Month: February 2024
Military training in Russian schools
The Russian government has announced that it has developed a program in which Russian veterans of the war in Ukraine will be trained at a specialized centre to teach children war tactics in school.Using Russian veterans who fought in Ukraine to train young people falls in line with statements Putin made in July 2023, claiming
Berlin and Kyiv ink bilateral security pact
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a bilateral security agreement worth €1.13 billion ($1.22 billion) in Berlin. Germany’s defense ministry said the so-called “Munich Package” focuses on air defense and artillery and includes provisions of 120,000 rounds of 122-millimeter caliber ammunition and an additional 100 IRIS-T SLS missiles this
Russia: Deployment of Nuclear weapons to space
Russia “plans” to deploy a nuclear weapon in full orbit—rather than a “fractional” one in which it does not completely circle the Earth it would be breaking the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. Nuclear detonations in space are also banned under the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty, to which Russia is a signatory. On Earth
San Francisco the center of future technology
The power of agglomeration is such that San Francisco has been given a fresh lease on life. The strides in artificial intelligence (ai) have only strengthened its claim to be the innovation capital of the world. Its proximity to Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, two ai centres of excellence, has helped infuse its startup scene with companies
SpaceX’s legal home moved from Delaware to Texas
Many big US corporations, including Amazon, are registered in Delaware, which is known for having light taxation. Elon Musk says he has moved the legal home of his rocket company SpaceX from the US state of Delaware to Texas. Two weeks ago, Mr Musk said electric carmaker Tesla’s shareholders will vote on making the same
The fight for Avdiivka in Ukraine
Avdiivka has been the target of Russian aggression since a new offensive to capture the important Ukrainian fortress city was launched on October 10th. Since then, each side has suffered terrible soldier and equipment casualties. Russian infantry has been at the forefront of the assaults on Avdiivka since the Kremlin changed its tactics but it
The War with the west
Russia has seen a significant rise in its production capabilities, which includes its ability to build important military equipment like armored vehicles and artillery munition, which could eventually outpace Western production if the West doesn’t up its production. A growing number of government officials and political analysts have sounded the alarm over the threat Russia
India and Middle East new relationships
On the security front, the landscape has changed even faster. Israel has become one of India’s top three weapons suppliers in recent years. Along with several Gulf Arab states, it is an important Indian partner on counter-terrorism. And now India is making a notable contribution to maritime security in the region, with its biggest-ever naval
The war in space
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has opened a new chapter in space war. But America’s biggest dread is China, which seeks to match if not surpass America’s primacy in the heavens. Space Command’s mission is to ensure there is “never a day without space”. That requires it to do three things: detect threats, deter attacks and defeat enemies. America, China
The new conservatism
Liberalism’s great strength is that it is adaptable. The abolitionist and feminist movements broke apart the idea that some people counted more than others. Socialist arguments about fairness and human dignity helped create the welfare state. National conservatism could not be more different from the ideas of Reagan and Thatcher.national conservatives think ordinary people are