Tiger Forces Advance to Tal Al-Ahmar and Humaymah Al-Kabeera in East Aleppo: ISIS Defenses Crumbling



On Wednesday morning in the Aleppo Governorate’s eastern countryside, the Syrian Arab Army’s elite special operations division known as the “Tiger Forces” – in coordination with the National Defense Forces (NDF) of Aleppo City and Salamiyah; Hezbollah; and Harakat Al-Nujaba (Iraqi paramilitary) – continued their march through the Deir Hafer Plains, striking the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) at a number of sites near the liberated Kuweires Military Airport.

The Tiger Forces and their allies began their large-scale assault at the outskirts of Humaymah Al-Kabeera, where they were confronted by a large continent from ISIS that was poised to obstruct their advance into this large village from the strategic hilltop at Tal Humaymah.

However, the Tiger Forces and their allies were able to bypass ISIS’ first line of defense to reach Humaymah Al-Kabeera’s northwestern perimeter; this rapid advance by the pro-government forces resulted in ISIS’ withdraw to the village’s parameters in order to prevent any infiltration.

Initial reports stated that the Syrian Armed Forces had captured half of Humaymah Al-Kabeera, but this was denied by a military source that is entrenched with the Tiger Forces near the Kuweires Military Airport.

Southwest of the Kuweires Military Airport, the Tiger Forces and their allies advanced from the Rasm Al-‘Abid Grain Silos to the strategic hilltop village of Tal Al-Ahmar, where they were once again confronted by a large ISIS contingent.

The hilltop village of Tal Al-Ahmar is imperative to ISIS due to its proximity to the Kuweires Military Airport; if captured by the Syrian Arab Army, ISIS’ forces in the western countryside of the Deir Hafer Plains will likely collapse, resulting in a massive retreat towards the city of Deir Hafer.

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/tiger-...nses-crumbling/

Russia to Provide Evidence of Turkish Involvement in Daesh Oil Trade











http://sputniknews.com/military/20151202/1...aesh-turky.html

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Islamic State’s pilots are trained in Libya — media



CAIRO, December 2. /TASS/. The terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State has its pilots trained in Libya’s city of Sirte, the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said on Wednesday, adding that high-tech simulators were being used in the process.

"The simulator allows for practicing take-offs and landings and the technique of determining the plane’s coordinates and communicating with the ground control centre," the paper says. "The first simulators for practicing the skills of running passenger planes were delivered to Libya in October. Two weeks ago two combat simulators were brought there."

There has been no evidence yet the terrorists have any aircraft at their disposal.

Sirte, on Libya’s Mediterranean Coast, has been in the hands of the Islamic State since August. The extremists said they were determined to make it the first major Islamic State base outside Iraq and Syria. The whole of Libya is in utter security chaos.

http://tass.ru/en/world/840893

TURKEY’S BLOCKADE OF RUSSIAN NAVAL VESSELS’ ACCESS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA FLEET COMPLETELY CUT OFF









http://southfront.org/turkeys-blockade-of-...letely-cut-off/

Singapore's New Fast Patrol Boat Is Practically a Submarine






http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/w...ly-a-submarine/

Donald Trump Dares To Say That Turkey ‘Looks Like They’re On The Side Of ISIS’





http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/...he-side-of-isis

Israeli Military to Begin Enlisting HIV-positive Soldiers



http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.689510

This is a dangerous move. Has war been declared?

Turkey Has No Legal, Economic Basis to Close Bosphorus for Russian Ships


http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151126/1...rus-strait.html

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Cambodia Boosts Defense Budget for 2016





http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/cambodia-bo...udget-for-2016/

Damn. I didn't think Erdogan would have the balls to do it.

And here comes the Sputniknews propa

So pray tell, on what basis do they have to close the straits?

It means war. If this is Erdogan's decision, he really got balls because he is taking on not only Russia, but US at the same time. He is putting US and NATO in a very difficult situation. If this is his stunt, we can expect some political upheaval in Turkey. In the game of chess, the American has not been known to be kind to rogue pieces.

It's more similar with Revolution version shown in Eurosatory 2014






A bit disappointing that it isn't the same with the one displayed on IndoDefence 2012

I was referring to the optic camera on the front center armor.





Never seen those kind of optic camera on the Singaporean Leopard 2SG.

It seems TNI-AD Leopard 2RI tank is based from the first MBT Revolution prototype. The turret has a similar design to the Leopard 2RI.



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Indonesia need to modernize it's outdated military equipment to cover it's vast island territory.

Anyway the plan procurement of 9 AW-101 (3 VVIP + 6 Utility) are for the Indonesian Air Force while the Indonesian Army is negotiating with Boeing for four CH-47F Chinook.

There is not yet any signing for the Su-35 contract. Recent news was that the Indonesian Defence Minister has officially approved & signed the Su-35 purchase document that have been submitted by the Indoensian Air Force.

This post has been edited by azriel: Dec 3 2015, 12:13 PM

http://www.janes.com/article/56387/singapo...pgrade-contract

Montreux Convention, also mentioned somewhere upthread. Naturally Sputniknews disagrees

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY REVIEW – SYRIA, DEC. 2, 2015



The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces, supported by Russian air strikes, managed to drive ISIS out of a long section of the strategic Aleppo-Raqqa highway in the northern part of Syria. According to the field reports, the Syrian troops’ offensive forced the terrorists to retreat and suffer large casualties in the fighting. The clashes followed the Syrian Arab Army’s last week assault on the ISIS positions at the Siyasko Chemical Factory’s western and eastern perimeters. The Syrian Arab Army(SAA) is continuing to advance towards the Turkish border in northern Latakia. The pro-government forces capitalized the Russian air support freeing the villages of ‘Arafat, Rwaysat Al-Sheikhou and Katf Al-Salat captured by Al-Nusra militants three months ago. The goal of the military operation is to take control of the border with Turkey and to secure the Latakia-Idlib axis.

The SAA, Hezbollah and the National Defense Forces (NDF) are advancing in the Aleppo province after capturing the village of ‘Aqulah over the weekend. The Syrian forces launched an assault on the ISIS positions at the Rasm Al-‘Abid Grain Silos and reportedly killed about 15 militants and destroyed 3 armored vehicles. Following the clashes with ISIS, the SAA and its allies imposed full control over the Rasm Al-‘Abid Grain Silos expanding a buffer zone at the southern perimeter of the Kuweires Military Airport and the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway.

Russia is also reportedly preparing to deploy fixed-wing aircraft and about 1,000 troops to the government-controlled Shayrat Airbase in Homs Province. According to some reports, the force of guards and military engineers has already been deployed there. If it’s true, this step will significantly help to the Syrian forces’ ongoing offensive to recapture the ISIS-controlled city of Palmyra.

SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence remembers France agreed to coordinate airstrikes with Russia against ISIS and share information on the disposition of armed groups in Syria. On December 1, the German cabinet backed plans for military support in the fight against ISIS militants in Syria. Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and a 1,200-strong force will be sent to the region under the proposals.

Germany has an agreement with France to share information on the disposition of armed groups in Syria. Thus, Russia-France-Germany trilateral cooperation in the intelligence sharing on the Syrian crisis could be described as existent.

http://southfront.org/international-milita...ria-dec-2-2015/

Wishful Thinking: New Turkish EW System Hardly a Threat to S-400



According to the newspaper, the system, called Koral and manufactured by the Turkish corporation ASELSAN, is an analogue of the Russian Krasukha EW system and is meant to counter the Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile deployed at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria.

However, Vladimir Mikheev, an advisor to the first deputy CEO of KRET — the largest radio-electronic holding and top manufacturer of electronic warfare equipment in Russia – remained skeptical about Koral’s ability to defeat S-400.

"Koral is a ground-based EW system, and in order to effectively counter surface-to-air missiles, especially the kind of missiles that the S-400 uses – missiles that are specifically designed to withstand enemy electronic countermeasures – you need air-based EW systems," Mikheev told media. "You need the analogues of our Rychag or Khibiny systems, and Turkey has nothing of that kind. Obviously, the US has such systems, but it doesn’t export that kind of equipment even to its NATO allies."

Mikheev also remarked that it would be imprudent to underestimate the Turkish EW equipment designers, though much of the Koral’s capabilities remain unknown as it was only presented to the public this year.

Last week President Vladimir Putin said that Russia might utilize electronic warfare systems to ensure the safety of its aircraft in Syria following the downing of a Su-24 bomber by Turkish forces.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151202...ic-warfare.html