Questions tagged [military]
Questions related to the military. This may include questions about the actions or inaction of the military, the armed forces themselves or government action related to the military.
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How does the instability of the budgeting process by the U.S. government makes it more difficult for the U.S. military to produce a clean audit?
“When it comes to the Pentagon audits, steady progress is the name of
the game versus clean audits quickly,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, a senior
fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “Almost every ...
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Why does it matter if the IDF dropped a lot of bombs in Gaza fast, instead of drawing out the bombardment? [closed]
I've read this CNN-hosted analysis/criticism of the nature of the IDF's offensive
“In two months, we’ve had about the level of strikes in this tiny little area in Gaza as what we saw in Mosul and ...
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What US law(s) require countries receiving US military assistance to abide by international law, do these laws have teeth, get enforced, & if so, how?
In Face The Nation's December 18, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a "difficult partner," Sen. Chris Coons says (cued at 05:23), Delaware Senator Chris Coons is asked ...
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Is anyone held accountable when the Pentagon fails its audit?
Bloomberg reports that:
The US Defense Department failed for the sixth consecutive year to
score a clean financial audit, a goal routinely achieved annually by
businesses that have a fraction of its $...
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Reasons for high number of casualties in 2023 Israel-Hamas war
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war results in a much higher number of Palestinian casualties than previous conflicts: nearly 19,000 Palestinians are killed (according to the Hamas run Gaza Health Ministry), ...
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What military strategies has Israel used, and chosen not to use, in Gaza?
What military strategies has Israel used to try to eliminate terrorism originating in Gaza, and how effective were they? Or where can one learn about them? This includes its current strategy.
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What is the reason for the alleged heavy casualties in the Russian Armed Forces?
Acoording to the CNN, Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war:
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to ...
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What "small military installation" did the US have in Cambodia as recently as 2019 (per Gannett graphic), and what was/is its function?
In an animated graphic embedded in CNN"s December 9, 2023 Study says US military intervention in the world is backfiring a dark gray dot indicating "small military installation" appears ...
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Does and did the US give specific reasons for its military presence in the Persian Gulf?
In the discussion about this question it was pointed out that
the US navy has been maintaining a presence in the Persian Gulf since the end of WW2 and having ships there isn't an unusual thing.
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What were these two convicted Russian officers in charge of, more exactly? Any similar cases ongoing?
Kommersant reports that a couple of Russian officers (one LtC, one major) were sentence to 4 years in prison in Russia for failing to stop a Tochka-U strike on a Russian base in March or April 2022 (...
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Why was the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf in 1988? [closed]
At 3 July of 1988 a USS Vincennes was in the Persian gulf. Why US navy was in the Persian gulf at that time?
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I'm seeing my question is flagged as it is trying to
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Why does the US still maintain so many military facilities in Western Europe?
The US maintains a lot of military facilities in countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc.
This doesn't make economic sense. The US military expenditure is on trajectory to reach a ...
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Does The Bahamas have any formal defense treaties?
In relation to a recent question, if somebody were to attack The Bahamas (or one of their ships etc.) can The Bahamas formally invoke any explicit defense treaty with some country with more military ...
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Do a majority of Israeli Jews still think that the IDF is holding back too much in Gaza?
Time reported on Nov 10:
Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little ...
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Approximately how many civilian deaths were caused by Bashar al-Assad's regime in the Syrian civil war?
According to Wikipedia, the war started In March 2011, violence in the war peaked during 2012–2017, and the situation still remains a crisis, with 12 million Syrians remained forcibly displaced in the ...
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What does Gaza territory "under Israeli control" or "under Palestinian control" imply in a guerilla warfare?
This is a map from Wikipedia depicting the status of Gaza during the ongoing war in the Gaza strip:
I can see that there are areas claimed to be under Israeli control or Palestinian control. However, ...
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Have any countries besides Germany announced plans to increase military aid to Ukraine? (Nov 2023)
VOA, Nov 14:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition has agreed in principle to double the country's military aid for Ukraine next year to about $8.5 billion, a political source in Berlin ...
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Is "Mutually Assured Destruction" still valid considering so many conventional missiles are currently getting shot down?
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place, but I couldn't find "military" stack exchange so this site appears to be the closest.
While following the current Russia/Ukraine war, it ...
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Did the U.S. sign any deal to put guardrails around the use and development of AI for military use according to what's available in the public domain?
When US president Joe Biden meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi
Jinping in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, the pair will have a
long list of matters to discuss, including the Israel-Hamas war ...
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Are there agreements or laws that prevent U.S. allies to use Chinese drones militarily?
The U.S. and its allies cannot simply integrate Chinese drones into
their forces absent serious security risks, as well as the very real
possibility of Chinese supply-chain disruption if tensions ...
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Did Hamas & PIJ manage to smuggle in substantial numbers of fully assembled rockets after 2014?
In 2014, the IDF gave a breakdown of their estimates of the Hamas rocket arsenal. Interestingly, in the 45km range rockets, the whole-piece smuggled ones dominated, but in the 75km range, it was ...
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Are UN peacekeeping forces allowed to pass over their equipment to some national army?
The Mali junta has made it an issue that the UN forces didn't hand over their bases and (some) equipment to the Mali army. Instead, because the Mali junta prohibited the UN from moving out some ...
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What are the tools the U.S. president can use to circumvent the chambers in granting military aid to Ukraine?
Debate over the funding request is beginning in earnest after a
weeks-long delay while House Republicans struggled to name a new
speaker, and it is unclear what, if anything, can get through both
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How critical will be Samarium Cobalt Magnets to the US war effort in case of a war in Taiwan strait with China? [closed]
I am working on a case study as part of my MPhil research project in regards to which I want to know the importance of Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) magnets to the US military in case of a large scale war.
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Despite the high public support to fight Russia, why are some family members of soldiers protesting in Ukraine and making demands? [closed]
As this answer points out, political support to fight the Russians and retrieve occupied territories remains high among the public in Ukraine. So I was surprised when I came across the news that ...
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War "strategism"
I'm just reading an article and I see this sentiment expressed:
Ukraine has been let down by a US-led reluctance to supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs, meaning Kyiv lost a golden opportunity to ...
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What has been the impact on US military manufacturers vis-a-vis the war in Ukraine?
Read with interest the following Ukraine War and US "funding" but the one question that was not addressed was who is manufacturing this military equipment. (Presumably the US Dept of Defense ...
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Who is the Kim Kun Ok that North Korea named their recent submarine after?
According to CNN
The submarine, named “Hero Kim Kun Ok,” was launched to much fanfare at a ceremony attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, according to the state-run Korean Central ...
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What "whizzy new tools" in space are America and its allies using to track China’s military activity and illegal fishing? (The Economist) [closed]
Background and evidence of research effort
The non-paywalled part of the Economist's August 15, 2023 Keeping tabs on China’s murky maritime manoeuvres; America and its allies are using whizzy new ...
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How can one tell the missiles North Korea showed Sergei Shoigu are banned?
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Russia’s defense minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defense exhibition that featured the North’s banned ballistic missiles as the neighbors pledged to boost ties, North ...
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