Want to enhance Baltic deterrence? Start with traffic redesign
Lt. Col. Michael Carvelli in this op-ed explains how redesigning traffic infrastructure in the Baltic nations can better enhance deterrence in the region.
View from the north: What NATO leaders from Nordic, Baltic states think about defense
Five defense leaders from across the alliance share their thoughts directly with Breaking Defense readers.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Ticking clock: Northern NATO defense chiefs see ever-closing ‘window’ to prepare for Russia
Five NATO defense chiefs laid out for Breaking Defense how they view the timeline until Russia could be ready to invade a NATO nation.
Estonia looks to Turkish firms for $211M armored vehicle buy
"All Baltic states are boosting military capabilities because of the mounting Russian threat," one expert said.
Lithuania’s defense minister on nuclear threats from Belarus and NATO summit expectations
Lithuanian defense minister Arvydas Anušauskas spoke with Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
Russia behind purported drone ‘attack’ on Kremlin, Lithuanian defense minister says
“I believe … that it's a Russian job,” Arvydas Anušauskas told Breaking Defense in an interview in Washington.
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Voyager is accelerating access to space
After manifesting 1,400 payloads aboard the ISS, Voyager is applying its mission management expertise to the next generation of space stations, ensuring uninterrupted mission readiness and success from the ground to space.
After Ukraine invasion, NATO aligning strategy with ‘regional plans’: Former SACEUR
NATO likely will maintain a "semi-permanent" presence in Eastern Europe for many years to come, said retired Gen. Tod Wolters, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
As Russia threatens Ukraine, Baltic nations work to update armored vehicle fleets
Despite small budgets, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are working to strengthen their ground forces to protect their borders with Russia.
Baltic nations sending US-made Stingers, Javelins to Ukraine
Estonia will provide Javelin anti-armor missiles, while Lithuania and Latvia will provide Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and adjacent equipment.
NATO Kicks Off New Burden-Sharing, Tech Efforts
"It's no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. "But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an administration in the United States."
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Trump’s German Withdrawal Plans ‘Extremely Expensive’
President Trump proposed re-stationing 11,900 US troops from Germany back in July. The redeployment of some to other European countries, with others coming home produced an avalanche of criticism. Although Defense Secretary Mark Esper tried to put a strategic spin on the moves, the president promptly undermined him. Then, representatives of the administration went before Congress […]
Titan Robot Test-Fires Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
It’s one small test for a robot, one tactical leap for robot-kind.
Blueprint For A More Effective NATO
More ruthless prioritization, a laser focus on filling key capability shortfalls and better alignment of national, regional, and NATO plans will allow the alliance to solidify its place as the alliance of choice for decades to come.
Beyond INF: Countering Russia, Countering China (Analysis)
“Long-range precision fires… would provide us the capability (to) either, for example, support the Air Force by suppressing enemy air defenses at hundreds upon hundreds of miles or support the Navy by engaging enemy surface ships at great distances as well,” said Army Secretary Mark Esper. But those examples are two distinctly different missions, each most relevant to a different theater of war.