Monthly Archives: September 2016

Turkey’s eternal search for an adequate air defense system

Posted on September 30, 2016

Following Turkey’s controversial downing of a Russian bomber over its border with Syria last November Russia deployed advanced S-400 air defense missile systems to its main airbase in Syria’s coastal Latakia province. Turkey had reason to fear this deployment, variants … Continue reading →

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The Cold War is Back, and China’s Going to be a Bigger Player This Time

Posted on September 29, 2016

by Darien Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh is a contributor for War is Boring and Reverb Press. He serves on the Board of Directors for Auntie Bellum. On August 31, 2016 the U.S. Naval War College opened its new Russia Maritime Studies Institute, an … Continue reading →

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USNS Invincible Back at Bahrain

Posted on September 28, 2016

Some of the latest commercial satellite imagery confirms that the USNS Invincible is currently operating from Manama, Bahrain—home of the U.S. Navy’s fifth Fleet. Subordinate to the naval arm’s Military Sealift Command (or MSC), the ship functions as a “missile … Continue reading →

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Pulling nuclear bombs out of Incirlik now could further shatter Turkey’s confidence and trust in the United States

Posted on September 26, 2016

Following the coup attempt in Turkey last July justified concerns and questions arose about the future of the fifty or so US B-61 nuclear bombs stored at Turkey’s Incirlik Airbase. It gave impetus to other more longstanding questions about the … Continue reading →

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There is a lot going on at the Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti

Posted on September 23, 2016

by Dan Gettinger. He is co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. A drone circles the Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti looking for suspicious activity. Not an aerial drone, but an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) … Continue reading →

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The fatal problems with Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy

Posted on September 22, 2016

US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s sinister excuses for the atrocities of various dictators in the world has been one of his many alarming policy proposals and rhetoric over the course of his presidential campaign. However his aversion to long established … Continue reading →

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Iran Bushehr Shipyard Update

Posted on September 21, 2016

An update for Iran’s southern shipyards couldn’t come at a better time. Last week, Iran unveiled the “Shahid Nazeri”, a high-speed catamaran helicopter carrier (video below). Space photography available in Google Earth (28°58’33,96″N 50°51’22,68″E) shows the first signs of the … Continue reading →

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Confirmed: New Su-25 Delivered to Iraq (Updated)

Posted on September 20, 2016

Satellite imagery confirms that Iraq has received additional Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack aircraft. Heavily armed, the new attack jets will allow Iraq’s air arm to increase pressure on the Sunni militant group, the Islamic State. Recent imagery suggests that two shipments … Continue reading →

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The Deir ez-Zor incident and the need for a communications mechanism between the US and Syria

Posted on September 19, 2016

US coalition F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters and A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes inadvertently killed scores, initial estimates range between 62 and 83, of Syrian Army soldiers in a bombing run against Islamic State (ISIS) on Saturday, prompting Russia to … Continue reading →

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What ISIS wants: The strategy behind the attacks in Europe and the US

Posted on September 19, 2016

by Dr. Adrian Hänni and Lukas Hegi (originally published in German). On the occasion of the 2016 Nice attack, the editor in chief of a Swiss newspaper argued about the rational behind the attacks by the terrorist militia “Islamic State … Continue reading →

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