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America is buying disputed Iraqi Kurdish Crude Oil — Middle East News — Medium and Baghdad threatens to sue as Kurdish oil tanker nears U.S. port Published: July 27, 2014 A Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ‘United Kalavrvta’ carrying crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan is hours away from arriving...

Gaza militants unveil new rockets, launchers and drones — Middle East News — Medium The use of new weapons mark a step up in the sophistication of Hamas’s arsenal. Published: July 16, 2014 Rockets being fired from Gaza / AFP Hamas rockets have become more accurate and powerful, reaching...

Gaza Under Attack — The Ceasefire Has Failed — Middle East News — Medium Israel resumes Gaza attacks after Hamas rejects ceasefire Published: July 16, 2014 Flames light up the night sky above Rafah (Gaza Strip), following an Israeli air strike / UPI Israel’s military resumed operation...

Turmoil in the Arab World — The JORDAN factor — Middle East News — Medium and how Israrel could get dragged into ISIS’s War Published: July 9, 2014 ISIS militants / Reuters THE ARAB world is in turmoil. Syria and Iraq are breaking apart, the thousand-year old conflict between Muslim Sunnis...

Modi Should End His Own Honeymoon - Bloomberg View Jul 6, 2014 6:00 PM EDT By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar India's Narendra Modi would be smart to disappoint supporters with his first budget. Photographer: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images In India, a new government's first...

Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula: More Dangerous than Ever! — Middle East News — Medium The terrorist group may have developed a new kind of bomb that can go undetected by airport security. Published: July 6, 2014 Since its formation in 2009, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has...

Spain: Jihad’s next stop — Middle East News — Medium Published: Jul 5, 2014 ISIS fighters vow to seize ‘occupied lands’ A group of jihadists claiming to be part of ISIS have vowed to invade Spain along with all other “occupied lands” in a video posted on the web. Screenshot from video...

DRDO chief says India is ready to become major exporter - IHS Jane's 360 Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 23 June 2014 The head of the DRDO has claimed that the Tejas has major export potential. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen India is ready to export locally developed defence...

US created ‘jihadist wonderland’ in Syria, Libya and Iraq — Medium says United States Senator Rand Pal (R-Kentucky) Published: June 23, 2014 U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) (Reuters) United States Senator Rand Pal (R-Kentucky) says jihadist wonderlands are sprouting up abroad, and American...

When Israel flew the MiG-29 — Medium and discovered that they were a match for their F-15s, F-16s Published: June 23, 2014 In recent months it was announced that Russia would supply at least ten MiG-29 jet fighters to Syria. This is a good time to recall that in 1997, under a heavy cloud of...

US ‘not responsible’ for crisis in Iraq, Libya — Medium Published: June 22, 2014 “The United States of America is not responsible for what happened in Libya, nor is it responsible for what is happening in Iraq today,” said Kerry at a press conference in Cairo after a short visit to Egypt for...

Duck and Cover Hundreds of Soviet nuclear missiles were pointed at Britain by 1963. Duck and Cover  — Medium The Cuban Missile Crisis had made it clear that the nation might be attacked at any time but few had any idea just how devastating such an attack might be. Those at the highest...

China Builds Artificial Islands in South China Sea Published: June 19, 2014 A Chinese vessel at Johnson South Reef, which is being turned into an island Photograph by Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs/AP Photo Sand, cement, wood, and steel are China’s weapons of choice as it asserts...

Don’t Sweat Russia’s Newest Nuclear Submarine 'Severodvinsk' is too expensive for mass production Published: June 21, 2014 K-560 ‘Severodvinsk.’ Photo via Asian Defense It’s official. K-560 Severodvinsk, Moscow’s newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, has joined the Russian navy...

China’s Third Aircraft Carrier Could Be Nuclear And as big as American flattops Published: June 20, 2014 China’s first aircraft carrier—the refurbished Ukrainian-built flattop Liaoning—entered testing in 2011. The People’s Liberation Army Navy is building a second carrier itself—a...

China’s Oversized Aircraft Carrier Ambitions Reports suggest China will have an indigenous carrier battle group within three years. Don’t bet on it. Published: June 20, 2014 According to a June 5 report in the Strait Times (and a timely tweet by @RobertCObrien) the People’s Republic of...

Buran The Soviet 'space shuttle' Buran — Medium It happened almost 26 years ago… On 30 September 1988, many readers of the Pravda newspaper — the official mouthpiece of the Soviet communist party — could not believe their eyes. Published somewhat inconspicuously on the second page, there was...

US missile defense system proves to be useless after $40 bln spent Published: June 18, 2014 This US Air Force handout photo shows a Ground-based Interceptor, an element of the overall Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (AFP Photo) Despite a decade of testing and tens of billions of...

All you need to know about ISIS and what is happening in Iraq Published: June 20, 2014 Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) riding in a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (AFP Photo) So, what is...

Delays to India's LUH procurement 'leading to capability gap, crashes' Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 18 June 2014 Attempts to replace the Cheetah in Indian service have been repeatedly delayed. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen Recurring delays to the Indian Army's acquisition...