Category: Security and Strategy

China is planning to send two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines to the West Philippine Sea before the end of the year, a Japanese newspaper reported. According to a Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper report, quoting Hideaki Kaneda, director of the Okazaki Institute and a former admiral in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, China will deploy at least… Continue reading CHINA SENDS TWO TYPE 094 JIN-CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES TO THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Secretary denied that his country’s nuclear programme has anything to do with any other country. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry’s comment was a direct answer to a recent report saying that Pakistan could sell an “off-the-shelf” nuclear weapon to Saudi Arabia. According to the Pakistani Minister, his country developed nuclear weapons in response to… Continue reading PAKISTAN ‘DOES NOT INTEND TO SELL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA’

On the 27 April the Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg launched the fourth diesel-electric Varshavyanka-class submarine, the most efficient and quietest submarine in the world, according to the company that built the boat. The new submarine called Krasnodar (B-265) is the fourth out of six submarines of this class to be built by the Admiralty… Continue reading THE NEW RUSSIAN VARSHAVYANKA-CLASS SUBMARINE CHANGES THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE BLACK SEA

An announcement regarding the nuclear weapons strategy of Russia was made to the international community by the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia retains its right to deploy nuclear weapons anywhere on its territory, including the Crimean Peninsula. Russia has… Continue reading RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: RUSSIA RETAINS ITS RIGHT TO DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANYWHERE ON ITS TERRITORY

An announcement regarding the nuclear weapons strategy of Russia was made to the international community by the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia retains its right to deploy nuclear weapons anywhere on its territory, including the Crimean Peninsula. Russia has… Continue reading RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: RUSSIA RETAINS ITS RIGHT TO DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANYWHERE ON ITS TERRITORY

A North Korean defector has warned the West that Pyongyang has an army of 6,000 hackers, capable of penetrating any computer system in the world. According to the North Korean Professor, Kim Heung-Kwang, who defected to the West in 2004, Pyongyang spends 20% of its defence budget on obtaining and maintaining significant cyber warfare capabilities.… Continue reading NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR: “PYONGYANG HAS AN ARMY OF 6,000 HACKERS”

Recent violations of Swedish territorial waters by unknown submarines, as well as aggressive flights by Russian bombers and fighter jets in the airspace of the Baltic Sea sent warring signals to the Swedish government for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The immediate response of Stockholm to these developments was an… Continue reading SWEDEN RESPONDS TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN THE BALTIC SEA WITH TWO MULTINATIONAL EXERCISES

The ex-National Security Advisor of Israel and retired Major General, Yaakov Amidror, has shared his thoughts and expectations about the situation in the Middle East, Iran and  ISIS with a group of journalists in Athens, Greece. He said that nobody could predict the future of the Middle East, since chaos has prevailed, and continuous war… Continue reading YAAKOV AMIDROR: RADICAL ISLAM, HAMAS, IRAN’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE WAR AGAINST ISIS

The recent tragic events in the Mediterranean that cost the lives of hundreds of illegal immigrants has mobilised the European Union and forced Brussels to take action. According to the website EU Observer, the European Union is getting ready to start an anti-migrant smuggling operation in the Mediterranean in order to stop the trafficking of… Continue reading EU READY TO START ANTI-MIGRANT SMUGGLING OPERATION PRIOR TO UN MANDATE

According to CNN. the Pentagon is considering deploying surveillance aircraft and ships in the South China Sea in order to send a warning message to Beijing concerning China’s claims over disputed islands in this region. The South China Sea region and its reefs and rocks is the subject of numerous territorial claims. China, Brunei, Malaysia,… Continue reading US CONSIDERING DEPLOYING AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO CONTEST CHINESE CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA