NATO’s military headquarters is based nearby in Mons, Belgium. It is always run by a top U.S. officer. The current supreme allied commander Europe is Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli. What is NATO doing to help Ukraine? Even though most allies believe that Russia could pose an e...
It spends much more on defense than any other ally and far outweighs its partners in terms of military muscle. NATO’s day-to-day work is led by its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, until he is replaced on Oct. 1, 2024 by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. (AP Photo/Francois Mori...
Meanwhile, rearmament has been slow, and much of the military's equipment remains decades old. The once formidable Soviet navy is now little more than a coastal protection force, experts say. All of the navy's large vessels, including its flagship and sole aircraft carrier, the non-nuclear ...
In the past decade, the unrest in the Sahel, a vast semi-arid region of Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan, has undermined security in Niger, located in the heart of the region. In 2011, a NATO-led military intervention in Libya toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the...
This Is How More Than 15,000 Containers Of NATO Military Gear Are Stolen Each YearEloise Lee
The GPS system uses the military's network of GPS satellites and an onboard GPS receiver to detect its position with very high accuracy. Once it is close to the target, the missile switches to a "terminal guidance system" to choose the point of impact. The point of impact could be pre...
… It puts them within striking distance of some very important ground lines of communication [and] supply corridors that connect some of the really important large cities that constitute the backbone of Ukraine's defense of eastern Ukraine." But the price Russia is paying to make...
… It puts them within striking distance of some very important ground lines of communication [and] supply corridors that connect some of the really important large cities that constitute the backbone of Ukraine's defense of eastern Ukraine." But the price Russia is paying to make these advances...
Yet something is rotten in British defence. Even though the country is the sixth-largest military spender in the world and the largest in Europe, it is not always clear where the money goes. The navy’s fleet operates fewer frigates and destroyers than Japan, South Korea or France. The arm...
since the poison is fat-soluble. Everyone has at least a small amount of dioxin in his or her body. It's unknown how long it takes dioxin to dissipate. Some forms of dioxin have half-lives lasting seven years or more, but more recent research shows that when found in large concentr...