RAND Corporation
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| Web site | www.rand.org |
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| President, RAND Europe | Hans Pung |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Founded | May 14 |
| 1948 | |
| Subsidiaries | RAND Project Air Force |
| RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy | |
| RAND Education | |
| Founders | Curtis LeMay |
| Henry H. Arnold | |
| Donald Wills Douglas Sr. | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 510386 |
About RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed by the U. S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and private individuals.
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... Dara Massicot, senior policy researcher at the Rand Corporation, says that the aim of the attacks is to wear down Ukrainian air defences...
The biggest intelligence leaks in US history
... In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst at the Rand Corporation, leaked a report commissioned by the US military about the Vietnam War...
How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable
... " The message helps counteract any tendency that might develop in the military to build loyalty towards senior PLA leaders who might someday oppose Xi, " said Timothy Heath, a senior international defence researcher at US think tank Rand Corporation...
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
... " It s North Korea s way of showing defiance of the [US] alliance, " Soo Kim, an analyst at the Rand Corporation, told AFP...
United States passes one million Covid deaths
... But a study from the Rand Corporation credited the jabs with saving 140,000 lives in the US A separate analysis by the Peterson Center for Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that around a quarter of the US deaths - about 234,000 people - could have been prevented with vaccines...
Ukraine conflict: Why is Russia losing so many tanks?
... According to the Rand Corporation and the IISS, in total at the start of the conflict...
Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics
... " Both Russia and India are wary of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network, and the potential for terrorism coming out of Afghanistan and impacting their countries, So, Afghanistan really is an area of strong agreements between New Delhi and Moscow, " says Derek Grossman, senior defence analyst at the US-based Rand Corporation think-tank...
Should workers be allowed to nap at work?
... A 2016 analysis conducted by the Rand Corporation pegs, including lost productivity...
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile off its East Coast , its first known test since June, South Korean military officials have said.
It came after a US Aircraft Carrier arrived in South Korea to participate in joint drills, and ahead of a planned visit by Vice President Kamala Harris .
Seoul said The Launch was an " act of grave provocation".
The UN prohibits North Korea from ballistic and nuclear weapons tests.
South Korea 's military said it detected a short range missile fired at just before 07:00 local time (23:00 GMT) close to Taechon, More Than 100 km (60 Miles ) north of Pyongyang. It said it flew about 600 km at an altitude of 60 km.
" Our military maintains a full readiness posture and is closely cooperating with the US while strengthening surveillance and vigilance, " it said in a statement.
Japan's Coast Guard confirmed The Launch , warning ships to " be vigilant". Tokyo's Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada said the missile reached a maximum altitude of around 50 km, falling in waters off North Korea 's eastern coast, and outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
" It's North Korea 's way of showing defiance of the [US] alliance, " Soo Kim , an analyst at the Rand Corporation , told AFP.
The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan docked in the southern port city of Busan on Friday, to take part in joint drills off South Korea 's East Coast . The exercises are for the " sake of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula " according to The South Korean navy.
Ms Harris will visit South Korea in The Coming days as part of A Trip to the region that will include The Funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe .
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have spiked in The Past year, with Pyongyang firing A Number of ballistic missiles.
South Korea 's President, Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has promised a tougher stance on North Korea and indicated closer ties with the US.
Earlier this month, North Korea itself to be a nuclear weapons state, with leader Kim Jong-un ruling out the possibility of talks on denuclearisation. Despite widespread sanctions, Pyongyang conducted six nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.
Source of news: bbc.com
