Source: Proto Thema Turkey’s military has sent its most significant batch of reinforcements to the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib in weeks, reports said Monday, as Ankara seeks to prevent a Moscow-backed assault by forces of President Bashar al-Assad. The reports came as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin… Continue reading TURKEY SENDS MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS TO IDLIB PROVINCE IN SYRIA
Month: September 2018
ISRAEL, TURKEY SAID IN TALKS TO REPAIR RELATIONS RETURN ENVOYS
Source Times of Israel Israel and Turkey are holding backchannel talks in a bid to restore the all-but-severed diplomatic relations between the two nations. After the violent protests on the Gaza border in May in which over 60 Palestinians, most of them members of Hamas and other terror groups, were killed, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip… Continue reading ISRAEL, TURKEY SAID IN TALKS TO REPAIR RELATIONS RETURN ENVOYS
CHINESE NAVY STRETCHED KILO CLASS SUBMARINE
Source: H I Sutton A video capture posted on Chinese media on 9th September 2018 shows the Chinese Navy’s stretched Pr. 877EKM KILO Class submarine. The vessel has a hull insert approximately 15 meters long. The increased space most likely accommodates an Air Independent Power (AIP) system to increase the submarine’s stealth in littoral environments.… Continue reading CHINESE NAVY STRETCHED KILO CLASS SUBMARINE
RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF F-35 TO TURKEY UPHELD IN USA
Source: Ekathimerini A joint US House and Senate conference committee upheld on Thursday restrictions on the sale of Russian F-35s to Turkey in its report on the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for 2019, Greek-American media have reported. The decision, which US President Trump will decide whether to pass into law on October 1, temporarily… Continue reading RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF F-35 TO TURKEY UPHELD IN USA
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HOLD DRILLS IN BERING SEA IN HUGE MILITARY EXERCISE
Source: Al Arabiya Russian warships held drills in the Bering Sea which separates Russia from Alaska, part of Moscow’s biggest military maneuvers since the fall of the Soviet Union, footage aired by the Ministry of Defense showed on Friday. The Vostok-2018 (East-2018) drills, which run until Sept. 17, are taking place in Siberia and in… Continue reading RUSSIAN WARSHIPS HOLD DRILLS IN BERING SEA IN HUGE MILITARY EXERCISE
NEW ALLIANCE EMERGES IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO RESHAPE REGIONAL SECURITY LANDSCAPE
By Peter Korzun Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The military-political landscape in Europe and the Mediterranean is changing. NATO is not as unified as it once was, and Turkey’s membership has become more of a formality than a real thing. A pro-US group consisting of Great Britain, Poland, and the Baltic States has emerged as part… Continue reading NEW ALLIANCE EMERGES IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO RESHAPE REGIONAL SECURITY LANDSCAPE
CHINA GETS CLOSER TO ITS DREAM OF A BLUE WATER NAVY WITH RAPID EXPANSION OF AFRICA BASE
Source: The Print By Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) Just last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to leaders of African nations, welcoming them on his “development express”. This strategy has seen China’s exports to Africa increase by 55 per cent in the last five years. Beijing is also increasingly exporting weapons systems to African countries.… Continue reading CHINA GETS CLOSER TO ITS DREAM OF A BLUE WATER NAVY WITH RAPID EXPANSION OF AFRICA BASE
DEFENSE COOPERATION BETWEEN US AND GREECE EXPANDING
Source: Ekathimerini The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday reported that due to the rift in relations with Turkey, the US military is engaged in talks to expand its operations in Greece. This expansion will entail the use of more air and naval bases in the country. The paper cited American officials who said that relations… Continue reading DEFENSE COOPERATION BETWEEN US AND GREECE EXPANDING
MIG REPORTEDLY RESUMED WORK IN SKAT UCAV
Source: Air Recognition The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG has resumed its work on the Skat combat unmanned aerial vehicle whose design will contain technologies that make drones less noticeable for radars, a defense industry source told TASS. “The company has resumed its work on Skat. It plans to create the preproduction model of a jet-propelled… Continue reading MIG REPORTEDLY RESUMED WORK IN SKAT UCAV
DON’T FEAR THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
Source: The Atlantic By Mark Galeotti The headline figures for Russia’s Vostok (or “East”) military exercises, which began yesterday, are dramatic: 300,000 soldiers, 36,000 tanks and other vehicles, 80 ships, and 1,000 aircraft operating across more than half the country. That’s double the size of the British armed forces. It’s also twice the size of… Continue reading DON’T FEAR THE RUSSIAN MILITARY