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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Why does the Indian government seem reluctant to appoint a new CDS?
The post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) remains vacant after the death of India's first CDS, General Bipin Rawat, in December 2021.
The post was advertised to be extremely crucial when it was created....
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What is the contribution of weapons industry lobbying in current enmities and wars?
The Yemeni war has been very profitable for the weapons industry, costing Saudi Arabia 120 billion dollars. Currently the global military GDP is 1.5 trillion dollars, 1.75% of the world economy. It ...
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Is a professional army more likely to act against its own people than a conscript army?
Is there data about how the mode of a states army affects the probability that it is employed against its own people?
I mean is it more liklier that the army is used to supress the own people or a ...
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Is there a term for militant groups like the LRA and Boko Haram?
I'm no expert but from various things I've read there seems to be a subtype of militant group that seems to be becoming more widespread.
Examples include the LRA and Boko Haram, and possibly also ...
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Risks from proliferation of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (drones)
When the U.S. gave missiles to the Afghan Mujahidins during the Soviet war in Afghanistan it arguably came back to haunt the United States.
In relation to the current drone strikes it seems to me that ...
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Has Iran presented any evidence that their drones (used in Ukraine) were sent to Russia before the war?
It seems Iran initially denied they sent drones to Russia, but later Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that they sent some, but before the war.
“Some western countries have accused ...
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What's the balance of (pro-)Russian forces in Ukraine between regular Russian units and Wagner, LPR+DPR armies etc.?
Are there some official Russian figures and/or Western estimates on what in the balance of (pro-)Russian forces engaged in Ukraine? Basically, how many are regular Russian forces vs various other ...
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What is Jake Sullivan's policy on arming and supplying Taiwan?
I'd like to know what the current US National Security Advisor (Jake Sullivan)'s position on arming and supplying Taiwan is.
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), ...
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Why is India purchasing S-400 rather than the US made missiles?
Purchasing Russian missiles have risks of inviting US sanctions.
Since India is officially a US ally, Why is India purchasing S-400 rather than the US-made missiles (Patriot or David's Sling or THAAD)?...
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Is there an overview of battles between the Afghan Army and Taliban forces during the Resolute Support Mission (2015-2021)?
According to the Wikipedia page on the Resolute Support Mission (RSM):
Resolute Support Mission or Operation Resolute Support was a NATO-led train, advise and assist mission consisting of about 7,772 ...
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Are there other (contemporary) examples of failed coup-proofing [by creating multiple armed forces] resulting in a civil war?
According to an MIT political scientist, the current clashes in Sudan are an example of failed coup-proofing, meaning that multiple centres of military power were created in order to create a [...
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How did Russia officially react to Finland unilaterally denouncing part III of the 1947 peace treaty?
In connection to a recent question, various sources (e.g.) say that in the 1990s Finland has denounced part III of the 1947 peace treaty with Russia. That part contains limitations on the Finnish ...
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How much military equipment has Ukraine received externally since the situation escalated in February?
I noticed that before the war broke out in Feb 24, there was military equipment sent to Ukraine from NATO countries, for example U.S. sent 80 tons of military equipment (part of an additional $200M &...
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Has the US transferred any more naval nuclear reactor technology to the UK besides that S5W reactor piece that powered HMS Dreadnaught (S101)?
I've read that the first UK nuclear powered submarine HMS Dreadnaught (S101) was powered by a US made reactor, but that subsequent UK ships of that kind used UK-made ones. Wikipedia claims:
During ...
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In the wake of the 2014 Iraqi army disintegration in front of ISIS, did the US make changes to how it trained such forces, esp. in Afghanistan?
Although some are shocked by the disintegration of Afghan army in front of the Taliban, I for one wasn't too surprised given the 2014 precedent provided by the US-trained Iraqi army, which ...
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Is there a "unified command" over all the defense forces in Washington D.C.?
A Unified Combatant Command is a task organized command structure used to coordinate forces around one objective. Examples include CENTCOM (https://www.centcom.mil/), which coordinates the armed ...
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How did the 4th of July "Salute to America" military parade compare to France's (regular one) on Bastille Day, numerically?
Trump's decision to have a military parade on the 4th of July last year was criticized as being out of character for the US and even costly.
According to Wikipedia, France regularly conducts such a ...
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What is the role of the South Korean military service in case of a war with North Korea
South Korea is still officially at war with North Korea and Kim Jeong-Eun, the North Korean leader, regularly threatens to attack the South to various extents.
South Korea has a mandatory military ...
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What concessions did India make to get a 9% discount on the Rafale jets deal?
The Modi government claims that the Rafale deal it brokered is cheaper than the original deal by 9%. How did it achieve this? What concessions did Modi give to Dassault in order to get the deal at a ...
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Did Hamas & PIJ manage to smuggle in substantial numbers of fully assembled rockets after 2014?
In 2014, the IDF gave a breakdown of their estimates of the Hamas rocket arsenal. Interestingly, in the 45km range rockets, the whole-piece smuggled ones dominated, but in the 75km range, it was ...
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Joe Biden's Student Debt Plan and Public Service
Joe Biden says he will cancel up to $10,000 dollars of student debt for those who are in public service. Most media outlets are defining public service as "schools, gov't jobs, and non-profits.&...
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Why didn't the PPP government of pakistan face any problem from the military?
Between 2008 and 2013, the Pakistan Peoples Party government engaged in several high profile disputes with the military
Osama bin Laden capture
memogate scandal + Hussain Haqqani's release
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Why does USA not diminish its NATO related expenses in order to persuade other NATO members to contribute more?
At the NATO summit from 2017 (Brussels), Donald Trump emphasized that many NATO members are not contributing enough (source):
Twenty-three of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they
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Did the U.S. sign any deal to put guardrails around the use and development of AI for military use according to what's available in the public domain?
When US president Joe Biden meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi
Jinping in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, the pair will have a
long list of matters to discuss, including the Israel-Hamas war ...
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How has the "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" benefited Ukraine?
The United States of America has enabled President Biden to offer more help to Ukraine against the Russian aggression through the "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022":
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What is publicly known about policy disagreements between generals Bajwa and Faiz Hameed?
According to the BBC there was a fallout between Chief of Army Staff general Bajwa and his supposed would-be successor general Faiz Hameed, then Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence. ...
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Do wars on foreign soil often affect military celebrations?
Many countries hold annual military celebrations of various kinds. How have these been affected when they were in another war? On foreign soil of course.
I'm looking for examples of countries ...
