Source: USNI By Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey R. Frost, U.S. Navy The Black Sea is a challenging operational environment for the U.S. military because of its confining geographical features, Russia’s established military dominance in the region, and the restrictions placed on the U.S. Navy as a non-Black Sea nation by the Montreux Convention of 1936. Overcoming… Continue reading HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A SMALL NAVY AND WIN – DEVELOPING A BLACK SEA STRATEGY
PENTAGON GIVES TURKEY A DEADLINE TO CANCEL S-400 DEAL OR LOSE F-35
Source: Defense One By Marcus Weisgerber The Pentagon has started the process of removing Turkey from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, and has drawn up plans to shift the NATO ally’s manufacturing roles to American and allied manufacturers, U.S. defense officials said Friday. Washington has given Ankara a deadline: by July 31, Turkey must… Continue reading PENTAGON GIVES TURKEY A DEADLINE TO CANCEL S-400 DEAL OR LOSE F-35
YENI SAFAK: TURKEY CONSIDERS RUSSIAN SU-57, CHINESE J-31 TO REPLACE F-35A
Source: Ahval News Turkey’s security bureaucracy already has alternative plans in case the United States halts the delivery of the F-35 jets over Ankara’s decision to buy S-400 missile systems and has been considering Russian Su-57 or Chinese J-31 stealth fighters as possible options, pro-government Yeni Şafak daily said on Sunday. As a last move… Continue reading YENI SAFAK: TURKEY CONSIDERS RUSSIAN SU-57, CHINESE J-31 TO REPLACE F-35A
ELECTION DELAY FUELING ALGERIAN PROTESTERS FIRE
Source: Al Monitor By Simon Speakman Cordal Thousands of Algerians returned to the streets on Friday, June 7, buoyed by the decision of the Constitutional Council to cancel presidential elections scheduled for July 4. A new date has not, however, been set. This latest concession to the Algerian street has provided further impetus to the… Continue reading ELECTION DELAY FUELING ALGERIAN PROTESTERS FIRE
SRI LANKA RECEIVES GIFTED CHINESE FRIGATE
Source: Naval Today The Sri Lanka Navy officially received a former Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy frigate in a handover ceremony at the Shanghai Dockyard in China on June 5. The gifted vessel spent 21 years in service as Jiangwei I-class frigate Tongling before being retired in 2015. Read more at: https://navaltoday.com/2019/06/10/sri-lanka-receives-gifted-chinese-frigate/
US SENATOR: CHINESE BUILDUP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA LIKE “PREPARING FOE WW III”
Source: Navy Times By: Geoff Ziezulewicz China’s ongoing military buildup on islands in the South China Sea is akin to “preparing for World War III,” the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee declared on Tuesday. The comment by Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma came during a hearing to discuss the challenges posed by… Continue reading US SENATOR: CHINESE BUILDUP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA LIKE “PREPARING FOE WW III”
WHY TURKISH F-35 ARE A THREAT TO US AND NATO
Source: CIMSEC By Duncan Kellogg Imagine, for a moment, a hypothetical country rapidly spiraling towards autocracy, illegally arresting American citizens, imprisoning journalists, and attacking American-supported forces. Now imagine that same country actively purchasing Russian surface-to-air missile systems and erecting missile defense sites around its territory. In such a hypothetical, it would be difficult to assume… Continue reading WHY TURKISH F-35 ARE A THREAT TO US AND NATO
SYRIAN KURDS TELL WASHINGTON THEY MAY JOIN FORCES WITH ASSAD IF US PULLS OUT OF SYRIA
Source: Al Monitor By Jack Detsch A top Syrian Kurdish official visiting Washington today said US-backed fighters would consider integrating with Bashar al-Assad’s forces after the United States completes its pullout from the war-torn country. “The Syrian Democratic Forces can be part of the new Syrian army,” Ilham Ahmed, a leader in the Syrian Democratic… Continue reading SYRIAN KURDS TELL WASHINGTON THEY MAY JOIN FORCES WITH ASSAD IF US PULLS OUT OF SYRIA
VENEZUELAN ARMY DEFECTORS APPEAL TO TRUMP FOR WEAPONS
Source: CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Barbara Arvanitidis and Alex Platt, Venezuelan army defectors are calling on the Trump administration to arm them, in what they call their quest for “freedom.” Former soldiers Carlos Guillen Martinez and Josue Hidalgo Azuaje, who live outside the country, told CNN they want US military assistance to equip others… Continue reading VENEZUELAN ARMY DEFECTORS APPEAL TO TRUMP FOR WEAPONS
ERDOGAN: 4 MILLION SYRIAS TO RETURN TO SAFE ZONES SET UP BY TURKEY
Source: Hurriyet Daily News Turkey expects some four million Syrians to return to the safe zones that will be set up by Ankara in the war-torn country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Jan. 28. “We are aiming in the first phase to create safe zones where four million Syrians who now live in our country… Continue reading ERDOGAN: 4 MILLION SYRIAS TO RETURN TO SAFE ZONES SET UP BY TURKEY