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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Does the U.S. military have the means to spend a lot more than the allotted budget for the military?
Does the U.S. military have the means to spend a lot more than the allotted budget for the military or not?
A black budget or covert appropriation is a government budget that is
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Is there any agreement that allows China to use Russian naval bases for its military cooperation?
Over the past decade, China and Russia have transformed Europe’s
maritime security seascape through their military basing access and
port investments across maritime Europe — from the Baltic and Black
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Why is Europe (Germany in particular) apparently paying so little for US troop presence/protection, compared to South Korea?
CNBC wrote in that 2020 about the cost-sharing agreement for US troop presence in South Korea
In the last one-year, cost-sharing agreement, Seoul agreed to pay roughly $900 million and in ...
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How much is Lithuania paying/cost-sharing for the US troop presence in their country?
It's been suggested in some comments (and now an answer) to a related Q that the US is expected to demand lest cost sharing from Germany than from South Korea, for US troop presence, because Germany ...
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Which countries has the US publicly threatened to sanction if they expel US troops, say, in the past 25 years?
Back in 2020,
When Iraq’s parliament voted to expel American troops from the country Sunday, it was an apparent bid by the government to extract the country from an escalating US-Iran proxy war. [...]...
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Have any prominent politicians in the US called for US troops to leave Iraq this year?
Some US politicians, like DeSantis, have said US troops in Iraq are just "sitting ducks", at their present strength, so called for either a surge or departure.
“We’ve got troops in Syria ...
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Did anybody challenge the credibility of Turner's claim over the anti-satellite nuclear weapon? [closed]
According to the news US Senator Mike Turner claimed that the Russians were developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon to be deployed in space. The linked article cited an expert called Pavel Podvig ...
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Why would a state retaliate to a nuclear strike if the consequences could be human extinction?
The entire mutually-assured destruction (MAD) concept is based on game theory and mutual belief.
Suppose we have two states (A and B) with massive nuclear arsenals which together suffice to plunge the ...
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How true are Trump’s claims about NATO spending?
Over President Trump’s term in office, he has been very vocal about the spending commitments made by many NATO countries, and their frequent failure to live up to them. He now seems to be taking ...
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Why do people say the Pakistani government has failed because the army is interfering with politics?
I have seen people say that the Pakistani government is not strong enough because many governmental decisions are taken by the Pakistani army.
Why do the people consider the involvement of the army ...
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When it comes to procuring weapons, does NATO have specific guidelines and regulations that member countries must adhere to?
NATO members in Europe have signed a contract for up to 1,000 Patriot
missiles to bolster air defenses in the face of the threat from
Russia, the alliance said Wednesday.
The announcement of the ...
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How much autonomy does the Israeli Army have from the War Cabinet?
The announcement followed remarks by US Secretary of State Antony
Blinken, from Amman, that Israel would soon announce the beginning of
the third phase. This suggests that Washington has begun to ...
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Is this Hamas military uniform?
It's been widely alleged that Hamas hide among civilians of Gaza and do not wear military uniforms.
The first question to ask when evaluating the validity of such claims is whether Hamas military wing ...
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To what extent has the war on terror in the Somalia achieved its goals?
Has it been at all effective in getting rid of Al-Shabaab? How has it affected the region?
Edit: I mean the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa.
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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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