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 isn't demilitarization used as a defensive strategy?
If a country was to disband any and all of its military, and sell off its military assets, wouldn't it be an effective way to prevent an invasion? Because after this, it's clear to anyone that this country is not a threat to anyone. No military…
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How do civilian goverments keep on check military power?
The Army could easily seize control of a country and the power of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches is only in paper.
What are the mechanisms a civilian Government use to control the Military power?
How/When did the rule of the…
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Why aren't there any protectorate anymore?
Republic of Minerva looks good. It fails in one thing. It fails to protect itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_Reefs
Capitalism is good for pretty much everything but security. So a rich capitalist country paying US, UK, or China for…
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Whom do a Western defense company first talk to?
Suppose a Western company wants to sell their products to another country, presumably non-Western.
Say, a company based in the UK wants to sell a missile system to the Saudis.
I can see two scenario here -
talk to the UK government and tell them to…
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