Forget the mid-August page on the calendar and the sweltering days in many global capitals. With the prospect of the Russian war on Ukraine extending into this winter, there is mounting angst and hand-wringing inside the Washington DC Beltway and in other seats of government about the pace and success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive that began this June. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports.
With ongoing war in Europe and global tensions rising, there was a serious edge to IT²EC 2023 in Rotterdam. MS&T Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes attended.
House Republicans continue to elect chairmen of that chamber’s committees of special interest to readers of CAT and MS&T: Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services.
The invasion of Ukraine demonstrates that large-scale military training exercises are not, as some think, merely an excuse to fire up the afterburners, chew up farmland with tank treads, and feign interoperability because you purchased weapons from the same sources.
Russia is set to join a military exercise with China - Zapad/Interaction 2021 - in the Qingtongxia Joint Tactical Training Base in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, August 9-13.
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two entered the Black Sea for the first time this year to conduct further routine operations and to participate in a regional exercise organised by the Romanian Navy.
NATO conducted military exercises simultaneously over the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea to ensure that allied forces remain ready to operate together and respond to any threat.