Missiles of March: A political means of last resort for Putin
President Vladimir Putin’s extra-heavy emphasis on new strategic missile systems in his March 1 address to parliament was quite unexpected and rather out of character.
The defense posture of China
Alice Ekman comments the defense posture of China as Beijing is holding a large military parade on September 3rd.
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