US OFFICIALS CALLS ON KOSOVO TO RETRACT LAW ON CREATING ARMY

Sourced : Yahoo News A senior United States official called on Kosovo leaders Wednesday to retract a draft law on the transformation of its security force into a regular army and to continue consultations on the issue with the country’s ethnic minorities. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Brian Yee urged the government in Pristina… Continue reading US OFFICIALS CALLS ON KOSOVO TO RETRACT LAW ON CREATING ARMY

RAF TYPHOONS TO DEPLOY TO ROMANIA TO PROVIDE AIR POLICING IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

Sourced : Aviationist By David Cenciotti On Mar. 27, the UK MoD (Ministry of Defence) has announced that four Typhoon combat planes, belonging to the 3 (Fighter) Squadron will fly from RAF Coningsby to Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase in southeast Romania, to support NATO’s Southern Air Policing mission from May to September 2017. During QRA tasks… Continue reading RAF TYPHOONS TO DEPLOY TO ROMANIA TO PROVIDE AIR POLICING IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN DUMA CONCERNED OVER “A SMALL TURKEY” IN NORTHERN SYRIA

Sourced : Kom News Turkey’s military presence in Syria is worrying Russia, says Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Duma, in a press conference held in Moscow. “We know the situation in Northern Syria,” Slutsky said as quoted by Sputnik. “Turkish troops took al-Bab and they could take more land… Continue reading CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN DUMA CONCERNED OVER “A SMALL TURKEY” IN NORTHERN SYRIA

INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS : NEW HYBRID TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM FOR DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

IDE New Hybrid Technology System for Defense Applications

Sourced : INTRACOM Defense Electronics In the frame of the policy of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense for creating energy-autonomous camps by using Smart Grids and Renewable Energy Sources, IDE (INTRACOM Defense Electronics) installed for evaluation, at a Hellenic Air Force base, the Hybrid System HG10K-10. The system is an innovative Hybrid Electric Power… Continue reading INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS : NEW HYBRID TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM FOR DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR : “TURKEY HEADED TOWARDS CIVIL CONFLICT, IF NOT CIVIL WAR”

Sourced : Kom News Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon Staff Advisor Michael Rubin said that Turkey is headed towards “a prolonged period of civil conflict if not civil war,” in an interview with Firat News Agency (ANF) published on Wednesday. Answering a question on the 16 April referendum in Turkey,… Continue reading EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR : “TURKEY HEADED TOWARDS CIVIL CONFLICT, IF NOT CIVIL WAR”

GERMANY HAS FOUND EIGHT ALTERNATIVES TO INCIRLIK AIRBASE IN TURKEY

Sourced : Kom News Germany’s efforts to find an alternative to Incirlik airbase in Turkey have resulted in eight candidate bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus, according to a press release reported by German daily Die Welt. “The investigation of alternative locations to the Turkish air base Incirlik has shown that, from a military point… Continue reading GERMANY HAS FOUND EIGHT ALTERNATIVES TO INCIRLIK AIRBASE IN TURKEY

TURKEY’S “EUPHRATES SHIELD” OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA “SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED”

Sourced : Hurriyet A military operation launched by the Turkish military in Syria’s north to secure Turkey’s borders has been successfully completed, the country’s top security board has said. “Euphrates Shield” Operation, launched to secure our country’s border security, prevent [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] DEAŞ threats and attack targeting our country, give… Continue reading TURKEY’S “EUPHRATES SHIELD” OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA “SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED”

3M22 ZIRCON : RUSSIA’S “UNSTOPPABLE” HYPERSONIC MISSILE

Sourced : International Business Times By James Billington Russia claims to have created a devastating hypersonic missile that travels five times faster than the speed of sound and could rip through navy warship defences because it’s too fast to stop. The Kremlin’s 3M22 Zircon (Brahmos II) missile has been called “unstoppable”, “unbeatable” and “undefendable” with… Continue reading 3M22 ZIRCON : RUSSIA’S “UNSTOPPABLE” HYPERSONIC MISSILE

EGYPT SOON TO RECEIVE ITS FIRST KA-52 COMBAT HELICOPTERS FROM RUSSIA

Sourced : Defence Blog Egypt’s military is to receive its first Ka-52 combat helicopters in the third quarter of 2017. In an interview with Russian news agency TASS, Russian Helicopters subsidiary Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company’s CEO Andrei Boginsky said the first batch of the Ka-52 reconnaissance/attack helicopters (also known by the NATO reporting name Hokum-B),… Continue reading EGYPT SOON TO RECEIVE ITS FIRST KA-52 COMBAT HELICOPTERS FROM RUSSIA

SAAB TO RESPOND TO INDIAN NAVY’S RFI WITH JAS-39 GRIPEN MARITIME

Sourced : Gripen Blog Saab is in the process of responding to an Indian Navy request for information (RFI) with Gripen Maritime that is it has been developing with UK and Brazilian engineers, reports Jane’s. Speaking at the Gripen Annual Seminar in Stockholm, Jerker Ahlqvist, head of the Gripen programme, said that Saab was confident… Continue reading SAAB TO RESPOND TO INDIAN NAVY’S RFI WITH JAS-39 GRIPEN MARITIME