F-35 Could Be Deployed To Mideast Soon; Brexit Dominates NATO Summit

F-35 Could Be Deployed To Mideast Soon; Brexit Dominates NATO Summit
F-35 Could Be Deployed To Mideast Soon; Brexit Dominates NATO Summit

LONDON: Gen. Hawk Carlisle, head of Air Combat Command, pulled no punches when I asked him at the Royal International Air Tattoo if the F-35’s flying displays in Britain should be read as a signal to Russia. “Yes. You bet.” Several generals at the Royal International Air Tattoo agreed with Carlisle’s view that the plane’s appearance at RIAT and…

Obama Keeps 8,400 Troops In Afghanistan: McCain Lukewarm, Thornberry Scathing

Obama Keeps 8,400 Troops In Afghanistan: McCain Lukewarm, Thornberry Scathing
Obama Keeps 8,400 Troops In Afghanistan: McCain Lukewarm, Thornberry Scathing

WASHINGTON: President Barrack Obama promised this morning to keep 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term. The relatively modest cut of 14 percent (down from today’s 9,800) is much less of a drawdown than Obama had once hoped for, especially as US commitments creep upward in Iraq and Syria. But leading pro-defense…

Key Cyber Issues For NATO´s Warsaw Summit

Key Cyber Issues For NATO´s Warsaw Summit
Key Cyber Issues For NATO´s Warsaw Summit

  Cyberspace is likely be declared a domain of warfare at NATO’s Warsaw Summit. The cyber domain is an integral part of modern wars, conflicts and crises, and therefore also a key part of NATO´s current and future operative security environment. Since cyber topics should primarily be approached from the perspective of multidisciplinarity and strategy, NATO member…