Sourced : Foreign Policy By Nick Danforth Erdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, President Recep… Continue reading TURKEY’S NEW MAPS ARE RECLAIMING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Category: Security and Strategy
77th, 340th USAF WEAPONS SCHOOLS INTEGRATE COMBAT SKILLSETS
Sourced : Barksdale Air Force Base By Senior Airman Curt Beach, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs From 28,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, B-52 Stratofortress pilots Capt. Lance Adsit and Lt. Col. Erik Johnson look out their cockpit window to see a fellow bomber aircraft soaring through the clouds to their right; two B-1… Continue reading 77th, 340th USAF WEAPONS SCHOOLS INTEGRATE COMBAT SKILLSETS
WASHINGTON IS QUIETLY REINFORCING EUROPE’S NORTHERN FLANK
Sourced : Defence One By Magnus Nordenman The recent stream of senior U.S. defense officials to Nordic countries underlines American concerns about potential friction in northern Europe, and Washington’s efforts to boost defense and deterrence there. Defense Secretary Ash Carter stopped in Norway in early September, while his deputy Bob Work, who has been to… Continue reading WASHINGTON IS QUIETLY REINFORCING EUROPE’S NORTHERN FLANK
TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
Sourced : OANN By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold Turkey is seeking an end to NATO’s counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea and it is telling the U.S.-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to get to Greece means there is no longer a need for warships to patrol its coast. Turkish Defence… Continue reading TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK
Sourced : Defence One By Charles F. Wald Turkey’s Incirlik airbase has supported America’s most vital strategic needs for more than a half century, first during the Cold War and more recently in the fight against terrorists. Now, as its host country becomes less stable and less friendly to the United States, the best way… Continue reading GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK
MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE ALONG RUSSIA’S BORDER TO NORWAY
Sourced : The Barents Observer By Atle Staalesen The powerful military units based in Pechenga rayon, the municipality located along the border to Norway and Finland, are on full alert as one of the biggest exercises in years started on Wednesday. More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 armored tanks and vehicles are now on their… Continue reading MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE ALONG RUSSIA’S BORDER TO NORWAY
“PARMENION 2016” AMPHIBIOUS LANDING EXERCISE (Video)
On the 6th and the 7th of October 2016 the Hellenic Armed Forces conducted the final phases of the large scale annual national exercise “Parmenion 2016”.The two final phases of the exercise took place on the island of Chios and at “Aetos” military training area, north of the city of Alexandroupolis. The exercise included the… Continue reading “PARMENION 2016” AMPHIBIOUS LANDING EXERCISE (Video)
MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF FINLAND : WE SHOULD RE-EXAMINE THE DEMILITARISATION OF THE ALAND ISLANDS
Source: Uusi Suomi By : Aleksi Teivainen Jussi Niinistö, the Minister of Defence, has called for a re-examination of the demilitarisation of Åland. Niinistö stated in an interview on YLE TV1 on Saturday that the demilitarised status of the autonomous string of islands outside the south-western coast of Finland could be re-examined, for example, in… Continue reading MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF FINLAND : WE SHOULD RE-EXAMINE THE DEMILITARISATION OF THE ALAND ISLANDS
CHINA AND RUSSIA CLOSE RANKS AGAINST U.S MISSILE-DEFENCE SYSTEM
Sourced : South China Morning Post Chinese and Russian defence officials on Tuesday blasted Washington’s plans to deploy a missile defence system, saying it would prompt a new arms race. The officials said Beijing and Moscow would conduct another joint computer-simulated missile-defence exercise next year in response to proposed US deployments in Northeast Asia and… Continue reading CHINA AND RUSSIA CLOSE RANKS AGAINST U.S MISSILE-DEFENCE SYSTEM
GREECE COMPLAINS TO NATO OVER TURKISH SUBMARINES IN THE AEGEAN SEA
The Greek Foreign Ministry and the National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) last week submitted to NATO a detailed complaint regarding the presence of Turkish Navy submarines in Greek territorial waters during the month of September, along with provocative statements by Turkish officials disputing the borders between the two NATO allies, Kathimerini newspaper understands. In its… Continue reading GREECE COMPLAINS TO NATO OVER TURKISH SUBMARINES IN THE AEGEAN SEA