NATSEC FINAL EXAM (TUES 12 DEC 15:30-17:30)

What is the average longevity of more than 90% of terror groups

1 Year

Name three noteworthy technological developments achieved by OSRD during the Second World War.

1. Atomic Bomb 2. Radar 3 Prox Fuse

three of the factors that contributed to the Syrian Civil War.

1. Climate Change 2. Large Youth population 3. Killings of protester

Provide three examples of climate change and, for each one, and explain a possible national security impact of each identified change.

1. Earth Warming 2.Sea Levels rising 3.Arctic is melting

Name two reasons why Russia has conducted Information operations against the United States

1. Inexpensive 2. Plausible Deniability

Name three civilian-use technologies that were actually invented by the U.S. military.

1. Internet 2. GPS 3. Jeep

Three advantages to using unmanned military aircraft

1. No loss of human life 2. Long run time 3. Inexpensive

Name three current Iranian threats to U.S. national security

1. Nuclear 2. Nation State Proxies 3. Hacking

Two climate change-driven impacts to U.S. national security and defense planning

1. Rising Tides (Naval Bases) 2. Mass Migration (Southern Boarder)

Identify three current issues of disagreement between China and the United States that have U.S. national security implications

1. Taiwan 2. Artificial Islands 3. Trade policy

2 indicators of climate change

1.Earth Is warming 2.Sea Levels rising

Briefly describe what impact you believe Russia's geography has had on Russian national security thinking.

1.No natural barriers to invasion 2.Invasions of Russia have been calamities for the Russian people 3.Russian leaders obsess about the possibility of being invaded again

Identify three different North Korean activities that currently pose a threat to U.S. national security in 2020.

1.Nukes 2.Hacking 3.War with SK

The Syrian civil war, starting in 2011 and ongoing, is considered the second-deadliest conflict of the 21st century. Scholars argue that certain climate- and demographic-related factors played a crucial role. Identify and briefly describe three of these contributing factors.

1.Youth Bulge (Large population of youth) 2.Droughts (Food Shortages) 3.Arab Spring

The Tiananmen Massacre ended a period of time known as the "Honeymoon Period"

1989

What percentage of the world's population lives within 100 km (or 66 miles) of the coast?

40%

How many U.S. servicemembers were allegedly killed in Iraq by Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP) smuggled into Iraq by Iran

600+

Which of the following terror groups are not considered "Old Terrorism"?

Al Qaida

Which of the following statements concerning the Iran hostage crisis is not true?

All statements are correct

In 2020, these two countries went to war in a brief conflict. In that conflict, one country used weaponized drones so effectively that it rapidly eliminated 1/3 of the other country's tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery

Azerbaijan and Armenia

In 2021, which country attempted to force thousands of Middle Eastern refugees across the border into neighboring countries as punishment for those countries recently sanctioning that country?

Belarus

Who was the Russian opposition leader killed in 2015 while walking across a bridge in view of the Kremlin's security cameras

Boris Nemtsov

What was the name of the former communist official who took over the newly-created Russian Federation in 1991

Boris Yeltsin

As a means to overcome U.S. and Western sanctions, which country does North Korea use to conduct illegal banking activities and to import banned Western goods?

China

Why do Chinese refer to the period of time between 1839 and 1949 as their "Century of Humiliation?"

China's government lost control over large portions of its territory and its founding principle's

Which of the following statements about Chinese hacking is not true?

Chinese hackers only target military organizations and defense contractors

What does DIME mean

Diplomatic Informational Military Economic

Conflict over the Nile River has nearly brought Egypt and South Africa to war, and talks have been underway in Washington, DC to resolve their dispute.

False

Drone strikes are supported by most American citizens, and also by most Western European citizens

False

During Vladimir Putin's years in power (since 2000), the Russian media has "rehabilitated" Josef Stalin, just as Germany has "rehabilitated" Adolf Hitler since 1989.

False

Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the 1990s were a period of phenomenal economic growth in Russia, a period of time when capitalism took root and the quality of life improved dramatically for virtually all Russians

False

On 3 January 2020, a U.S. drone fired four missiles that killed the head of Iran's Quds Forces, General al-Baghdadi, shortly after he landed in Iraq and was being driven away from the airport to meet with pro-Iranian Iraqi militia groups.

False

The Russian Revolution, which began in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1917, lasted until 1932

False

The United States is the only country in the world that produces military drones.

False

The first instance of Russian interference in U.S. presidential elections occurred in 2016

False

Two terms that mean the same thing as "gray zone conflict" are "hybrid warfare" and "asymmetric warfare".

False

Younger brother, Josef Stalin, was so angered that he became the leader of the Bolshevik Party that overthrew Tsar Nicholas in 1917 and executed him in 1918

False

One of the most noteworthy generals in the name of tech

General George C. Marshall

The reason why North Korea arrested Warmbier was

He attempted to steal a NK propaganda poster

Which of the following countries has not had troops on the ground fighting in Syria?

Israel

What did Prime Minister Mossadegh do that so enraged the British that they felt compelled to overthrow him?

Nationalized Oil in Iran

Name one of the foreign countries in Eastern Europe that were occupied by the Soviet military in 1945

Poland

Which of the following countries has been most active in establishing a military presence in the Arctic region since 2000?

Russia

What was the name of the 2010 clandestine tool that caused the destruction of Iranian centrifuges used to enrich uranium at the Iranian facility at Natanz?

STUXNET

One of the regions of the world most severely and negatively impacted by climate change is a belt of nations known as.

The Sahel region of Africa

A source of revenue for North Korea is the production and smuggling of illegal narcotics

True

Between 1949 and 1979, the United States did not have diplomatic relations with the Peoples Republic of China.

True

Caste system called Songbun. Membership in the caste system is determined by the political, social, and economic background of one's ancestors.

True

China has a social credit system in which Chinese citizens are rewarded for donating blood, engaging in charity, or praising the government but penalized by not visiting one's parents or saying critical things about the government online

True

Gray zone conflict refers to activities in the "gray area" between peace and war.

True

Groups that were considered "Old Terrorism" would conduct very public executions of senior government officials, but generally avoided killing bystanders or causing mass casualties.

True

In 1941, during World War II, the British and the Soviets jointly occupied Iran and used that country as a vital Lend-Lease route for delivery of U.S.-made weapons and other military supplies to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease.

True

In August of 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany not only signed a Non-Aggression Pact, but also secretly agreed to occupy Poland between them. In early September 1939, the Nazis seized western Poland, and later that same month the Soviet Union occupied what was left of Poland.

True

In addition to the traditional instruments of national power, Russia also employs such tools as cyber intrusion, private military contractors, "separatists", and online trolls.

True

In order to travel from one city to another, or even one village to another, a North Korean citizen must be able to show an internal passport at police checkpoints.

True

In recent years, North Korea has become known for hacking. A favored target for North Korean hackers is foreign banks, from which they steal foreign currency.

True

North Korea has the distinction of being the world's only communist dynasty

True

The 1980s was a time when Western firms expanded into China, provided the foundation for massive Chinese economic growth.

True

The Korean War, fought between 1950 and 1953, ended with an armistice (or "cease fire"). However, a peace treaty was never signed by North Korea, South Korea, and the United States

True

The Rise in migration from the Syrian civil war and Arab spring were caused by climate change.

True

There are nearly 2,000 think tanks in the world, 1/3 of which are located in the United States

True

Think tanks can differ greatly in terms of political orientation, popularity, influence, sources of funding, and areas of expertise.

True

U.S. concern that Iran could also fall to communism because Iran's best-organized political party, the Tudeh, was communist and supported Mossadegh's nationalization of Iranian oil

True

Why was this drone strike contentious from a legal perspective? Yeman

US Citizen and Denied Due Process

In which of the following countries has the United States not conducted drone strikes?

Ukraine

2018 Delta engagement Syria who did they fight and kill

Wagner Group

Since 2013, the Chinese government has been aggressively pushing a program known as "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR). What is the purpose of this program?

to simplify and accelerate the movement of trade (Expanding Global Dominance)

Why did retired four-star general Stanley McCrystal, who once headed U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, publicly warn against the overuse of drone strikes?

•Counterinsurgency requires winning over the population •Drone strikes can alienate the population •Excessive drone strikes can undermine U.S. counterinsurgency strategy