Phone call between Syrian President Assad and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Emirati Armed Forcesβ Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nayhan. (Translation of tweet in comments). twitter.com/Presidency_Syβ¦
Canada's military feeling the strain responding to climate change - The country's top military commander says Canada's Armed Forces are being pushed to the limit responding to an increasing number of climate-related events such as floods and fires. cbc.ca/news/politics/canaβ¦
Kashmiri militant commander calls for Pakistani military intervention - βItβs binding upon the armed forces of Pakistan, the first Islamic nuclear power, to enter India-occupied Kashmir to militarily help the people of the territory,β reuters.com/article/us-inβ¦
A common motif in Western (fictional) works about the Soviet Armed Forces written during the Cold War is that Soviet commanders work under the constant threat of execution by political officers should they fail to perform. How frequent were executions of Soviet officers after the Purges?
I know that this stereotype of the role of the commissar in the Soviet army has more fiction than fact, and I'm not so interested in the pre-Barbarossa purges of the military because they are fairly well-documented and explained as a function of Stalin's politicking.
What I am more interested in the executions of officers following the German invasion and for the rest of WWII/into the Cold War. I know that Pavlov and the rest of the top staff of the Western Front were executed after Minsk-Bialystok for incompetence, whilst Kulik and Budyonny survived through Stalin's patronage. After this, however, were there any more notable executions of Soviet officers for incompetence or failure?
Iraqi armed factions called on Tuesday for an urgent meeting to face "the war against the resistance," after a US strike on Baghdad last week killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. "We will regroup the forces of the resistance in a single entity to respond to Washington" france24.com/en/20200107-β¦
Eisenhower became the supreme commander of Allied forces and NATO because of his organisational skills and despite never having seen combat in his career. How is organisational skill assessed and how could the skill alone bring a person very far into a career without combat experience?
Additional question, Eisenhower was also very popular to the troops but before this, was there resentment/reservations from his colleagues, or even from ordinary soldiers, about the fact that the general attained the highest rank without ever experiencing combat?
Spokesperson of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces says withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq will include the Kurdistan Region as well. Kurdistan Government have publicly announced their opposition to the withdrawal of US forces. US has two major bases in Kurdistan. twitter.com/BaxtiyarGoranβ¦
The US regional commander in the Middle East and South Asia told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he "was not consulted" by President Donald Trump ahead of Trump's December decision to withdraw the approximately 2,000 U.S. forces from Syria. thedailybeast.com/top-us-β¦
As threat of Japan looms in the Pacific, armed forces of the Philippines are now incorporated into US Army, under commander Douglas MacArthur.
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Why was former German WW2 general in the Eastern Front Hans Speidel made the Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe? What are your thoughts on this occurring?
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Senior Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a message to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei extended his condolences on the sad occasion of martyrdom of commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force Lt General Qasem Soleimani en.irna.ir/news/83622416/β¦
TDIH: December 24th, 1943 - US President FDR appoints General Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied forces fdr.blogs.archives.gov/20β¦
You became the Supreme Leader of North Korea. What will you do to your nation?
The Supreme Leader of the North Korea is inches away from executing Cailou, his Father and his Grandfather.
Warriors Of The North - The armed forces of Scandinavia youtube.com/watch?v=lSmOFβ¦
If you were the Supreme Leader of North Korea, what would be the mandatory hairstyle for men and/or women?
Unification support falls in S. Korea as talks stall - Ever more South Koreans prefer peaceful co-existence with the nuclear-armed North to reunification of the peninsula, a survey found Monday. france24.com/en/20190513-β¦
Wait The Supreme Leader of North Korea is on YouTube?
GIs of K Company, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division under fire north of Chβorwon, North Korea in September 1951. This patrol is likely from Task Force Cutthroat, which at the time was involved with taking high ground near Hill 487 as part of Operation Cleanup. v.redd.it/yzjybkwrubn41
TIL North Korea sent a lot of Pilots to Arab Air Forces in the Arab-Israeli wars to aid the Arabs against the Israelis. They flew Mig-21s and scored a few kills against IAF F-4E's. Sources at the bottom of the page. aces.safarikovi.org/victoβ¦
North Korea calls raid on its Madrid embassy "grave terrorist attack", just days before the Hanoi summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump a group of armed men burst into the embassy and stole documents and computers, North Korea suggests possible involvement of FBI and anti-DPRK body and straitstimes.com/asia/easβ¦
Of course the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Eminem
Captured by American forces in the Taegu area of South Korea on October 8, 1950, these North Korean women are marched to a train which will take them to a prisoner of war camp at Pusan. Photo by Gene Herrick, AP. South Korea, 1950. [1600x1223]
What is your favorite obscure "fact" about the Supreme family of North Korea?
[Procurement] Republic of Korea Armed Forces and KARI FY2019
##Republic of Korea Armed Forces and KARI Spending and Procurement
Republic of Korea Army
| Name | Type | Quantity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2 Black Panther | MBT | 150 | 8.5 | 1275 |
| K21 | IFV | 250 | 3.2 | 800 |
| K200/A1 | APC | 400 | 1.41 | 564 |
| K9 Thunder | SPH | 100 | 3.9 | 390 |
| K239 Chunmoo | K-MLRS | 30 | 5 | 150 |
| KM-SAM | SAM | 2 | 240 (Unit of 6) | 480 |
| K-SAM Chunma | SPSAM | 30 | 10 | 300 |
| Hyunmoo-3 3D | LRCM | 10 | 15 | 150 |
| Hyunmoo-2 2C | SRCM | 20 | 10 | 200 |
| AH-64 Apache | Attack Heli | 30 | 35.5 | 1065 |
| CH-47 Chinook | Heavy Transport | 10 | 38.5 | 385 |
| UH-60 | Transport | 20 | 21.3 | 426 |
Total: 6185 Mn
Republic of Korea Air-Force
| Name | Type | Quantity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA-50 | Light Multirole | 60 | 30 | 1800 |
| F-35A | Multirole | 30 | 80 | 2400 |
| AC-130J Ghostrider | Ground Attack | 2 | 115 | 230 |
| A-10 Thunderbolt II | CAS | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| C-17 Globemaster III | Strategic Airlifter | 1 | 220 | 220 |
| C-130J Super Hercules | Transport | 4 | 100 | 400 |
Total: 5090 Mn
Republic of Korea Navy
| Name | Type | Quantity | Unit Cost | Total Cost | Annual Payment | Remaining | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sohn Wonyil class | SSK | 2 | 300 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| Sejong the Great class | Destroyer | 1 | 923 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| Daegu class | Frigate | 2 | 380 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| Incheon class (Demoted to Corvette when Daegu is introduced) | Corvette | 3 | 232 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| Chamsuri 211 class | Patrol | 4 | 37.7 | 150.8 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| Dosan Ahn Changoho | SSK | 2 | 410 | 820 | 205 | 0 | 2020 |
| Sejong the Great class | Destroyer | 2 | 923 | 1846 | 461.5 | 0 | 2020 |
| Dokdo-class | AAS | 1 | 288 | 288 | 72 | 0 | 2020 |
| Daegu class | Frigate | 2 | 380 | 760 | 190 | 0 | 2020 |
| Incheon class | Patrol Corvette | 2 | 232 | 464 | 116 | 0 | 2020 |
| Chamsuri 211 class | Patrol | 5 | 37.7 | 188.5 | 47.1 | 0 | 2020 |
| Syngham Rhee class (KDX-IIA) | Destroyer | 1 | 700 | 700 | 175 | 175 | 2021 |
| Sejong the Great class | Destroyer | 1 | 923 | 923 | 230.75 | 230.75 | 2021 |
| Dokdo-class | AAS | 1 | 288 | 288 | 72 | 72 | 2021 |
| Daegu class | Frigate | 2 | 38 |
RIA Novosti: βUpon the Syrian command's request, in order to prevent militant formations from getting deep into Syrian territory, Su-24 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a strike on armed formations of terrorists who broke the defensive line," twitter.com/YorukIsik/staβ¦
You were the supreme leader of North Korea. What would you do to let your regime survive?
