Sourced : Sputnik In a public statement, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced that on the 9th of January 2017, the country had successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable, 450-km range Babur-3 submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM). It went on to add that the missile provides a credible second strike capability and augments deterrence. Pakistan has not specified… Continue reading PAKISTAN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED A BABUR-3 SUBMARINE LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (Video)
Month: January 2017
RUSSIA SENDS MORE MILITARY GEAR TO SYRIA AFTER DRAWDOWN CLAIM
Sourced : Middle East Eye Russian cargo ships have been spotted transporting military equipment towards Syria, days after Moscow ordered its only aircraft carrier to home as part of a general drawdown of forces involved in the Syria conflict. The carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was sent to the eastern Mediterranean in the autumn to mount… Continue reading RUSSIA SENDS MORE MILITARY GEAR TO SYRIA AFTER DRAWDOWN CLAIM
CHINA EXPECTED TO HAVE THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GROUPS IN NEAR FUTURE
Sourced : Sputnik The Chinese military’s combat capability has significantly grown in the past decade. At present, China’s second aircraft carrier is under construction. According to military expert Liang Fang, the Chinese navy is expected to build its third aircraft carrier battle group in the near future and that would be capable of safeguarding territorial… Continue reading CHINA EXPECTED TO HAVE THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GROUPS IN NEAR FUTURE
ARE CONDITIONS RIPENING FOR IRAQI KURDISH STATE ?
Sourced : Council on Foreign Relations Author: Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei The failure of Iraq, breakdown of Syria, and changes in Turkey have created opportunities for Kurds in all three countries. They are not quite the regional kingmakers that some Kurds have boasted they might become, but Kurdish political and military power is… Continue reading ARE CONDITIONS RIPENING FOR IRAQI KURDISH STATE ?
TURKEY AGREES TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
Sourced : Al Arabiya Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and is expected to also meet President Fuad Masum and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri. Iraqi television quoted al-Abadi confirming an agreement reached with Turkey on the withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern… Continue reading TURKEY AGREES TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ
548 DANGEROUS ISLAMISTS IN GERMANY – 50 WERE DENIED ASYLUM BUT NEVER DEPORTED
Sourced : Proto Thema The German Police has a list of 548 Islamists who the German authorities believe they pose a threat to the national security. Among them are at least 50 Islamists whose asylum application has been rejected but they have not been deported. According to German media, the number of the Islamists in… Continue reading 548 DANGEROUS ISLAMISTS IN GERMANY – 50 WERE DENIED ASYLUM BUT NEVER DEPORTED
US ARMING YPG IN SYRIA “INTOLERABLE” FOR TURKEY
Sourced : Anadolou Agency By Mustafa Keles, Betul Yuruk & Burcu Arik Ankara considers the U.S. arming the YPG “intolerable” because the terror group poses a great threat to Turkey, that country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday. “It is even so hard to accept a terror supporter country as an ally,” Cavusoglu said at… Continue reading US ARMING YPG IN SYRIA “INTOLERABLE” FOR TURKEY
CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND
Sourced : Kathimerini By Michele Kambas It is a dispute that has brought NATO partners Greece and Turkey to the brink of war and confounded generations of diplomats; but Geneva negotiations next week offer the best chance in decades of reuniting the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. On the face of it, the omens are… Continue reading CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS OFFER GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ISLAND
US RELEASES DECLASSIFIED REPORT ON RUSSIAN HACKING DURING 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PERIOD
Sourced : The Verge Βy Colin Lecher The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released its public report on Russian hacking operations in the United States. The report, a declassified version of a classified report ordered by President Obama, details attempts by Russia to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, and concludes cyber-operations… Continue reading US RELEASES DECLASSIFIED REPORT ON RUSSIAN HACKING DURING 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PERIOD
TILL 2018 ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE FOR A NEW PROCUREMENT BETWEEN F-15I AND F-35B
Sourced : Globes By Yuval Azulai The first two F-35 Adir Stealth warplanes delivered a month ago to the Israeli air force have already performed astonishingly in a few flights in Israeli skies. Their advanced systems are being studied by the pilots and technical crews ahead of the arrival of 38 more F-35s in the… Continue reading TILL 2018 ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE FOR A NEW PROCUREMENT BETWEEN F-15I AND F-35B