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Tag Archives: U.S. Navy

Arming Icebreakers

31 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows.  Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’

12 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S. and Chinese “Cracks” and the Future of Cross-Pacific Relations

13 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Montreal Review It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital, September 27th, 2015; the day after Chinese President Xi Xinping departed for New York City.  Chinese flags […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Nuclear Bastions, From the USSR to China

6 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Kyle Mizokami The Week Last week, The Guardian announced that China was preparing to send its nuclear missile-armed submarines into the South China Sea. China’s excuse — that it […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

What China’s Increasing Militarism Means for the World

27 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Peter Navarro World Affairs Will there be war with China? That may well be determined by which presidential candidate wins the White House this year, and what policies the […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

America’s Youth and the Long-Term Viability of the Armed Forces

25 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mary E. Landry The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs According to the Department of Defense, 71 percent of all young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are unable […]

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NATIONAL SECURITY

What is the Multi-Billion Dollar F-35 Jet Actually Supposed to Do?

13 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Ryan Faith Vice News The F-35 Lighting II is the most expensive weapons program in the history of the human race, and production is now being kicked into high […]

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NATIONAL SECURITY

The Arctic Race that Wasn’t

1 September 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Foreign Affairs As the Arctic melts, various ideas about the region are being carried along in the runoff. Depending on whom you ask, the Arctic is either […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Assessing Naval Buildups in the South China Sea

15 July 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Steven Stashwick The Diplomat After decades of operating legacy Soviet platforms, Vietnam’s navy is acquiring advanced new frigates from Russia and the Netherlands, capable new Russian diesel-electric submarines, and […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Arctic Continental Shelf: Geological, Legal, or Geopolitical?

1 July 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mia Bennett Cryopolitics With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up a lot lately. The term also appears […]

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