Sourced: Live Fist Defence By Shiv Aroor A $2 billion contest to purchase close-in weapon systems for the protection of Indian Air Force bases across the country is expected to begin May 15. Livefist can confirm that the Indian MoD is all set to issue requests for proposal (RFP) next month to a handful of… Continue reading $2-BILLION IAF BASE PROTECTOR GUN CONTEST BEGINS NEXT MONTH
Month: April 2018
ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES DATE FOR SNAP ELECTIONS
Sourced: Daily Sabah President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday announced that Turkey will have snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, 2018, after a meeting with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chairman Devlet Bahçeli at the presidential complex, a day after the latter called for snap elections to be held in August. The meeting,… Continue reading ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES DATE FOR SNAP ELECTIONS
GREECE AND TURKEY ARE INCHING TOWARD WAR
Sourced: Foreign Policy By Yiannis Baboulias The relationship between Greece and Turkey has never been easy. The neighboring countries have been at war with each other several times in the 20th century and were close to military conflict over the Greek islet Imia in 1996, before the United States stepped in to avert disaster. The… Continue reading GREECE AND TURKEY ARE INCHING TOWARD WAR
TURKEY SEEKS PEACE, MACRON IN SEARCH OF HEROISM IN SYRIA
Sourced: Daily Sabah By Mehmet Celik Turkey and France have different agendas regarding Syria, as President Emmanuel Macron is in search of a heroic story abroad to counter the challenges he faces in domestic politics while Ankara has been utilizing diplomatic and military energy to establish peace in the war-torn country. On Sunday, 40-year-old Macron,… Continue reading TURKEY SEEKS PEACE, MACRON IN SEARCH OF HEROISM IN SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA HOSTS MULTI-NATION MILITARY DRILLS
Sourced: Shephard Media Saudi Arabia concluded a month-long military exercise involving more than 24 nations on 16 April, a day after hosting an Arab summit that slammed what it called Iran’s growing interference in the region. The exercise on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, dubbed Gulf Shield-1, involved combat search and rescue drills as well as… Continue reading SAUDI ARABIA HOSTS MULTI-NATION MILITARY DRILLS
TRUMP’S SYRIA STRATEGY ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE
Sourced: Defence One By Kori Schake The Trump administration is coming in for an avalanche of complaints that it conducted military operations against Syria without having a strategy for Syria. This is inaccurate. President Obama had grandiose goals that he omitted to attain. He wanted Bashar al-Assad to go. He wanted the Russians to leave… Continue reading TRUMP’S SYRIA STRATEGY ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE
RUSSIA CLAIMS 71 OUT 105 CRUISE MISSILES DOWNED IN SYRIA
Sourced: The Aviationist By Tom Demerly The United States, France and the United Kingdom launched strikes against targets in Syria on Friday night U.S. time, early morning in Syria. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, told news media that the strikes hit three targets inside Syria. The targets included… Continue reading RUSSIA CLAIMS 71 OUT 105 CRUISE MISSILES DOWNED IN SYRIA
EGYPT EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE MONTHS
Sourced: Middle East Eye Egypt extended its nationwide state of emergency for three months from 14 April, the official gazette said early Saturday. Egypt first imposed the current state of emergency in April 2017 after two church bombings killed at least 45 people. It was extended in July and again in October, then in January.… Continue reading EGYPT EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE MONTHS
COULD THE U.S AND TURKEY GO TO WAR ?
Sourced: AEI By Michael Rubin It was the stuff of nationalist drivel and mad conspiracy, but in Turkey it was an instant best-seller. Almost 15 years ago, Turkish novelists Orkun Ucar and Burak Turna penned a thriller titled Metal Storm, which describes a U.S.-Turkey war in which the United States occupies Istanbul, a Turkish agent… Continue reading COULD THE U.S AND TURKEY GO TO WAR ?
U.S ASKS KOREA TO SHARE COST OF STRATEGIC WEAPONS
Sourced: Korea Joongang Daily Washington asked Seoul to share the cost of rotationally deploying U.S. strategic assets around the Korean Peninsula, an official with South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, stoking local fears about a higher financial burden as the Donald Trump administration is pushing allies to pay more for their defense. The official,… Continue reading U.S ASKS KOREA TO SHARE COST OF STRATEGIC WEAPONS