The Cognitive Frontier: Digital Colonialism and the Final Front of Mental Hegemony
The ultimate goal of cognitive warfare is to create “mental surrender” within society without firing a single bullet. There is no need for a military deployment to siphon off all of a society’s data; a social media algorithm or an operating ...
The Drone Threat in the Age of Precision Strikes and New Generation Hardened Aircraft Shelters (NGHAS)
The development of Precision-Guided Munitions (PGM), Loitering Munitions, and hypersonic weapons has largely rendered traditional Cold War-era shelter architecture obsolete. This evolution in military aviation infrastructure requires examination ...
Military Hangar Design from Past to Present: Structural Engineering and Strategic Protection
Military hangar design is not merely a construction activity, but also a defense industry component that directly affects the aircraft's survivability, maintenance speed, and strategic deterrence. This intertwined relationship between design ...
Is Turkey's Defence Expenditure of 2.09% in 2024, Above the NATO Target, Enough to Have a Strong Army?
Greece continues to arm itself against Turkey. As of 2024, Greece spent 3.08% on defence expenditures, despite a slight decline in defence expenditures compared to 2021. Turkey, on the other hand, could only increase from 1.61% to ...
Problems in the supply of personnel in the armies of the world
When I came across British officers who had left the army working in cafes or as bartenders, I would ask them why they had left the army. The answer was always the same: "Working in the army is too risky now. The possibility of death or injury is ...
Once Macron: 'NATO's brain-dead', Now Says; 'Europe Needs NATO!' Why?
If Turkey adopts the 3% target as Poland does, I believe that Turkey, which will increase its defence expenditures to $33 billion 555 million, will not only have an Army with a higher infrastructure and potential, but will also be able to host a ...
The Interaction of Defense Planning with Strategy
The concept of "strategy", which is thought to be the way of a kind of judge or general called stratos in Latin, is defined in the TDK Dictionary as "the science and art of using political, economic, psychological and military forces together in ...
What is the European Sky Shield Initiative? Why Turkey, the S-400 Owner, Engaged in this Initiative? What Can Turkey Gain?
Turkey and Greece, both NATO members since February 15, 1952, announced their joint participation in the European Sky Shield Initiative at the NATO defense ministerial summit in Brussels, also on February ...
Military Implications of the Past 30 Years for the Next 30 Years
From the perspective of ground forces, the American war machine has two distinct mechanisms. The first is the conventional US Army. The other is the US Marine Corps, the main force on which the US relies in its global power ...
What are the Effects of Having a Nuclear Weapon Capability on a Country's Defense?
It is difficult to argue that Pakistan has strengthened its position with its nuclear weapons. In the case of North Korea, their nuclear weapons and means of delivery have become the sole elements of national ...
Why is Foresight an Important Factor in Defense Planning?
Assumptions that will affect defense planning need to be determined. However, defense planning and the defense industry that supports it; political, economic, demographic, technological, cultural etc. It is affected by all environmental and national ...
Transition from Cold Peace to Hot War
The US's transformation of the fight against terrorism into a fight using terrorism, and its desire to control and weaken countries that could rival it through terrorism, led to proxy wars and the evolution of the world order into ...
Leasing Jet Fighter Planes to Fill the Temporary Gap (Stop-Gap) Is a Practical and Economical Method
If Italy had chosen the procurement solution instead of leasing aircraft, it would have had to use and maintain an aircraft system that it would no longer need after the EF Typhoon entered the inventory for approximately 50 ...
How is Marketing in the Defense Industry? What Does the Planning Programming Budgeting and Implementation System (PPBUS) Do?
Many business development specialists in the defence industry use the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database to track year-on-year jumps in countries' modernization budgets. Thus, they try to sell defense-related products to countries where the ...
Why is it not being considered to integrate new weapons into the F-16 MLUs to be given to Ukraine? Is it possible for them to make a positive contribution to the war?
The delivery of F-16s to Ukraine is ed to contribute to the harmonization of the country's fighter aircraft infrastructure and training system with Western standards, and to the formation of a Ukrainian Air Force that is in line with the ...
Can Europe's, and Turkey's in particular, declining defense spending be questioned in Vilnius?
NATO is convening the Vilnius Summit (July 11-12, 2023). The expectation that Europe should take bold steps to bolster its security in four areas could be raised at the Summit: Increasing Defense Spending per r, Enhancing Cooperation among ...
Nordic Countries Want to Create a Joint Air Force of 250 Aircraft
The concept a joint Nordic Air Force consisting around 250 modern, generation 4.5 and 5 front-line fighters in the short term and generation 5 & 6 in the medium to long term has been a subject constant consultation between the governments ...
Nuclear Umbrella for South Korea
Enhanced deterrence, including the decision to use American nuclear weapons if necessary, was one of the main issues discussed by the two leaders at this summit. The April 26 Washington Declaration declared that the United States would undertake ...
Jordan's King Abdullah's Thought About Middle East NATO
England; II. After World War II, he wanted to establish his own spheres of influence in the Middle East again. England; He combined y's security concerns with his Suez interests and wanted to establish a Middle East Defense System in which ...
Power Building Based on the Strategic Autonomy of NATO's European Wing
If a European military power structure compatible with NATO is to be established, it is expected that this power will have the competence and competence to counter the Russian threat in Europe. In particular, a European structure that will guarantee ...
Comparison of Two Fighters : French Rafale F4R vs American F-16 Block 70 Viper
While the cost of an hour's flight of Rafale aircraft is 28,000 USD, this cost is calculated as 12,000 USD for F-16s. This makes a tremendous difference in the cost of an airplane. ...
Being Ready for WAR in the Air
Events centered in our region, and risk-increasing discourses and actions that develop beyond our control occupy Turkey's immediate agenda. ...