Tag: invasion
Fred Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand
Invasion of Iraq: How the British and Americans got it wrong
Twenty years ago in Iraq, ignoring the expert weapons inspectors proved to be a fatal mistake
https://www.sipri.org/commentary/essay/2023/twenty-years-ago-iraq-ignoring-expert-weapons-inspectors-proved-be-fatal-mistake
UKRAINE BROKE THROUGH Russian Defensive Lines what’s next?
The Iraq War and the Limits of American Power | Foreign Affairs Interview Podcast
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his way home after trip to Russia’s Far East
“Kim had met President Vladimir Putin and visited key military and technology sites, underscoring the countries’ deepening defense cooperation in the face of separate, intensifying confrontations with the West. U.S. and South Korean officials have said North Korea could provide badly needed munitions for Moscow’s war on Ukraine in exchange for sophisticated Russian weapons technology that would advance Kim’s nuclear ambitions.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/17/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-on-his-way-home-after-concluding-a-trip-to-russias-far-east-00116409
Lessons learned from armored assaults in Ukraine
The Ukraine Air War Moves to Russia – Drone attacks, F-16s & Changing tactics
U.S. announces it’s sending controversial depleted-uranium rounds to Ukraine
“Although depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment, U.S. officials say the munitions are common and do not present a radioactive threat. They cite studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, showing “the existence of depleted uranium residues dispersed in the environment does not pose a radiological hazard to the population of the affected regions.”
However, opponents such as the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons say there are dangerous health risks, including cancer, from touching or ingesting depleted-uranium dust.”
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“U.S. officials ultimately decided to send the munitions because they are considered the most effective way of arming U.S.-made Abrams tanks, according to a Defense Department official familiar with the plans. The first tranche of 10 Abrams will arrive in Ukraine in mid-September, after a group of Ukrainian soldiers finished a training program to use them last month, POLITICO first reported.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/06/us-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-decision-00114208