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What is the role of the South Korean military service in case of a war with North Korea
South Korea is still officially at war with North Korea and Kim Jeong-Eun, the North Korean leader, regularly threatens to attack the South to various extents.
South Korea has a mandatory military ...
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Who recorded “Mother of all Bombs" explosion from ground level? [closed]
The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan on ...
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Is the "Mother of all Bombs" recently dropped by U.S. the largest since Hiroshima and Nagasaki? [closed]
I read that the bomb dropped was the "largest conventional bomb" ever used in warfare, so therefore would that make it the largest bomb ever used in warfare all together outside of the two uses of ...
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What incentives (or stated motives) did the US have to attack Syria?
What were the motives stated for for the US attacking Syria or incentives to do that?
It doesn't seem like there was any immediate threat from Syria to the US. (After all, they neither have ICBM's ...
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When may the President of the United States order military action without congressional approval?
The USA has many times in the past taken military action with only the President's order to back it up legally. It was Jefferson that set the precedent of using the military to enforce foreign policy ...
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Why does the USMC perform duties which are in the remit of the Army?
In every other country, marines are subordinate to the navy and are used mostly in operations which fall under the remit of the term - seaborne attacks and small scale land operations which needed a ...
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"Offensive defense spending" versus "defensive defense spending"
It seems to me that some defense spending has the objective of reducing or eliminating civilian and/or military casualties resulting from attacks on home soil. For instance: investment in domestic ...
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What's does the US hope to gain in Syria..? [duplicate]
I know why Russia is there; to support Assad (alley of Russia) but what can the US gain from this? They are arming rebels (as if that ever worked) most likely ISIS in Syria to fight Assad and are also ...
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Does any US defense whitepaper or public policy document espouse boosting the UK's force projection or military power?
Having a regional ally with a powerful and active military may ease pressure on the US military and foreign policy objects.
Does any US defense whitepaper, public policy document or party platform ...
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Anti-Aircraft capabilities of Islamic State [closed]
Throughout the rapid spread of Islamic State (IS) they have captured much American equipment and also Syrian equipment. I understand some of that equipment has been too advanced for IS to operate such ...
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What law compels countries to take prisoners who are NOT trying to surrender?
This arose around some comments on "Is it true that the US president can execute anyone without a trial?"
Under the traditional rules of war you are not allowed to simply kill all of your ...
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What law compels countries to take prisoners who wish to surrender?
This arose around some comments on " Is it true that the US president can execute anyone without a trial? "
Is there any international law, or convention (including Geneva) which compels any country ...
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Risks from proliferation of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (drones)
When the U.S. gave missiles to the Afghan Mujahidins during the Soviet war in Afghanistan it arguably came back to haunt the United States.
In relation to the current drone strikes it seems to me that ...
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