Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that Israel has joined the U.S.-led coalition to secure navigation in the Persian Gulf. According to Y-Net Katz said that he had recently met with a “high ranking persona” from the United Arab Emirates to improve ties between Israel and Arab states and that Israel was determined to stop “Iranian […] More
Iran and Russia have agreed to conduct joint naval drills in the Persian Gulf region by the end of the year. Iranian Naval Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi confirmed that the two countries had reached an agreement about holding drills in the Indian Ocean, Makran waters, Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. He added […] More
Rep Mark Walker, R-N.C. wants answers from the US military regarding reported encounters with unidentified aircraft and specifically wants to know if they pose a threat to national security. Walker, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Fox News that he is “concerned” about reports by U.S. Navy pilots of encounters with the strange objects […] More
China’s strategy for developing advanced space weapons were disclosed this week in Beijing’s first defense white paper issued in years. The defense strategy report produced by the People’s Liberation Army was made public Wednesday and drops earlier veiled references by bluntly identifying the United States as Beijing’s main adversary that is undermining world peace. The […] More
The Pentagon has revealed a few details about a secret Army mission that has Black Hawk helicopters flying missions over the Washington, D.C., area backed by active-duty and reserve soldiers. The mysterious classified operation was disclosed when the Army asked Congress for approval to shift funds to provide an extra $1.55 million for aircraft maintenance, […] More
A fire aboard a secret Russian nuclear research vessel that killed 14 Russians may have been involved in secret operations by Moscow to support underwater drone operations. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the fire broke out aboard a research submersible designed to study the seafloor and ocean bottom on July 1, killing […] More
China’s military conducted a flight test of an anti-ship ballistic missile in the contentious South China Sea last weekend in violation of a pledge four years ago by President Xi Jinping not to militarize the waterway. “Of course the Pentagon was aware of the Chinese missile launch from the man-made structures in the South China […] More
A Russian special operations submarine powered by a nuclear reactor has suffered some kind of a fire/explosion/gas-producing casualty while submerged in Russian territorial waters. The submarine, officially classed as the AS-12 “Losharik”, is designed for operation at extreme depths and is believed to be designed to cut or tap undersea communications cables. It is transported […] More
President Trump approved an offensive cyber strike that disabled computer systems used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to control rocket and missile launches, “crippling Iran’s military command and control systems,” U.S. ATTACKS IRAN WITH CYBER NOT MISSILES — A GAME CHANGER, NOT A BACKTRACK By Zak Doffman, Security and Surveillance, Forbes, June 23, 2019: The decision by […] More
Amid fears that the US is running headlong into yet another sure to be disastrous war in the Middle East, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters Friday that the Pentagon is prepping “contingency plans” should things quickly escalate militarily. “When you look at the situation… 15 percent of the world’s oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz,” […] More
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for the “blatant assault” on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier on Thursday. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Pompeo said the U.S. had come to the conclusion based on intelligence, the type of weapons used and the sophistication of the assaults. He charged that Iran is […] More
The US Navy has released new videos of an altercation this morning in the Philippine Sea with a Russian destroyer. The Russian ship came so close to the USS Chancellorsville that they had to reverse engines to avoid a collision: At approximately 11:45 am on June 7, 2019 while operating in the Philippine Sea, a […] More
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