Operational Holes: CAS and the Disaster in the Making
In recent months there has been a multitude of articles dealing with the many issues surrounding the F-35. The pile on has come from the exorbitant cost, severe shortcomings, and…
Weekly Recap: Precision and Predators – Drones as a Human Way of War
8 August 2015 – Trento Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The use of militarized drones is constantly under fire by critics for their disregard for the human component in warfare,…
DefRep Analysis: ISIS shows signs of internal rifts
6 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Videos of executions broadcasted in gruesome detail is nothing new for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In late…
Wires Brief: MoD unveils mental illness stats, NATO halves Baltic air mission, Power struggle within Taliban and Afghan government starting
5 August 2015 – London, UK Digital wires United Kingdom DefRep’s recent discovery of an FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request filled by the UK MoD has revealed the number…
Frontline News: Another month, another submarine incursion
29 July 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Another month, another submarine. The headlines seem to put a lot of Russian activity to Swedish coastline. This time they are…
Weekly Recap: Having no Russia might be more dangerous
26 Jul 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray Since the startling events in Crimea early in 2014 Russia has been front and centre in Western discourse. A tremendous effort has…
Policy Analysis: US Military Doctrine Strategy, Tactics, and the Operational Art
21 July 2015 – Trento, Italy By Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The Full Report can be found here. Executive Summary Within the prism of contemporary military doctrine, studies have assumed a…
DefRep Misfits: The Ridiculous and Subjective List of Top 5 Military Planes of All Time
Ridiculous and Subjective Top 5 Lists Top 5 military planes of all time 5. The Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 ‘Bear’ The Tu-95 entered service in 1956 and is expected to serve…
DefRep Weekly Recap: How Just or Unjust was NATO’s 2011 Libya Campaign
17 July 2015 – Toronto, CA By A. Walter Dorn The full academic article by A. Wedgwood and A. W. Dorn, “NATO’s Libya Campaign 2011: Just or Unjust to What…
DefRep Analysis: Is the Cold War policy of Containment returning?
13 July 2015 – Trento, Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk “Containment” has once again become part of the geopolitical parlance of today. The striking use of this term is increasingly…
