Project 23000E or Shtorm (Storm) is a multi-purpose, heavy aircraft carrier project being designed by the Krylov State Research Center for the Russian Navy. The cost of the supercarrier is estimated as being between $1.8 billion and $5.63 billion (at August 2015 exchange rates), with development expected to take ten years. The carrier is being…
La politique européenne de sécurité et de défense commune : “Parce que l’Europe vaut bien une défense”par André Dumoulin et Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Editions du Villard (3 avril 2017) Pour tout comprendre à l’Europe de la défense, il y a enfin une solution. Un manuel complet sur la « politique européenne de sécurité et de défense commune…
19/02/2024: The European Union decided to launch a naval mission (Aspides = Protektor in Greek) to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Since late 2023, as a result of Houthi attacks on maritime shipping, maritime security in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf has significantly…
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker called again for the bloc to build an army, saying a flock of hens posed more of a threat than its current military capabilities. “A bunch of chickens looks like a combat formation compared to the foreign and security policy of the European Union,” Juncker told a Brussels forum in…
