The Swedish government has decided to reintroduce military conscription, abolished in 2010. It means that 4,000 men and women will be called up for service from 1 January 2018, selected from about 13,000 young people born in 1999, who will be asked to undergo a military assessment. The 13,000 who undergo the military tests will…
The European Intervention Initiative (Initiative européenne d’intervention, EI2/IEI) was first proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron in his Sorbonne keynote in September 2017 and nine members signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to begin work on 25 June 2018. France’s motivation to establish this, and other European military projects, is to support its operations in…
L’incident s’est passé aux 3-4 février, dans l’océan atlantique. On sait aujourd’hui que, si le Triomphant sera plus long à remettre en état, c’est en revanche le sous-marin britannique, le HMS Vanguard, qui a couru le plus grand risque au moment du choc. Le contact se serait produit entre le nez du Triomphant et la…
Andromeda-D : the automatic control system Ignatov also spoke at length about a new VDV automated C2 system called Andromeda-D, developed by the Scientific-Research Institute of Communications and Command and Control Systems (NIISSU or НИИССУ). He describes Andromeda-D as a division-to-soldier system, with stationary points for commanders down to battalion, and vehicle-mounted systems for tactical…
