Category: Security and Strategy

Source: South China Morning Post By Lawrence Chung Taiwan “will consider” a US Navy request should Washington ask to use the largest of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea for regional security purposes, the island’s defence minister said on Monday in response to a series of hypothetical questions from a member of the… Continue reading TAIWAN WILL CONSIDER HOSTING US NAVY SHIPS ON TAIPING ISLAND

Source: Atlantic Council By Ruslan Minich Since illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has drastically increased its military presence in the Black Sea region. The Kremlin’s dominance may be temporary given NATO’s greater capacities, but so far, NATO’s response has been limited. “Russia has practically covered all of the Black Sea region,” says Hryhorii Perepelytsia,… Continue reading RUSSIA SHOWS ITS MILITARY MIGHT IN THE BLACK SEA AND BEYOND

Source: Ha’aretz Turkey gave a guarded welcome on Wednesday to a U.S. decision to offer millions of dollars to help capture three top Kurdish PKK militants but said Washington must also break its alliance with Kurdish militias in northern Syria. Washington pledged up to $5 million for information which could lead to the arrest of… Continue reading TURKEY: U.S MUST BREAK FROM SYRIAN KURDS AFTER PKK REWARD OFFER

Source: Indian Defence Update Pushed by his country’s powerful military junta, Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the country’s National Security Council to begin examining the feasibility of proposals to build a 120-kilometre mega canal that would slash 1,200 kilometres off the route Chinese warships now take to reach South Asian ports —… Continue reading THAILAND’S MOVE ON KRA CANAL ALARMS INDIA

Source: Yahoo.com French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for a “real European army” as the continent marks a century since the divisions of World War I, to better defend itself against Russia and even the United States. Macron, who has pushed for a joint EU military force since his arrival in power last year, said… Continue reading MACRON URGES EUROPEAN ARMY TO DEFEND AGAINST RUSSIA, US

Source: Al Monitor By Osama Al Sharif Jordan’s King Abdullah ended weeks of speculation when he announced Oct. 21 that the kingdom is terminating two annexes in its 1994 peace treaty with Israel regarding the special use of Jordanian territories. The 25-year “special regime” allowing Israelis to use Baqoura and Ghumar lands in northern and… Continue reading KING ABDULLAH’S MOVE TO TERMINATE PARTS OF PEACE TREATY SEEN AS SNUB TO NETANYAHU

By Martina Bet Source: Express A ROYAL NAVY type 45 Destroyer was met by three Iranian fast attack boats while escorting a trio of British vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking a stand-off between naval forces. HMS Dragon, which patrols the Eastern Mediterranean, was travelling through the Persian Gulf when Iran’s machine gun boats… Continue reading RN SHIP INTERCEPTED BY IRAN’S ATTACK BOATS IN THE GULF

By Tyler Rogoway Source: The drive The American nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman sailed into the Norwegian Sea on Friday, a move that marks the first time a U.S. Navy carrier has been in the Arctic Circle since USS America participated in a NATO exercised dubbed North Star back in September of 1991. USS… Continue reading U.S CARRIER ENTERS ARCTIC CIRCLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 28 YEARS

By Steven Stashwick Source: The Diplomat U.S. Defense officials confirmed that the Japan-based destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur and the cruiser USS Antietam transited through the Taiwan Strait on Monday. Reuters reported that the transit was being considered by U.S. officials two days before it was conducted. The strait’s width varies between about 70 and 100… Continue reading TWO US NAVY WARSHIPS TRANSIT TAIWAN STRAIT

Source: CNN By Oren Liebermann, Frederik Pleitgen and Vasco Cotovio, CNN New satellite imagery shared exclusively with CNN shows Russia appearing to upgrade four of its military installations in Kaliningrad, Russia’s strategic outpost on NATO’s doorstep. Kaliningrad — Russian territory that’s sandwiched between Poland and the Baltics but disconnected from the rest of Russia, known… Continue reading NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST MILITARY BUILDUP IN KALININGRAD