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Ukrainian F-16s Get Latest US Air Force Electronic Warfare and Jamming Software
A secretive American electronic warfare unit just upgraded software aboard Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets. It probably won’t be a game changer but it’s still bad news for the Kremlin.
Battle Lines Mostly Static 1-Month After Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia’s Kursk
Ukraine has grabbed about as much as it can and Russia isn’t likely to be able to kick Kyiv’s troops out any time soon.
Putin Seems Intent on Dealing with Anything Other Than Kursk
Nero “fiddled” while Rome burned – a review of the Russian president’s official website shows his week was focused on mundane routine rather than the fighting on Russian soil.
The Battle of Kursk 2024
A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.
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Ukrainian F-16s Get Latest US Air Force Electronic Warfare and Jamming Software
A secretive American electronic warfare unit just upgraded software aboard Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets. It probably won’t be a game changer but it’s still bad news for the Kremlin.
Battle Lines Mostly Static 1-Month After Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia’s Kursk
Ukraine has grabbed about as much as it can and Russia isn’t likely to be able to kick Kyiv’s troops out any time soon.
Putin Seems Intent on Dealing with Anything Other Than Kursk
Nero “fiddled” while Rome burned – a review of the Russian president’s official website shows his week was focused on mundane routine rather than the fighting on Russian soil.
The Battle of Kursk 2024
A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.
Ukrainian Air Defenses Fail, Russian Ballistic, ‘Hypersonic’ Weapons Get Through
The Kremlin is ruthlessly exploiting Kyiv’s critical shortage of Patriot air interceptor missiles: Russian ballistic and “hypersonic” missiles on Thursday got through to targets mostly unscathed.
Viper Size Matters, Uncle Sam and Data Links, Compromising the Tech
Ukraine’s F-16s, let’s make some predictions!
Russian Orthodox Church Hails Moscow’s Imperialist Expansionism as a ‘Holy War’
Moscow Patriarchate calls for the conquest and absorption of the Ukrainian and Belarusian nations into an ultranationalist ‘Russian world'.
Dissecting Russia’s Most Recent Massed Missile and Drone Strike on Ukraine
Russian ballistic missiles hit targets pretty much at will. The only Western air defense system that shoots them down – the US Patriot system – Washington stopped sending to Kyiv in December.
Islamic State: From Religiously Motivated Hatred of ‘Infidels’ to Terrorism
Who and what are the Islamic State and why did it carry out the recent terrorist attack in Moscow.
More Questions than Answers – What We Know About Moscow’s Concert Hall Attack
The dust has yet to settle, and we are still no wiser as to what happened and why. Particularly puzzling is the absence of Moscow’s normally stringent security measures, before, during and after.
Kremlin Returns to Power Grid Bombardment, Ukraine So Far Sucks it Up
Russia tried this before but ran out of missiles and its new trickier tactics have, so far, had no more success as Ukraine has better air defenses and lots of practice fixing things since then.
New Spike in NATO Spy Planes Operating Over Black Sea: French, British Fighters Provide Escort
While NATO has conducted monitoring and surveillance missions for decades, with increased attention over the Black Sea since February 2022, recent weeks show a spike that peaked sharply on Wednesday.
Lessons Ukraine Can Take from a History of Wartime Conscription
As Ukraine’s politicians and citizens debate the need for conscription, it is worth considering the arguments in a broader historical and geographical context
Putin’s Iron-Rule May Be Weaker Than It Appears
Although Putin can be certain he'll win “re-election,” some experts say that the Russian leader should be concerned that the house of cards, on which his Kremlin is built, may come crashing down.
How Much Grain Did Poland Import from Russia and Ukraine? An In-Depth Look
Despite the war in Ukraine, farm imports from Russia are not under EU sanction and continue to flow into the EU; and the recent numbers show an uptick in this trend.
Ukrainian Filmmakers Just Won an Oscar, but the Kremlin’s Also Had Hollywood Success
Ukraine-born, US-based film producer Ihor Lopatonok teamed up with Hollywood director Oliver Stone to create a pair of films that may as well have been written by Putin.
A US Air Force Global Hawk UAV was meticulously combing the battlespace only hours before the attacks, probably flying closer to Russia than ever before.
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