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Reports suggest Russia may be preparing a new mobilization, possibly right after September's parliamentary elections. An exiled editor tells PBS a draft is very...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The missile costs around a million pounds a unit on runs measured in the hundreds. Sourcing the components would be slow and complicated, and...
Ukraine War
Unlike the shortage that ran from May to July, this one has reached the Moscow region. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan buy their processed fuel...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Feodosia oil terminal is out of action, the Chonhar bridge has been damaged, and fuel trucks have been hit near Armiansk. Almost everything...
Dollars and Sense
Russia is taking delivery of gasoline from India and Belarus after Ukrainian strikes cut roughly two-fifths of its refining capacity. The country still pumps...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev defected to NATO by stealing a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet. Zuyev was an elite...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – In May 1989, Soviet MiG-29 pilot Aleksandr Zuyev pulled off one of the Cold War’s most daring defections. -Disillusioned with the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1975 mutiny that inspired The Hunt for Red October had a radically different motive than the fiction it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers are the definition of a prestige program: spectacular, singular, and strategically unwise. –Admiral Nakhimov spent roughly...