Sourced : B-92 The 64-year-old Serb politician died in the local hospital, where he was taken after the incident. A post mortem carried out in this town in northern Kosovo on Tuesday afternoon showed that the as yet unknown killer shot Ivanovic six times in the chest and upper abdomen. According to this, the murder… Continue reading SERB POLITICIAN OLIVER IVANOVIC SHOT SIX TIMES, DIES OF HIS WOUNDS
Category: Conflict
U.S MILITARY QUIETLY PREPARES FOR A LAST RESORT : WAR WITH NORTH KOREA
Sourced : New York Times By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbos-Neff, and John Ismay Across the military, officers and troops are quietly preparing for a war they hope will not come. At Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, a mix of 48 Apache gunships and Chinook cargo helicopters took off in an exercise… Continue reading U.S MILITARY QUIETLY PREPARES FOR A LAST RESORT : WAR WITH NORTH KOREA
USAF B-2 BOMBERS IN GUAM LAY BARE PLA’S WEAK UNDERBELLY
Sourced : Asia Times The Pentagon’s placement of three B-2 heavy penetration strategic bombers along with a crew of 200 pilots, technicians and maintenance personnel at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam has again highlighted the conspicuous absence of China’s H-20 bombers in the area. The US Air Force has provided scant details about the… Continue reading USAF B-2 BOMBERS IN GUAM LAY BARE PLA’S WEAK UNDERBELLY
ERDOGAN : WE WILL “STRANGLE” U.S-BACKED FORCE IN SYRIA “BEFORE IT’S EVEN BORN”
Sourced : New York Times Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to “strangle” a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born,” as Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters drove a wedge into relations with one of its main Middle East allies. The United States announced its support on Sunday for plans for a… Continue reading ERDOGAN : WE WILL “STRANGLE” U.S-BACKED FORCE IN SYRIA “BEFORE IT’S EVEN BORN”
RUSSIA IS BLAMING TURKEY FOR ATTACKS ON ITS MILITARY BASE IN SYRIA
Sourced : Business Insider By Daniel Brown The Russian military announced on Wednesday that Turkish-backed rebels attacked its Hmeimim air base and Tartus naval facility in Syria over the weekend with 13 drones. “The recent drone attack on Russian bases in Syria was launched from an area near Idlib, which is controlled by Turkish-backed rebel… Continue reading RUSSIA IS BLAMING TURKEY FOR ATTACKS ON ITS MILITARY BASE IN SYRIA
TURKISH ARMY TO UNLEASH MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA
Sourced : Xinhua The Turkish army is preparing to unleash an offensive against the Kurdish-controlled Afreen region in northern Syria, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Sunday. The Turkish army has set up field hospitals in a Turkish border area of Kumlu close to Syria’s Idlib province in northwestern Syria as part of the preparation to… Continue reading TURKISH ARMY TO UNLEASH MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA
SYRIAN AIR DEFENCE HIT ISRAELI FIGHTER JET
Sourced : Xinhua Israel carried out several attacks on Syrian military positions before daybreak Tuesday, 9th of January 2018 the Syrian army said in a statement. At 2:40 a.m. local time (0040 GMT), Israeli warplanes fired several missiles from inside the Lebanese airspace on the Syrian area of Qutaifa in the countryside of the capital… Continue reading SYRIAN AIR DEFENCE HIT ISRAELI FIGHTER JET
DEFINING ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE : EXTREMISTS USE RETAIL DRONES TO ATTACK RUSSIAN AIR BASE IN SYRIA
Sourced : The Aviationist By Tom Demerly It is the definition of asymmetrical warfare: a fast-moving, lightly armed insurgency fueled by a radical doctrine uses simple weapons to attack a larger, seemingly more capable occupying force. Taking inspiration from the doctrines of T.E. Lawrence, Sun Tzu, Che Guevara and Ho Chi Minh, extremists in Syria… Continue reading DEFINING ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE : EXTREMISTS USE RETAIL DRONES TO ATTACK RUSSIAN AIR BASE IN SYRIA
HOUTHI REBELS RELEASE FLIR VIDEO SHOWING SHOOT DOWN OF SAUDI F-15S OVER YEMEN (VIDEO)
Sourced : The Drive By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Houthi rebels have released video they claim shows the exact moment they shot down Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S over Yemen. The Iranian-supported militants appear to have at least tracked the jet using a repurposed FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE sensor turret, which features an infrared… Continue reading HOUTHI REBELS RELEASE FLIR VIDEO SHOWING SHOOT DOWN OF SAUDI F-15S OVER YEMEN (VIDEO)
WITH A MINOR TWEAK F-35S COULD SHOOT DOWN NORTH KOREA MISSILES
Sourced : Business Insider By Alex Lockie As the US military begins deploying the F-35, which brings with it the promise of revolutionizing aerial combat, it may also be deploying a ballistic-missile defense asset. US jet fighters have spent decades trying to master the air-to-air kill. In the days of “Top Gun” and the F-14… Continue reading WITH A MINOR TWEAK F-35S COULD SHOOT DOWN NORTH KOREA MISSILES