Sourced : New York Times Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to “strangle” a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born,” as Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters drove a wedge into relations with one of its main Middle East allies. The United States announced its support on Sunday for plans for a… Continue reading ERDOGAN : WE WILL “STRANGLE” U.S-BACKED FORCE IN SYRIA “BEFORE IT’S EVEN BORN”
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10 WAYS RUSSIA WILL WAGE THE WAR OF THE FUTURE
Sourced : The National Interest By Michael Peck For centuries, the Russian way of war was numbers. Whether the enemy was Napoleon, Hitler or NATO, Russia would flatten them with a huge steamroller of troops, tanks, artillery and nuclear weapons. Those days have ended. Modern Russia’s way of war is much more about finesse and… Continue reading 10 WAYS RUSSIA WILL WAGE THE WAR OF THE FUTURE
TURKEY’S $2BN ARMS DEAL WITH RUSSIA FACES HURDLESAND POSSIBLE SANCTIONS
Sourced : Economist TO NATO officials, it must have seemed like a bad joke. Earlier this autumn, Turkey’s state-run news agency published an infographic on the S-400 missile-defence system, which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is buying from Russia. After praising the system’s prowess, including its ability to intercept enemy fighter jets and incoming missiles… Continue reading TURKEY’S $2BN ARMS DEAL WITH RUSSIA FACES HURDLESAND POSSIBLE SANCTIONS
NEW AND EXCITING ACADEMIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN HNDC AND PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY
On Thursday, 23 November 2017, the Dartmouth Centre for Sea Power and Strategy (DCSS) at Plymouth University and the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC), in Athens organised a working dinner at the “Yacht Club of Greece” . The aim of the dinner was to introduce to Ambassadors and Defence Attaches from sixteen selective countries (including… Continue reading NEW AND EXCITING ACADEMIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN HNDC AND PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY
HMS OCEAN LEADS BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR GREEK EXERCISE
Sourced : Royal Navy The Greeks host Exercise Niriis to test a sizeable international naval force and its ability to respond to a major crisis in the region – not unlike the Turkish exercise HMS Ocean and the NATO group she leads has just completed. The 2017 incarnation of Niriis involved ships/aircraft/personnel from Greece, Italy,… Continue reading HMS OCEAN LEADS BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR GREEK EXERCISE
US OFFICIAL : IF TURKEY BUYS RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS, THEY CAN NOT PLUG INTO NATO TECH
Sourced : Defence News By: Valerie Insinna If Turkey moves forward with its buy of a Russian air defense system, it will not be permitted to plug into NATO technology, and further action may be forthcoming that could affect the country’s acquisition or operation of the F-35, a top Air Force official said Wednesday. Turkey… Continue reading US OFFICIAL : IF TURKEY BUYS RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS, THEY CAN NOT PLUG INTO NATO TECH
RUSSIA’S HYBRID ATTACKS SHOULD AT LONG LAST FORCE E.U AND NATO TO TEAM UP
Sourced : Defence One By Franklin D. Kramer & Lauren M. Speranza Russia is using hybrid attacks to strike throughout Europe and even across the Atlantic: election interference in the U.S. and France; kidnappings and attempted assassinations in Estonia and Montenegro; cyber-attacks in Norway, Poland, Ukraine, and elsewhere. But the transatlantic community’s ability to respond… Continue reading RUSSIA’S HYBRID ATTACKS SHOULD AT LONG LAST FORCE E.U AND NATO TO TEAM UP
NATO OFFICIAL : TURKEY FACES “CONSEQUENCES” IF PURCHASE OF S-400 COMPLETED
Sourced : Defence News By: Aaron Mehta A top NATO official has warned of “necessary consequences” for Turkey should the alliance member purchase a Russian air-defense system. Gen. Petr Pavel, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, said Wednesday that while each nation is free to make its own defense decisions, Turkey’s planned buy of the S-400… Continue reading NATO OFFICIAL : TURKEY FACES “CONSEQUENCES” IF PURCHASE OF S-400 COMPLETED
NATO CHIEF SAYS ALLIES CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN PHONE JAMMING
Sourced : The Washington Post By Lorne Cook NATO allies have raised concerns about what they call Russia’s use of a kind of electronic warfare during military exercises last month that jammed some phone networks, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. “At least two allies have reported about that,” Stoltenberg told reporters after chairing talks… Continue reading NATO CHIEF SAYS ALLIES CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN PHONE JAMMING
RUSSIA TARGETS NATO SOLDIER SMARTPHONES, WESTERN OFFICIALS SAY
Sourced : The Wall Street Journal By Thomas Grove in Tapa, Estonia, Julian E. Barnes in Brussels and Drew Hinshaw in Orzysz, Poland Russia has opened a new battlefront with NATO, according to Western military officials, by exploiting a point of vulnerability for almost all allied soldiers: their personal smartphones. Troops, officers and government officials… Continue reading RUSSIA TARGETS NATO SOLDIER SMARTPHONES, WESTERN OFFICIALS SAY