Today, environmental stresses on resources are not the only factors involved in natural, or man-made, societal destabilisation. Societal infrastructure composes many important and often inter-related categories: water, food, health services, emergency services, environmental protection, and electricity, etc., where large-scale disruption could be devastating especially to complex urban mega-cities. However, to military and civilian crisis management… Continue reading SATELLITE-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING
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SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE
By Chris Lavers Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of microspace missions for over 21 years, has announced a new line of high-performance, low-cost CubeSat buses. The 3U (“THUNDER”), 6U (“SPARTAN”) and 12U/16U (“JAEGER”) CubeSats complement SFL’s legacy suite of space-heritage nano-satellites and micro-satellites, fulfilling mission size requirements from 3 kg to 500 kg.… Continue reading SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE
DARTMOUTH CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY STAFF MEMBER ACHIEVES PRESTIGIOUS OXFORD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
DR CHRISTOPHER LAVERS, a Plymouth University at BRNC Engineering Faculty member, has just started a Visiting Fellowship at the Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College Oxford, successful against strong global competition. Chris obtained approval for his research proposal Comparative Evaluation of Ethical Smart Sensing Environmental UAV Platform Design, for Military and Civilian Applications from… Continue reading DARTMOUTH CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY STAFF MEMBER ACHIEVES PRESTIGIOUS OXFORD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
By Chris Lavers * In recent weeks there has been a lot of television and internet footage of widespread Chinese drone use in a range of COVID-19 related applications. Many have seen YouTube video footage [1] showing food and vegetables, being delivered by drones to ‘quarantined’ residents. In Zhejiang, province in Eastern China, the local… Continue reading DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
DEEPWATER HORIZON A DECADE ON, AND DCSS’s 2020 VISION FOR SENSORS ENGINEERED FOR MARINE POLLUTION DETECTION
By Christopher Lavers Crude oils, fuels and petroleum derivatives and their decay products clearly adversely impact earth’s natural environment. It is now almost exactly a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, yet recent published research from the University of Miami [1] has shown a toxic and invisible oil spill spread… Continue reading DEEPWATER HORIZON A DECADE ON, AND DCSS’s 2020 VISION FOR SENSORS ENGINEERED FOR MARINE POLLUTION DETECTION
NATO ΑNNOUNCES FIRST COVID-19 STAFF INFECTION
Α decade on, are there lessons to be learned from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull’s eruption and past SARS infections to predict the scale of COVID-19’s global impact? As of 9th March 2020 NATO has confirmed that one NATO staff member working at NATO’s HQ in Brussels tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member came back from a… Continue reading NATO ΑNNOUNCES FIRST COVID-19 STAFF INFECTION
RIYADH FACES NEW SETBACK IN SOUTH YEMEN
Source: Al Monitor By Bruce Riedel The victory of South Yemeni secessionists in Aden is another humiliating setback for the Saudi war effort and its commander Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi-backed government of Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has lost its capital, further undermining its shaky claims to legitimacy. The Saudis’ closest ally, the… Continue reading RIYADH FACES NEW SETBACK IN SOUTH YEMEN
CHINA’S REPORTED ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS A BIG DEAL
Source: The Drive By Joseph Trevithick China has reportedly carried out at least one anti-ship ballistic missile test in the hotly contested South China Sea as part of a larger exercise. If true, it would be the first time the Chinese military has carried out this kind of activity in this region that we know… Continue reading CHINA’S REPORTED ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS A BIG DEAL
SPACE-BASED SAR FOR REMOTE SENSING
Author Dr Chris Lavers, Subject Matter Expert (Radar and Telecommunications) and Senior Lecturer BRNC, Dartmouth, UK since 1997. He has published some 200 sensing papers and articles, including 5 books in the Reeds Marine Engineering and Technology Series. Military requirements for highly detailed satellite imagery globally, and available 24/7/365 has driven satellite data providers to… Continue reading SPACE-BASED SAR FOR REMOTE SENSING
ERDOGAN MIGHT CONSIDER GREEK SOLDIERS’ EXTRADITION IF 8 COUP SUSPECTS RETURNED
Sourced: Ahval News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a live interview at pro-government NTV channel said he might consider extraditing 2 Greek soldiers if Greece returned 8 coup suspects. Erdogan for the first time this openly tied 2 jailed Greek soldiers’ fate to 8 Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece immediately after the failed… Continue reading ERDOGAN MIGHT CONSIDER GREEK SOLDIERS’ EXTRADITION IF 8 COUP SUSPECTS RETURNED