Category: NATO-Russia tensions

The Norwegian General Staff anticipates a further rise in power of the Russian armies in the years to come

It is now disputed only by a few unconditional supporters of Moscow, the Russian Armies have suffered considerable losses in Ukraine. Thus, according to the Oryx reference site, they have now lost (destroyed, captured or damaged) in combat more than 10.000 major pieces of equipment, including more than 2000 combat tanks, nearly 3500 armored combat vehicles, more than 900 systems artillery or 170 planes and helicopters and more than a dozen military ships. As for the human losses, which are much more difficult to assess, they would be around 180.000 killed, wounded and missing since the start of the conflict. For many European countries, these…

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Why does the rapid modernization of armies represent a danger for the European defense industry?

The Russian attack on Ukraine, which began in February 2022, was in many ways a real electric shock for the vast majority of Europeans, whether they are leaders, politicians and for the whole of public opinion. . In a few hours, 3 decades of certainty about the impossibility of a major war emerging in Europe, particularly involving a nuclear superpower like Russia, had been shattered. Naturally, many Europeans then wondered if their own armies were able to resist such aggression. The awakening was then most painful. After 30 years of widespread under-investment in the military tool, and commitments…

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Russia launches a major program to densify the country's anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense

Prior to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, a majority of analysts considered, not without many objective reasons, that Russian multilayer anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense was one of the most efficient, if not the most performance of the planet. This combined several types of specialized and complementary systems, such as the S-400 dedicated to anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense at medium and high altitude, the S-300PMU/2 for anti-ballistic defense, the Buk for medium and low altitude tactical defense, as well as the TOR and Pantsir systems for close defense. This defense, supplemented by the A-135 heavy anti-ballistic systems positioned around Moscow…

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The French Navy calls on European fleets to fill the spaces left by the United States

As we know, the Chinese shipyards launch, each year, nearly a dozen destroyers and frigates, as well as many other ships, including the most imposing and modern, intended to come and swell the fleet of the People's Liberation Army. . To deal with it, the US Navy can still rely on the mass and efficiency that its fleet gives it, as well as on the renewed means of its regional allies such as Australia, Japan or South Korea. However, in the years to come, and despite the increase in US naval production, Washington will have to concentrate more and more of its resources in…

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Is the F-35 a budget time bomb for European armies?

In recent years, and with a few exceptions, the American Lockheed-Martin's F-35 combat aircraft has established itself with most European air forces as part of their modernization. Stealth, connected and equipped with high-powered sensors, the Lightning II has convinced, to date, no less than 10 European air forces (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and Switzerland), while 4 others have announced their intention to do so (Greece, Spain, Czech Republic and Romania), making the device a de facto standard for European hunting. It must be said that the device does not lack an argument to convince. Belonging…

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Towards an evolution of the specifications for Polish submarines?

The last few days have been full of announcements about the future of the Polish defense effort. In addition to information about land and air programs, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak also opened up on the occasion of the Defense24 Day event organized by the eponymous Defense news site, about the undercover program -Polish sailor Orca. Long in the making, this program, which aims to give the Polish Navy an advanced submarine attack capability, seemed to direct towards relatively low tonnage ships to evolve in the Baltic Sea. This is the reason why, until now, the European offers studied by Warsaw were based…

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US military logistics to Europe are 30% more efficient today than at the start of the war in Ukraine

Between 1969 and the beginning of the 90s, NATO conducted almost every year in the fall or at the beginning of winter, a large exercise called Reforger. This was intended to simulate the massive deployment of American forces in Europe to deal with a hypothetical Warsaw Pact offensive. At the height of tensions, in 1983 during the Euromissile crisis, Reforger thus mobilized no less than 125.000 American soldiers who were deployed in Europe to supply the IIIrd, Vth and VIIth Corps of the US Army participating in the defense of the Europe. At that time, the Pentagon's logisticians had acquired know-how and…

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European Strategic Autonomy: Why can Poland succeed where France failed?

In a previous article, we discussed the new status of Poland on the European scene, whether within NATO or the European Union, through the ambitions displayed by its Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak concerning the next summit of NATO in Vilnius next July. Paradoxically, after having long led people to believe that Polish policy aimed above all to obtain the backing and protection of the United States, recent developments in the strategy pursued by Warsaw show a real ambition to induce Europeans to fully assume their defence, while at least from a conventional point of view, especially in the face of…

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Poland wants to exclude defense investments from the public deficit count in the European Union

On July 11 and 12, the next NATO summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, which will, unsurprisingly, be largely devoted to Alliance members' support for Ukraine, as well as to the modernization and strengthening of the defensive posture against the Russian threat. If, at previous summits, the United States and the countries of Western Europe had above all a voice in the chapter, the Eastern Europeans, today, are in a position of strength, in particular because of their role key in the direct control of Russia, but also by the support they have provided so far to Ukraine. Among…

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For the Baltic countries, the threat remains intense despite the heavy losses suffered by the Russian armies in Ukraine

Prior to the Russian intervention in Ukraine, very few in Western Europe were ready to give credence to the concerns expressed for several years by the states bordering Russia or Belarus, and in particular the Baltic States. At that time, most Western European countries considered that these warnings from Tallin, Vilnius, Riga or Warsaw were excessive, and responded above all to a feeling stemming from the collective memory of public opinion. public in those countries that have known the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact. From February 24, 2022, the tone has, naturally, radically…

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