 EU Army could challenge Xina and Ruscia - Simple > .

European MIC   > NATO Militaries >>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-7-30 Europe creating EU military-industrial complex [too slowly] - Caspian > .

Fuel & Food 

> Future Combat >>

24-4-24 Future of Warfare: Preparing US Military Forces | GSF 2024 - CSIS > .

> FVEY - Five Eyes >>

Industry 

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

> I-P Coalition of the Willing >>

24-1-9 Taiwanese civilians training for case of a Xinese invasion - Guardian > .

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-7-31 Ċold Ŵar 2: Biden placing spies & jets in Australia to deter Xina | Tim Cross > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

U.S. Alliances in the Western Pacific Archipelago | George Friedman > .

Infrastructure 

23-3-27 Railway At War: Ukrainian railroad network is critical U24 > .

Intelligence & > Intelligence Alliances >>

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-4-6 Technology Disrupting the Intelligence World | Amy Zegart - fa > .

I-P Allies vs X 

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

24-1-9 Taiwanese civilians training for case of a Xinese invasion - Guardian > .

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

Lethality 

23-9-11 British Army to be most lethal army in Europe by 2030 - Forces > .

Logistics  

23-6-11 [Mil-Civ Crosr] X's RoFo [Amphibious Assault] Ferries - K > . skip > .

Maintenance 

> Manpower - Forces >> 

Military Intelligence 

23-12-23 Art of War: Military Intelligence - Warographics > .

> Military Logistics >>

24-7-26 [US Military Logistics & Overseas Bases] - Real > .

24-5-25 Can Ruscia "Slaughter Us" as Royce Lopez Claims - Ryan McBeth > .  

Multi-Domain Operations 

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

>> NATO >>>

> NATO Membership >> > N Militaries >>> N Politics >> > NATO~R >>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-7-30 Europe creating EU military-industrial complex [too slowly] - Caspian > .

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .

24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .

23-9-23 Erdoğan's Turkey is NATO's Biggest Internal Problem - Real > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

   France

23-5-14 French Defence Strategy & Rearmament - strategic autonomy, Hx - Perun > .

22-7-26 France's Hx & Geostrategic Choices in Central Europe - gtbt > .

21-10-1 French Fury as Australia Scraps Sub Contract - Caspian > .

2021 France = World's 5th Biggest Country - Real > .

> Naval >>

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

Naval Logistics 

ESB - Expeditionary Sea Base ..    

> NK >>-> X >>-> T >>-> First Island Chain >> 

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-9-30 Militarily Strategic Utility of DPRK to Imperialistic Xina - Kamome > . skip > .

22-8-7 3 Reasons Why Korea is the Key to Asia's Security - Kamome > .

Orcine incompetence 

23-8-16 How Corruption Destroyed the Ruscian Army - Icarus > . skip > .

> Overseas Bases >>

24-11-10 Ranking USA's Most Important Military Bases - Aaron Watson > .

Panama Canal 

23-8-26 Panama canal is Xina's Worst Enemy in War - BuBa > .

23-8-6 Climate Change & Panama Canal; USN vs PLAN - Kamome > . skip > .

> Philippines >>

24-4-5 Marcos~Duterte: Crazy Philippine Politics - ABC Aus > .

> PLA >>  > PLAN >>

24-7-6 [Naval Strategy: Mahan, Corbett | PLAN Aggression] - Pacific > . 

24-5-29 Hainan Island & Xina's Massive Naval Expansion | WSJ > .

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

> R&D Military >>

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

> Recruitment >>  Retention 

24-2-1 Could National Service fix British forces recruitment crisis? | Sitrep > .

24-1-14 Demography & Armies - Recruitment, Retention, Manpower - Perun > .

24-1-14 Revitalizing Trust in the US Military | Hoover, RAI > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-6-20 British Armed Forces examine retention incentives - Forces > .

23-3-19 Britain's Shrinking Military - Cold War to Cash-Strapped Shadow - mfp > .

Sanctions - R 

23-10-6 [Latest Orcine Terrorism & P00ti's Latest Terrified LIES] (subs) - Katz > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-8-18 Rubble Woes - Pre-Election Economic Strain (subs) - Katz > .

> Shipping >>  > Trade, Chokepoints >>

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-2-25 Impact on Global Trade: Disruptions in Red Sea, Black Sea, Panama Canal > . 

24-2-18 Gallagher's Call for US Sealift Capacity Expansion vs Xina - Shipping > .

Somalia ..

24-6-1 [Turkey's Defense, Training, Weaponry Pact with Somalia] - CaspianReport > .

> Strategy >>

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

Submarine Cables, Communication 

24-8-5 Hidden US~X Battle for Fiber-Optic Supremacy | WSJ > .

24-6-20 Hazardous Life of an Undersea Cable - Asianometry > .

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

> Submersibles >>

> SXS - South Xina Sea >> 

24-7-23 [Divergent Positions on SXS/West Philippine Sea] - Update > .

24-7-20 [Xina~US Antagonism - SXS, X-R-U, X-T, Ximperialism] - Update > .

24-7-6 [SXS - Xina's Continued Crybullying in West Philippine Sea] - Update > .

24-4-2 Xina's Falsehoods & Threats Against Philippines - Update > .

24-3-15 Risky Xina-Philippines Confrontation in SXS | WSJ > .

Taiwan's Porcupine Strategy 

24-1-9 Taiwanese civilians training for case of a Xinese invasion - Guardian > .

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-9 Taiwan's new Hai Kun submarine is thorn in Xina's side - Forces > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-10-2 Hai Kun/Narwhal Class - Taiwan's 1st Submarine Construction - HIS > .

23-8-17 Xina will watch AFU's marines as Ruscia attempts A2/AD | Tele > .

23-8-15 A2/AD & Taiwan’s Asymmetric Strategy to Repel Xinese | WSJ > .

23-8-9 Force Design 2030 EABO vs Xina's A2/AD - Uncensored > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

23-7-15 Porcupine: Taiwan’s Strategic Approach to Survival [vs X] - Warographics > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

Training 

23-3-26 British Army Trains Ukrainian Tank Crews on Challenger 2 - MoD > .

23-3-19 Britain's Shrinking Military - Cold War to Cash-Strapped Shadow - mfp > .

Transport 

23-6-11 [Mil-Civ Crosr] X's RoFo [Amphibious Assault] Ferries - K > . skip > .

23-3-27 Railway At War: Ukrainian railroad network is critical U24 > .

Trench Warfare 

23-9-12 What Will It Take? - Modern Breaching Operations in R-U - Invicta > .

> UK Military >>

24-2-20 R-U's Vital Lessons for British Army - Forces > .

USA > Multi-Domain Operations >> 

24-9-6 [Military Doctrine: US Army's Radical MDO Upgrade for WW3] - T&P > .

> Wargaming >>  >> Wargaming >>>

24-9-6 Wargaming in NATO 2024 - NATO ACT > .

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

24-2-19 AI Played Wargames - Result Not Reassuring - Sabine > .

24-1-11 Wargaming: Xina invading Taiwan | Mark Cancian - Decoding Geopolitics > .

23-9-12 What Will It Take? - Modern Breaching Operations in R-U - Invicta > .

> West⟺XIR >> 

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

23-10-13 How The Shangri-la Dialogue Works - Horizon > .

23-10-4 Taiwan requests Total Life Systems Management & defensive weapons - Up > .

23-6-5 US vs Xina Tensions - 20th Shangri-La Dialogue - Update > .

X Imperialism 

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

23-9-9 Xina Preparing For War With USA? | BRI | US-X Relations - Update > .

> X-Mil Threat >> 🔸Xina-Threat🔸

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

23-12-2 Xina's Modern Military - Big, Imperialistic, Unproven - Armchair > .

X military/paramilitary 

23-10-6 People's Armed Forces in Beijing - founded to suppress protests? - Lei > .

X PLA PLAAF > PLAN >> 

24-3-12 Wargaming likeliest PLA attack on Taiwan (Mark Cancian) - WSJ > .

23-12-2 Xina's Modern Military - Big, Imperialistic, Unproven - Armchair > .

23-8-25 How Xi secured power by reforming Xina’s military - Lei > .

23-8-2 Xi's Anti-Corruption Purge of PLA Rocket Force | PLA structure - Digging > .

23-7-29 Ream, Hambantota, Tonga Naval Bases; Australia - Focus > .

23-7-28 PLAN's Indo-Pacific Bases - Ream, Djibouti, Hambantota, Tonga - Focus > .

23-7-12 Xina prepares for war - Hudson > .

23-7-7 USN not afraid of PLAN ... yet - nwyt > .

23-7-7 Would America Really Defend Taiwan? > . skip > .

23-6-1 PLAN 2/2 - Sex Scandals - Untold stories of Corruption - Lei > .

23-5-25 PLAN 1/2 - Untold stories and scandals - Lei > .

23-5-21 5 countries sharing intelligence say Xina is No.1 threat | 60 Min Aus > .

23-5-21 Real Top Gun: US military stand-off with Xina | 60 Min Aus > .

23-5-12 PLAN posturing: weakness vs Taiwan, USA, SK, Philippines - Insights > .

23-5-1 Australia’s nuclear submarines enough to deter Xina? | ABC > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

X vs J 

23-9-14 Hx Japan vs Xina: Why Xina and Japan are headed to war - BuBa > .

> Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>