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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Was there any issue with the auditing system for its military in China prior before the recent change?
The Central Military Commission has taken direct control of the PLA's
audit office, the Defence Ministry announced yesterday, a move experts
said would strengthen President Xi Jinping's campaign to ...
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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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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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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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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 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 "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 United States still keep substantial numbers of soldiers in Europe?
If I recall correctly, the US maintains about 30,000 men in Germany alone and thousands more in different European countries. I understand the need to project power and to rapidly deploy to any ...
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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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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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