Sourced: The National Interest By Kris Osborn The Air Force’s recently released Bomber Vector calls for wide range of new technologies for the fleet – to include newer stealth materials, faster computer processors, upgraded weapons and new sensors to ensure the force will still be able to launch attacks in more advanced, future high-threat scenarios… Continue reading THE US AIR FORCE HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE B-21, B-2, B-1B AND B-52 BOMBERS
TURKISH QATARI FIRMS INK $5.2B NATURAL GAS PETROCHEMICAL INVESTMENT DEAL
Sourced: Daily Sabah Turkey-based Metcap Energy Investments and Qatar-based Fusion Dynamics yesterday signed a $5.2 billion protocol for a natural gas and petrochemical investment in Turkey. The signing ceremony at the JW Marriot Hotel in the capital Ankara was attended by Metcap Energy Investment President Celal Metin and Fusion Dynamics President Mohammed al-Hajri. Speaking at… Continue reading TURKISH QATARI FIRMS INK $5.2B NATURAL GAS PETROCHEMICAL INVESTMENT DEAL
TRUMP VOWS ”MAJOR DECISION” ON SYRIA AFTER SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK
Sourced: Middle East Eye US President Donald Trump condemned a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in Syria and said that he would decide on a response, probably by the end of Monday. The condemnation comes after Russia described allegations that the Syrian government had gassed its own people in Eastern Ghouta as a… Continue reading TRUMP VOWS ”MAJOR DECISION” ON SYRIA AFTER SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK
ISRAEL THWARTS MAJOR ISLAMIC JIHAD MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELI VESSELS
Sourced: Jerusalem Post By Tovah Lazaroff Security forces said on Wednesday they thwarted a potential missile attack by Islamic Jihad in Gaza against its naval forces that also included a plan to kidnap IDF soldiers. The State Attorney’s Office indicted the alleged ringleader, Amin Saadi Muhammad Jumaa, in Beersheba District Court on Wednesday. The IDF… Continue reading ISRAEL THWARTS MAJOR ISLAMIC JIHAD MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELI VESSELS
CENTCOM HEAD: TURKEY-US IN ROBUST DIALOGUE OVER SYRIA, YPG STILL PRINCIPAL US PARTNER
Sourced : Hurriyet Daily News The head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on April 3 that the U.S. is in a “very robust dialogue” with Turkey over Syria, while also insisting that the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), a group viewed as terrorists by Ankara, is Washington’s “principal partner” on the ground. General Joseph… Continue reading CENTCOM HEAD: TURKEY-US IN ROBUST DIALOGUE OVER SYRIA, YPG STILL PRINCIPAL US PARTNER
HOW TO DEAL WITH RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE? ASK SWEDEN’S SUBHUNTERS
Sourced: Defence One By Elisabeth Braw A mysterious incident occurs. It can’t be conclusively attributed, but the targeted country pins the attack with near-certainty on another country — which unleashes a disinformation campaign, ridiculing the target and proposing a range of other explanations. The UK in 2018? Yes – and Sweden, for far longer. Over… Continue reading HOW TO DEAL WITH RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE? ASK SWEDEN’S SUBHUNTERS
“STAR WARS” MISSILE DEFENCE IS BACK BUT NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE
Sourced: Asia Times By Doug Tsuruoka Space-based missile tracking sensors, high-energy particle beams that zap nuclear warheads and President Donald Trump’s call for a new “Space Force” branch of the US military. For those who remember President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of almost four decades ago, it sounds like déjà vu all over… Continue reading “STAR WARS” MISSILE DEFENCE IS BACK BUT NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE
U.S ARMY SHIFTING TO LARGER-SCALE EXRCISES ON SHORT NOTICE TO BE LESSS PREDICTABLE
Sourced: Defence News By Jen Judson The Army is shifting to larger-scale exercises that happen on short-notice in order to be less predictable to possible adversaries, according to Gen. Robert Abrams, the Army’s Forces Command commander. “I think there is probably a very, very good chance that we, as part of this new paradigm outlined… Continue reading U.S ARMY SHIFTING TO LARGER-SCALE EXRCISES ON SHORT NOTICE TO BE LESSS PREDICTABLE
DOES ASEAN WANT THE US NAVY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Sourced: Asia Times In recent months it has become clear that the lull in Washington’s confrontation with China in the South China Sea is over. After the election of President Donald Trump, concern over Beijing’s expanding naval presence took a back seat to preoccupation with cooperation on North Korea. But the current US administration has… Continue reading DOES ASEAN WANT THE US NAVY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
US AMBASSADOR IN ATHENS PYATT: GREECE AT NEXUS OF VOLATILE REGION
Sourced: EKathimerini Greece’s ability to build alliances from a particularly challenging strategic geographical position and its commitment to NATO were the focus of comments by United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt at the Hellenic National Defense College in Athens on Monday. Addressing officers and students, and speaking of the strong US commitment to Europe,… Continue reading US AMBASSADOR IN ATHENS PYATT: GREECE AT NEXUS OF VOLATILE REGION