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Samuel Bendett said, “Beijing would be hesitant to open itself up to international sanctions for helping Moscow's war machine, and that more information was needed to establish that China was playing host to production of Russian military drones.”

Steven Wills said, “The number of civilian mariners freed up for that new construction by moving about 12 expeditionary fast transports, or EFPs, and five other ships to inactive status likely would be insufficient.”

Elizabeth Wishnick said, “I don’t know that you are going to see Russian planes supporting a Chinese attack on Taiwan, for example, or in a conflict with the Philippines are Russian vessels are going to support Chinese ones? I doubt it.”

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s Chief of Staff Mr. Christopher Diaz delivered remarks at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) Maritime Economic Deterrence Executive Council (MEDEC) to discuss the importance of the initiative at Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 17, 2024.

Dov Zakheim writes, “Even as Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has prompted speculation surrounding the implications of Kyiv’s military successes for potential talks, Russian leaders have rejected negotiations amid assertions that Moscow won’t negotiate “under pressure.”

Samuel Bendett said, “If [Garpiya’s wreckage] is happening, it could indicate that Russia can now rely more on domestic development as well as, obviously, on China, since both sides in this war depend on many Chinese components for drone production

From 2016 to 2022, almost 1,300 public safety personnel, including police officers, across the country died by suicide, according to the First HELP and CNA Corporation report. That accounted for roughly 184 officers taking their own life each year.

Samuel Bendett said, “If Ukraine maintains pressure on Russian industrial and military sites and potential targets, that is going to have a significant consequence on how Russia fights.”

Dmitry Gorenburg writes, “In launching its offensive into Kursk, Ukraine took a serious risk by shaking up the war narrative and improving its position in a potential future negotiation. On the ground, the offensive has developed in a highly favorable way for Ukraine. However, it is still too early to tell whether that will result in strategic benefits for Ukraine’s overall war effort.”

Michael B. Petersen writes, “Scholarly explanations for why Russia would not invade Ukraine varied but tended to rely on utilitarian or instrumental factors. The invasion would be too costly to Moscow; international sanctions would annihilate the Russian economy; President Vladimir Putin’s domestic support would crumble; Russia would finally and fully become a pariah state; and Putin himself was not such a risky gambler.”

Some changes to the Alert Carolina system are based on the after-action report the University received from research and analysis organization, the Center for Naval Analyses, in May.

Samuel Bendett said, “I have not seen that particular drone application before, but [I'm] not surprised that Ukrainians are leading the charge once again since they have been the first to utilize many drones in novel ways throughout this conflict.”

Samuel Bendett said, “I do think once the weather changes, in the fall and the winter there won't be foliage to begin with, but right now as long as there's foliage that allows soldiers to hide under it, to place equipment under, to establish positions, storage facilities, this drone could be quite dangerous.”

While a Center for Naval Analyses report rightly notes the difficulty of quantifying Russia's nuclear threshold, it is in Washington's interest to avoid violating red lines that could allow the conflict in Ukraine to spiral out of control.

Decker Eveleth said, "[Satellite imagery identifying nine horizontal launch pads] are located in three groups inside high berms to shield them from attack or to prevent an accidental blast in one from detonating missiles in the others."

Samuel Bendett said, “I have not seen that particular drone application before, but [I’m] not surprised that Ukrainians are leading the charge once again since they have been the first to utilize many drones in novel ways throughout this conflict”