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Could Turkey Close the Bosporus to the Russian Navy?

Could Turkey Close the Bosporus to the Russian Navy?

Turkey can limit the crossing of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea through its straits under the Montreux Convention. Could it have an impact on Moscow’s military agression against Ukraine?

Turkey cannot close its straits to all Russian warships because they may still ret…

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began as expected in the early hours of 24 February: a large salvo of cruise and ballistic missiles destroyed the main ground-based early warning radars throughout Ukraine. The result was to effectively blind the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF), and in some cases also h…
Confronting Reality, Germany Pledges a Stronger Military

Confronting Reality, Germany Pledges a Stronger Military

Jarred awake from its 30-year slumber by events in Ukraine, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a special session of the Bundestag on February 27 that a massive shift in defense policy approach will now be undertaken. After years of neglect, low serviceability rates for key equipment and…
German Navy Reinforces Mine Countermeasures in Baltic Sea

German Navy Reinforces Mine Countermeasures in Baltic Sea

On the afternoon of February 28, minehunters “Sulzbach-Rosenberg” and “Homburg”, minesweeper “Siegburg” and tender “Elbe” set sail from Kiel. Their mission is to train and strengthen NATO’s northern flank.

In the morning, the minehunters “Datteln” and “Fulda” had already left their home port of…


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