Source: Defence World The armed forces of Taiwan yesterday conducted large-scale air, land and sea exercises from 5am to 8am on Monday as a response to a simulated Chinese invasion. The drill put into practice air and anti-air components of the ‘war plan,’ which the armed forces have drawn according to experience derived from past… Continue reading TAIWANESE MILITARY DRILL TESTS “WAR PLAN” AGAINST CHINESE INVASION
CHINA REPORTEDLY PLANS TO UNVEIL H-20 STEALTH BOMBER AT AIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY PARADE IN 2019
Source: The Drive By Joseph Trevithick Less than a week after Chinese state media said the H-20 stealth bomber program was making “great progress,” there are now reports that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, or PLAAF, might be planning to publicly reveal the plane during celebrations the mark the 70th anniversary of its founding… Continue reading CHINA REPORTEDLY PLANS TO UNVEIL H-20 STEALTH BOMBER AT AIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY PARADE IN 2019
UK SHIPYARDS TO SUBMIT BIDS TO BUILD 5 RN WARSHIPS
Source: FT By Sylvia Pfeifer British shipyards are preparing to submit initial bids to build five cut-price frigates for the Royal Navy despite uncertainty over the programme’s budget and proposed delivery date. The competition, which is being run for the second time after the first tendering was unexpectedly cancelled, comes amid wider industry unease about… Continue reading UK SHIPYARDS TO SUBMIT BIDS TO BUILD 5 RN WARSHIPS
THE US WEAPONS TAIWAN WANTS TO BOLSTER ITS DEFENCES
Source: South China Morning Post By Kristin Huang A senior official Pentagon official’s comments last week that the United States is moving towards a “more normal foreign military sales relationship” with Taiwan could signal that the self-ruled island will be able to boost its defence capabilities with US military hardware. Randall Schriver, the assistant secretary… Continue reading THE US WEAPONS TAIWAN WANTS TO BOLSTER ITS DEFENCES
PENTAGON LOOKS TO THWART RUSSIAN TECH ATTACKS IN SYRIA
Source: Al Monitor By Jack Detsch The Pentagon’s in-house tech incubator is trying to stop Russia from scrambling US battlefield signals in Syria, federal contract documents show. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — or DARPA — has awarded at least $9.6 million worth of contracts over the past couple of months for radio systems… Continue reading PENTAGON LOOKS TO THWART RUSSIAN TECH ATTACKS IN SYRIA
RUSSIAN SUBMARINE KRASNODAR HIDES ON OCEAN FLOOR DURING BLACK SEA DRILLS
Source: Navy Recognition The Krasnodar diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3 was fully deenergized and lied on the seabed in the Black Sea during training, Black Sea fleet Spokesman Alexey Rulev said. “During the exercise the submarine lied on the seabed at a depth of 20 meters from the surface. According to the mission, it remained… Continue reading RUSSIAN SUBMARINE KRASNODAR HIDES ON OCEAN FLOOR DURING BLACK SEA DRILLS
F-22, QF-16 LIKELY DAMAGED AFTER TYNDALL HANGARS HIT BY HURRICANE
Source: Air Force Times By Stephen Losey The Air Force said Friday that an unspecified number of aircraft left inside hangars at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida were likely damaged when Hurricane Michael devastated the base, with imagery on social media showing an unknown number of F-22 Raptors are among those impacted. Air Force… Continue reading F-22, QF-16 LIKELY DAMAGED AFTER TYNDALL HANGARS HIT BY HURRICANE
TRUMP CALLED FOR PLAN TO REMOVE ALL US DIPLOMATS FROM TURKEY
Source: ABC News By Tara Palmer Incensed by the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, President Donald Trump called for a plan to be drawn up in late August for the complete withdrawal of U.S. diplomatic personnel from Turkey, senior administration and State Department officials tell ABC News. The unprecedented plan to essentially shutter an… Continue reading TRUMP CALLED FOR PLAN TO REMOVE ALL US DIPLOMATS FROM TURKEY
TURKEY COULD STIR UP CONFICT TO MASK DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
Source: Ahval News By Tiny Url When cornered by escalating domestic problems, autocrats frequently resort to provoking and even launching external conflict to re-coalesce the masses around chauvinism, to make them forget the fact that they are famished, and keep them powerless and paralysed. Even though the majority of the population does not go to… Continue reading TURKEY COULD STIR UP CONFICT TO MASK DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
WHY BORDERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION FOR SERBIA AND KOSOVO
Source: Foreign Affairs By Eric Gordy In August, political leaders in Kosovo and Serbia proposed to resolve long-standing tensions by exchanging territory: Serb-populated municipalities in the north of Kosovo would come under Belgrade’s administration, while Albanian-populated towns in the south of Serbia would be yoked to Pristina. Politicians and specialists weighed in on what remained… Continue reading WHY BORDERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION FOR SERBIA AND KOSOVO