Sourced : Foreign Policy By Lincoln Pigman, Kyle Orton Libya, which has been wracked by instability and violence since 2011, is re-emerging as a geopolitical hotspot. With opposing forces fighting for control of the war-torn country — the main two being the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) —… Continue reading INSIDE PUTIN’S LIBYAN POWER PLAN
Month: September 2017
ROLL-ROYCE OFFERS ENGINE FOR B-52 PROPULSION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME
Sourced : Defence News By: Valerie Insinna Rolls-Royce has a pitch for the U.S. Air Force: Pick the BR725 — a variant of the F130 that powers the E-11 and C-37 aircraft — to replace the B-52’s aging engines, and the company will set up a new F130 final assembly and testing to the United… Continue reading ROLL-ROYCE OFFERS ENGINE FOR B-52 PROPULSION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME
JAPAN SCRAMBLES TO GROWING INCURSIONS OF CHINA RUSSIA WARPLANES
Sourced : Asia Times By Peter J. Brown Amid talk of Beijing and Moscow playing a role to defuse the confrontation with North Korea, actions by China and Russia’s air forces around Japan would seem to be adding pressure on Tokyo to boost military spending. Russian and Chinese military aircraft are probing Japanese air defenses… Continue reading JAPAN SCRAMBLES TO GROWING INCURSIONS OF CHINA RUSSIA WARPLANES
IAI INTRODUCES A LOITERING WEAPON OPTIMIZED FOR MARITIME ATTACK
Sourced : Defence Update ByTamir Eshel Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a Maritime version of its Harop Loitering Munitions (LM) family. The company is displaying the weapon at the DSEI 2017 defense expo in London this week. The new marine capabilities of the HAROP extends the operational capability of surface ships, from offshore patrol… Continue reading IAI INTRODUCES A LOITERING WEAPON OPTIMIZED FOR MARITIME ATTACK
ERDOGAN : S-400 IS A DONE DEAL DOWN PAYMENT ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO MOSCOW
Sourced : Daily Sabah By Ali Ünal President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dispelled speculation on whether Turkey would give up ongoing negotiations with Russia for the purchase of the S-400 missile defense system due to pressure from NATO, saying that the first down payment for the missile system was already transferred to Russia. Speaking to journalists… Continue reading ERDOGAN : S-400 IS A DONE DEAL DOWN PAYMENT ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO MOSCOW
SYRIAN ARMY AND ALLIES THRUST EAST TO BREAK SIEGE IN DEIR AL ZOR CITY
Sourced : Reuters By Ellen Francis, Laila Bassam With a sudden lunge through jihadist lines, the Syrian army and its allies on Monday came to within 3 km of relieving the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor, where Islamic State has besieged 93,000 civilians and an army garrison for years. The advance on the eastern city… Continue reading SYRIAN ARMY AND ALLIES THRUST EAST TO BREAK SIEGE IN DEIR AL ZOR CITY
U.S-BACKED FORCES SEIZE RAQQA’S OLD CITY FROMISIS BUT A TOUGH FIGHT LIES AHEAD
Sourced : The Washington Post By Liz Sly U.S.-backed forces in Syria have captured the Old City of Raqqa, the latest milestone in their ongoing assault against the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State’s rapidly shrinking territories, according to a U.S. military statement on Monday. Kurdish and Arab fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces secured… Continue reading U.S-BACKED FORCES SEIZE RAQQA’S OLD CITY FROMISIS BUT A TOUGH FIGHT LIES AHEAD
DER SPIEGEL : ALMOST 60 SYRIAN MILITIA FIGHTERS ENTERED GERMANY AS REFUGESS
Sourced : DW Almost 60 former fighters from a Syrian militia group linked to al Qaeda came to Germany posing as refugees, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The former fighters are thought to have been members of the Owais al-Qorani Brigade and to have fought on various sides of the Syrian war.… Continue reading DER SPIEGEL : ALMOST 60 SYRIAN MILITIA FIGHTERS ENTERED GERMANY AS REFUGESS
RUSSIA HAS SPY SHIP THAT TAPS UNDERSEA INTERNET CABLES
Sourced : Asia Times By Asia Unhedged The Russian Navy has been operating an advanced spy ship that’s suspected of tapping into undersea internet cables and carrying out other intelligence missions on the ocean floor, according to an updated story by Covert Shores, a specialist website dedicated to analysis of maritime special forces and submarines.… Continue reading RUSSIA HAS SPY SHIP THAT TAPS UNDERSEA INTERNET CABLES
CHINA AND INDIA : A LESSON IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Sourced : The Diplomat By Amitai Etzioni China and India just reminded the world – especially those who have seen the slaughter in the killing fields in the Middle East and Africa – that differences among people can be settled without firing a shot, without anyone getting killed. The dispute began when China started to… Continue reading CHINA AND INDIA : A LESSON IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION