Sourced: Daily Sabah A toy drone flying without an authorization was shot down outside the Saudi Royal Palace in Riyadh’s Khozama district late Saturday, a senior Saudi official said. A spokesman for the Riyadh police said forces at a checkpoint in the Khozama district identified the drone and “dealt with it according to their orders”,… Continue reading TOY DRONE SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE SAUDI ROYAL PALACE OFFICIAL SAYS AFTER REPORTS OF GUNFIRE
Month: April 2018
SHIP SECURITY OFFICER (SSO) COURSE
About the course Our course follows the ISPS Code, which is a comprehensive set of maritime security measures to enhance the safety and security of ships and port facilities against criminal, terrorist, espionage, and piracy threats. The ISPS Code 2004 update provides a standardised model of risk management that is internationally recognised. Designed in the… Continue reading SHIP SECURITY OFFICER (SSO) COURSE
NORTH KOREA SUSPENDS MISSILE TESTS, CLOSING NUCLEAR TEST SITE
Sourced: Military.com By Elizabeth Zwirz North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced Friday that his country will be suspending missile testing and closing a nuclear test site, several reports said. “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” the Korean Central News Agency said, according to Yonhap News.… Continue reading NORTH KOREA SUSPENDS MISSILE TESTS, CLOSING NUCLEAR TEST SITE
AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS CHALLENGED BY CHINESE WARSHIPS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Sourced: ABC News By Andrew Greene Three Australian warships were challenged by the Chinese military as they travelled through the disputed South China Sea earlier this month, the ABC can reveal. The confrontations with the People’s Liberation Army are believed to have occurred as China was conducting its largest ever naval exercises in the hotly… Continue reading AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS CHALLENGED BY CHINESE WARSHIPS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
GREECE TO LEASE TWO FREMM FRIGATES FROM FRANCE AMID AEGEAN TENSIONS WITH TURKEY
Sourced: Shephard Greece will this summer lease two state-of-the-art French warships, the defence ministry said 20 April as Athens seeks to bolster its defences in the Aegean Sea amid growing tensions with Turkey. Confirming a report by the daily Kathimerini, Greece’s deputy defence minister, Fotis Kouvelis, told SKAI radio that France ‘has made two frigates… Continue reading GREECE TO LEASE TWO FREMM FRIGATES FROM FRANCE AMID AEGEAN TENSIONS WITH TURKEY
LM AWARDED $928 MILLION FOR HYPERSONIC CONVENTIONAL STRIKE WEAPON
Sourced: U.S Department of Defense Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Space, Huntsville, Alabama, is the successful offeror of a $928,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the hypersonic conventional strike weapon. This contract provides for the design, development, engineering, systems integration, test, logistics planning, and aircraft integration support of all the elements of a hypersonic, conventional, air-launched,… Continue reading LM AWARDED $928 MILLION FOR HYPERSONIC CONVENTIONAL STRIKE WEAPON
CHINA SENDS WARNING TO TAIWAN WITH NAVAL DRILLS NEAR ISLAND
Sourced: Defense News By: Gillian Wong, The Associated Press China’s navy held live-fire exercises near Taiwan on Wednesday in a warning to the democratic, self-ruled island against what Beijing describes as “dangerous” remarks on independence. Few details about the drills in the Taiwan Strait have been released by the Chinese government. State broadcaster China Central… Continue reading CHINA SENDS WARNING TO TAIWAN WITH NAVAL DRILLS NEAR ISLAND
ANKARA SAYS IMIA ISLETS IS TURKISH TERRITORY RESPONDING TO EU PROGRESS REPORT
Sourced: Ekathimerini Turkey has attacked the European Commission’s progress report, accusing the European Union of being “unwilling to understand the difficulties” the country is facing. A statement issued by the country’s Foreign Ministry said that “the Kardak Rocks and their territorial waters and airspace above them are exclusive under Turkish sovereignty,” in reference to Greece’s… Continue reading ANKARA SAYS IMIA ISLETS IS TURKISH TERRITORY RESPONDING TO EU PROGRESS REPORT
A STRIKE TO STRENGTHEN ASSAD
Sourced: Middle East Monitor By Iyad Al-Dulaimi After heated tweets and large deployments with his Western allies, the American President, Donald Trump, along with Britain and France attacked targets and sites associated with Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. This was the long-awaited response to Al-Assad’s attack on Douma with chemical weapons, killing more than 70, including women… Continue reading A STRIKE TO STRENGTHEN ASSAD
HOW ANKARA’S ACTIONS CONTRADICT ITS CLAIMS OF OPPOSING ISIS
Sourced: Rand By Ahmet S. Yayla and Colin P. Clarke The decline of the Islamic State, nearly four years after its emergence, was the result of an aggressive military campaign to combat the group spearheaded primarily by the United States. That has not stopped Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu from writing an article… Continue reading HOW ANKARA’S ACTIONS CONTRADICT ITS CLAIMS OF OPPOSING ISIS