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Iraq Fears $35B Oil Revenue Freeze if it Expels US Troops

January 14, 2020 @ 09:34 AM

Iraqi officials have expressed fear of an economic meltdown if Washington imposed sanctions that it had previously hinted at, including freezing oil-revenue linked bank accounts in the United States in which Baghdad holds an estimated $35 Billion. Oil revenues constitute up to 90% of the states budget and are held in US
USAF’s New C2 System Improves Situational Awareness, Crew Coordination

January 7, 2020 @ 09:47 AM

A squadron of US Air Force completed its first live mission using the AN/TYQ-23A command and control (C2) system that provides considerably more situational awareness and allows better coordination among crew members. “After four years of planning, the 752nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS) has successfully completed their first live mission on the AN/TYQ-23A Tactical Air Operations Module weapons system at Tinker Air Force Base,” USAF
Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM

January 6, 2020 @ 11:22 AM

Images sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated Tinsukia hamlet, located in the Assam state close to the Indian border, piqued the curiosity of international satellites including US Landsat 8 that mistook it to be a secret, concealed mobile ICBM that India had been developing,
Iran Appoints New Quds Force Commander Following Soleimani Assassination

January 4, 2020 @ 10:26 AM

Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has appointed deputy commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, Esmaeil Qa'ani, as the new commander following the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani in United States airstrikes. "Following the martyrdom of the glorious general Qasem Soleimani, I name Brigadier General Esmaeil Qa'ani as the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps," the Leader said in a statement posted on his official website
Iranian General Qasem Soleimani Killed in US Airstrike

January 3, 2020 @ 07:41 AM

Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, was killed in an drone strike carried out by the United States in Baghdad in the early hours of Friday. The “decisive defensive action” of eliminating the powerful Iranian general was ordered by US President Donald Trump, a Pentagon
US Strikes Iran-backed Militia Bases In Iraq, Syria Following Rocket Attacks

December 30, 2019 @ 06:42 AM

In retaliation to a series of rocket attacks on US-led coalition bases in the last few weeks, the US military carried out airstrikes in five locations in Iraq and Syria targeting multiple weapons and munitions depots linked to Iran, on Sunday. “In response to repeated Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, US forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH's ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces,” the Pentagon said in a
India Tests Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System

December 23, 2019 @ 01:55 PM

Indias Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the fourth test of Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) System from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on the Chandipur coast, Odisha state, on Monday. The weapon systems were tested in final configuration with a radar mounted on a vehicle and missiles on the launcher
USAF Awards Lockheed $7B F-22 Air Vehicle Sustainment Contract

December 21, 2019 @ 12:27 PM

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $7 billion modification contract for F-22 air vehicle sustainment. This modification provides for the exercise of an option for additional five year ordering period for comprehensive F-22 air vehicle sustainment, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday
Huawei Leads Chinese Exports of AI Surveillance Tech

December 16, 2019 @ 03:22 PM

Huawei is a market leader in Chinese exports of AI surveillance technology having sold it to at least 50 countries, many of which have dismal human rights record. According to a report by a pro-US think tank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "technology linked to Chinese companies -- particularly Huawei, Hikvision, Dahua and ZTE -- supply AI surveillance technology in 63 countries, 36 of which have signed onto China's Belt and Road Initiative," it said
UAE Announces Plan to Buy Saab GlobalEye, Airbus A330 MRTTs at Dubai...

November 19, 2019 @ 10:27 AM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force announced plans to acquire two additional GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from Saab, and three more Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, at the ongoing Dubai Airshow (17-21 November). The GlobalEye is among the static displays at the airshow, marking the aircrafts debut at any exhibition

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