We find ourselves today on the other side of the deterrence challenge, intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats of possible nuclear war. Putin’s willingness to break norms others take for granted are destabilizing.
Russia-Ukraine
A collection of quotes on air power, space power, and national security issues.
Missteps by the West emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his latest Ukraine invasion, but the United States can still give Ukraine the weapons it needs to overcome Russian airpower if the U.S. is not deterred by Putin, said the participants in a Mitchell ...
The air war is changing over Ukraine, with Russia picking up the pace of sorties but running low on precision-guided munitions, a senior defense official said March 21. Russia also has allegedly fired hypersonic weapons, a move possibly made to gain momentum after nearly a ...
Bulgaria is one of the Eastern European countries that possesses the S-300 air defense systems that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said are urgently needed to repel Russia’s air assault. But the Black Sea NATO ally depends on Russian gas, which has contributed to its ...
Slovakia is prepared to donate its S-300 air defense systems and MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine "immediately" if it can come to an agreement with the U.S. and other NATO partners about replacing the systems with something Western and modern, Slovak defense minister Jaroslav Nad told ...
Despite an impassioned plea from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to a joint session of Congress to establish a no-fly zone over his country, President Joe Biden made no such offer in describing the extensive lethal and humanitarian aid the U.S. will provide to Ukraine. Members ...
A no-fly zone is neither a simple nor a risk-free approach to helping Ukraine, according to retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and a former commander of the Northern Watch no-fly zone over Iraq. A no-fly zone ...
The Department of the Air Force is “on the cusp” of releasing a climate action plan that will detail its current and future efforts for renewable, resilient energy, the department’s installations czar told lawmakers—and it will come as officials grow increasingly anxious about Russia’s impact ...