Sourced : Tasnim News Agency A new long-range ballistic missile that Iran’s Defense Ministry has manufactured for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was unveiled in a military parade in Tehran on Friday. The large ballistic missile, named after Iran’s southwestern city of Khorramshahr that bore the brunt of an Iraqi surprise attack in the… Continue reading IRAN UNVEILS NEW MULTIPLE WARHEAD BALLISTIC MISSILE
ON EVE OF KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE, A WARNING FROM TURKEY
Sourced : New York Times By David Zucchino Iraq — Kurds seeking independence from Iraq came under intense pressure on Saturday from their powerful neighbor, Turkey, which demanded that Iraqi Kurdistan cancel an independence vote scheduled for Monday. Turkey, the main link to the outside world for the autonomous Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq, threatened… Continue reading ON EVE OF KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE, A WARNING FROM TURKEY
ISIS’S EXPANDING CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE
Sourced : Institute for the Study of War By Jennifer Cafarella with Jason Zhou ISIS’s attack campaign in Europe is expanding despite ISIS’s losses of terrain and senior leadership in the Middle East and North Africa. ISIS continues to plan, resource, and execute attacks from its remaining safe havens in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. ISIS… Continue reading ISIS’S EXPANDING CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE
MOMENT OF GLORY ? KURDISH REFERENDA IN IRAQ, SYRIA EXPLAINED
Sourced : Asia Times By Sami Moubayed In 2005, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the then-Prime Minister of Turkey, visited Diyarbakir, a city in the country’s south-east and the scene of an ongoing conflict between Turkish authorities and Kurdish separatists, who consider it the unofficial capital of Turkish Kurdistan. Trying to cajole the Kurds, who make up… Continue reading MOMENT OF GLORY ? KURDISH REFERENDA IN IRAQ, SYRIA EXPLAINED
INSIDE PUTIN’S LIBYAN POWER PLAN
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Lincoln Pigman, Kyle Orton Libya, which has been wracked by instability and violence since 2011, is re-emerging as a geopolitical hotspot. With opposing forces fighting for control of the war-torn country — the main two being the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) —… Continue reading INSIDE PUTIN’S LIBYAN POWER PLAN
ROLL-ROYCE OFFERS ENGINE FOR B-52 PROPULSION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME
Sourced : Defence News By: Valerie Insinna Rolls-Royce has a pitch for the U.S. Air Force: Pick the BR725 — a variant of the F130 that powers the E-11 and C-37 aircraft — to replace the B-52’s aging engines, and the company will set up a new F130 final assembly and testing to the United… Continue reading ROLL-ROYCE OFFERS ENGINE FOR B-52 PROPULSION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME
JAPAN SCRAMBLES TO GROWING INCURSIONS OF CHINA RUSSIA WARPLANES
Sourced : Asia Times By Peter J. Brown Amid talk of Beijing and Moscow playing a role to defuse the confrontation with North Korea, actions by China and Russia’s air forces around Japan would seem to be adding pressure on Tokyo to boost military spending. Russian and Chinese military aircraft are probing Japanese air defenses… Continue reading JAPAN SCRAMBLES TO GROWING INCURSIONS OF CHINA RUSSIA WARPLANES
IAI INTRODUCES A LOITERING WEAPON OPTIMIZED FOR MARITIME ATTACK
Sourced : Defence Update ByTamir Eshel Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a Maritime version of its Harop Loitering Munitions (LM) family. The company is displaying the weapon at the DSEI 2017 defense expo in London this week. The new marine capabilities of the HAROP extends the operational capability of surface ships, from offshore patrol… Continue reading IAI INTRODUCES A LOITERING WEAPON OPTIMIZED FOR MARITIME ATTACK
ERDOGAN : S-400 IS A DONE DEAL DOWN PAYMENT ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO MOSCOW
Sourced : Daily Sabah By Ali Ünal President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dispelled speculation on whether Turkey would give up ongoing negotiations with Russia for the purchase of the S-400 missile defense system due to pressure from NATO, saying that the first down payment for the missile system was already transferred to Russia. Speaking to journalists… Continue reading ERDOGAN : S-400 IS A DONE DEAL DOWN PAYMENT ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO MOSCOW
SYRIAN ARMY AND ALLIES THRUST EAST TO BREAK SIEGE IN DEIR AL ZOR CITY
Sourced : Reuters By Ellen Francis, Laila Bassam With a sudden lunge through jihadist lines, the Syrian army and its allies on Monday came to within 3 km of relieving the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor, where Islamic State has besieged 93,000 civilians and an army garrison for years. The advance on the eastern city… Continue reading SYRIAN ARMY AND ALLIES THRUST EAST TO BREAK SIEGE IN DEIR AL ZOR CITY