v Writing for Al-Monitor, Taştekin said Turkish operations against ISIS inside Turkey and neighbouring Syria had failed to end criticism of its overall strategy, “which is still riddled with gaping holes.” However, an increasing number of domestic raids against ISIS throughout June suggest a change in Ankara’s approach towards the group, which, Taştekin said, “has...
The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China. Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week said approximately 25 F-22s...
President Joe Biden is slated to discuss an array of pressing issues with German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week, in what may be her last trip to Washington after nearly 16 years at the helm of Europe’s largest economy. The two leaders are expected to share their concerns on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan,...
The inventor of the first robot in Greece, Konstantinos Soukos, has pushed Greece into a new era by creating laser weapons that target drones. When the inventor and businessman Konstantinos Soukos built the first robot in Greece in 1985, he did not imagine that 36 years later he would supply many military forces across the...
“Consistent with these goals, the United States and Russia will embark together on an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue in the near future…Through this dialogue, we hope to lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures” Biden-Putin Joint Statement June 16, 2021 By Frank Miller* It is undoubtedly satisfying to some that Presidents...
U.S. Air Force nuclear-capable bombers were intercepted and escorted by Russian fighter jets during a flight over neutral waters over the Bering Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported on Thursday. The Russian military said in a statement that it MiG-31 and Su-35 fighter jets to intercept U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers over...
The improved W88 Alt 370 warhead comes a year late and millions over budget. America’s newest submarine-launched nuclear weapon has entered production. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Tuesday that it has successfully completed the first production unit of the W88 Alt 370 warhead, a year late and millions over budget after a technical issue caused...
Annual defence report calls on Japanese government to pay attention to US-China tensions over Taiwan with ‘a sense of crisis more than ever before’. Japan, in its annual defence white paper, has warned growing military tensions around Taiwan, as well as economic and technological rivalry between China and the United States, could threaten peace and...
The fact the Army was looking for an SMG, or submachine gun, was big news a couple of years ago. They hadn’t adopted a submachine gun platform for “big Army” since the M3 Grease gun from World War 2. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the Army put out a request for samples for modern submachine guns with...
More than 1,000 have fled across the border, and hundreds more have handed over weapons to the Taliban. Report by Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul* Last autumn, with the departure of American troops from Afghanistan looming after the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban, several of the most senior security officials in Kabul urged...
