Thursday, January 13, 2011

Poland

2018 Poland is pushing the EU into crisis - Vox > .
23-10-8 Could Poland Become Next Germany? | EcEx > .
23-10-6 Poland orders US HIMARS & SK Chunmoo systems - Binkov > .
23-9-5 Strategic Autonomy: Will Europe Ever Be Able to Defend Itself? | Waro > .
23-8-31 Poland: powerhouse in the making - Caspian > .
23-1-30 Inside Polish Armored Infantry (Squad to Division) - Battle > .
22-12-28 Too many people? Challenges of demographic change | DW > .
22-11-27 Polish military modernisation & buying Korean kit - Perun > .
22-9-7 Intermarium - Poland Ukraine Baltics | George Friedman > .
22-7-22 Poland could become strongest land force in the EU - Binkov > .
22-7-21 Why Every NATO Member Joined (Why Others Haven't) - Spaniel > .
22-7-4 Intermarium: Is Strongest Union In Europe About To Appear? - Complete > .
22-3-23 Polish citizens join army b/o Russian invasion of Ukraine - BBC > .
22-3-20 Europe's Rearming to defend itself against Russia: New era for EU? - VisPol > .
Baltic, Nordic - Armor >> .

Geostrategic Projection
European Geostrategic Projection ..

Both quality and quantity increase in Polish military capabilities are simply necessary, as after putting a stop to military draft in early 2000s Polish army failed to maintain the proper number of military reserve personel, while most military analysts I've encountered agree that we would require at least additional one or two divisions to hold against Russia (and double of our current air forces on top of that). The people ending their military contracts are moved into reserve, there was a recent establishment of a semi-proffesional "National Guard"-like Territorial Defence Forces few years ago and there were/are some training programs for military reserve, but as we Poles say it is a single drop of water in a sea of demands. It is also no secret that a lot of our military hardware is either late soviet or post-soviet era, and might have been decent in 1990s, but definitely is not right now (for example, majority of our mechanized infantry still uses BMP-1 for f***s sake!), with major gaps in, for example, medium and long-range anti-air. Our military industry has managed to step up to the task and modernize some things (while hopelessly failing in others), but lack of common vision for military between changing governments in the last two decades has resulted in a lot of crippled modernization programs, wasted resources, and in many cases somewhat random foreign purchases often driven more by foreign policy than demands of military. Add the fact that due to above issues both the question of small number and lack of proper modern equipment can be leveraged in the endless fight between current government and the main political opposition (being ones responsible for ending the draft and basically ceasing modernization for good four or five years despite having all the funds needed).

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

ROK - South Korea

Russia (USSR)

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Russia's Geography Problem - Wendover > .Collapse of USSR - Gerere >> .

Monday, January 10, 2011

Saudi Arabia

2018 Geoeconomics of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project > .
24-6-6 Egypt is a Ticking Time Bomb - indebted to Saudis - gtbt > . skip > .
24-4-16 Neom - Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City - Boyle > . skip > .
24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .
23-11-5 [XIR] Corrupt, Sanctioned Iran's Military, Proxies, Power Projection - Perun > .
23-7-20 [Dumb, Impractical, Unlikely] Saudi Arabia's Line - OBF > .
23-3-13 Iran, Xina, Saudi Arabia - Influence  Wangling - Update > .

SEA - Southeast Asia

2018 Geopolitics of Southeast Asia - Caspian > .
24-5-19 Detection Advances vs Future of Ballistic, Attack Submarines - Perun > .
24-3-21 USN's 30-Year Plan on Shipbuilding - 2024 - Shipping > .
24-2-2 Why America Would Defend The Philippines - Ec Talk > .
24-1-9 Ċold Ŵar 2: NATO-like alliance vs Xina in the Indo-Pacific? | DW > .
23-12-21 Xina’s 3 goals in creating South Xina Sea tensions - Lei > .
23-9-29 Decoding P00ti-PooXi blueprint for NoXious World Order | DW > .
23-9-7 Li Qiang & Lee Hsien Loon at ASEAN - Update > .
23-7-28 PLAN's Indo-Pacific Bases - Ream, Djibouti, Hambantota, Tonga - Focus > .
23-7-24 Xina's Nine-Dash Line: [Illegal Claims in South China Sea] - Geoff > .
23-5-1 Australia’s nuclear submarines enough to deter Xina? | ABC > .



ASEAN, officially an abbreviation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia. It has a population of over 600 million and covers an area of 4.5 million km2 (1.7 million sq mi). ASEAN generated a purchasing power parity (PPP) gross domestic product (GDP) of around US$10.2 trillion in 2022, constituting approximately 6.5% of global GDP (PPP).

ASEAN's primary objectives are:
  1. to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region; and
  2. to promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.

Sep 20, 2023 All ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, are joining > naval maneuvers. Indonesia's military says the five days of drills will practice military skills including maritime security and patrols, distribution of humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief. They will not be practicing combat operations.

The defence ministry said the aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in two waves. Taiwan responded by scrambling its jets and deploying missile systems. China sees democratic Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign state. Taiwan has been complaining for more than a year about repeated missions by China's air force near the island.

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...