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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 05:24 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	INTERNATIONAL MILITARY REVIEW – SYRIA, DEC. 9, 2015 9yYr263xzv0 On Dec.9, Russia for the first time hit ISIS targets in Syria with cruise missiles launched from a submarine in the Mediterranean Sea. The 3M-54 Kalibr missiles were launched from the Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine “Rostov-on-Don”. According to the Russian Defense Minister, the missiles targeted the terrorists’ ammunition warehouses, mine production plant and the oil infrastructure in the territory of Raqqa. In the past three days, the Russian Air Forces have carried out over 300 sorties hitting 600 terrorist targets. All sorties were performed with the backing of Su-30 fighter jets. The pro-government sources argue that tens of terrorists were killed in clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the militant groups along the Damscus-Homs highway on Tuesday. Thus, the Syrian forces expanded its control on the Eastern side of the Damascus-Homs highway in Harasta. On Tuesday, the SAA, Hezbollah, the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Harakat Al-Nujaba launched an offensive on the towns of Al-Zorba and Barqoum clashing against Al-Nusra, Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki, Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Islam. The clashes are continuing in the both towns. If the Syrian forces capture Al-Zorba, they will be able to cutoff the militants’ supply route from Idlib to Aleppo. This operation is a part of the largest offensive of the Syrian forces which is aimed to secure the whole Aleppo-Damascus highway. Since the start of the Russian military operations in Syria, the pro-government forces have been incrementally advancing in directions of the main strategic areas which allow to control crucial parts of the Syrian logistical infrastructure. It allows the Syrian forces to take advantage on terrorists in the manoeuvre capability while the loyalists already have advantage in the fire power, intelligence and coordination. http://southfront.org/international-milita...ria-dec-9-2015/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 05:27 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Risky Move: US Attack Helicopters May Battle Daesh in Ramadi QUOTE United States is prepared to assist the Iraqi Army with additional unique capabilities to help them finish the job, including attack helicopters and accompanying advisers, if circumstances dictate and if requested by Prime Minister Abadi," US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. According to an American military advisor speaking on condition of anonymity to the New York Times, the helicopter offer has already been offered to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, though, even if accepted, a delivery would not be made until the army is ready to make a concrete push to retake Ramadi. http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151210...elicopters.html
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 05:33 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Media: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Jordan may send 90,000 military to fight IS QUOTE BEIRUT, December 10. /TASS/. Around 100,000 foreign military, including 90,000 from Arab countries, may be deployed to Iraq to fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, Iraq Press Agency quoted politician Hanan Al Faltawi as saying. Al Fatlawi said that she received this information from reliable sources after talks between US Senator John McCain and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The meeting took place on November 27 in the joint American-Iraqi operational headquarters in Baghdad that coordinates military actions against IS, she added. "Foreign forces of 100,000 - 90,000 from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan and 10,000 from the United States - will be stationed in Iraq’s western parts," Al Fatlawi noted. The politician added that "the Iraqi prime minister openly expressed bewilderment over McCain’s statement but was told that everything had already been decided." http://tass.ru/en/world/842918
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 05:41 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	What really scares ISIS? GIRLS! Jihadists believe that if they are killed by a woman they won’t go to heaven, claim Kurdish fighters QUOTE jihadi fighters are 'afraid of girls' and fear facing female soldiers, a militia commander in the Kurdish women's unit has said. The terrorist soldiers believe being killed by a woman will prevent them from going to heaven, according to all-female Kurdish frontline troops. The Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) is an all-female branch of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who fight ISIS in the Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria. QUOTE They believe if someone from Daesh [ISIS] is killed by a girl, a Kurdish girl, they won't go to heaven. They're afraid of girls.' One of the fighters in Tehelden's units, 20-year-old Efelin, even laughed when asked if ISIS had tried to attack Al-Houl again. 'If they do, we won't leave one of them alive.' Tehelden, Efelin and their sisters in arms are stationed in Al-Houl, about an hour's drive to the south of Al-Hassakeh in north-east Syria. Meet the all-female unit fighting ISIS in northern Iraq http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-33...h-fighters.html
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:04 PM Return to original view \| Post #5
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	This Navy Ship Looks Like It Is Sailing Through Interstellar Clouds QUOTE A spaceship navigates interstellar cosmic dust and plasma clouds in the photograph above— or rather, a U.S. Navy ship sails the sea under a starry sky. It was taken on December 7, and the spacey effects are due to the weather not being clear. You’re looking at the aft section of the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry–a member of Boxer Amphibious Ready Group– as it prepares for night time flight operations off the coast of Southern California. http://gizmodo.com/this-navy-ship-looks-li...erst-1747060082
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:08 PM Return to original view \| Post #6
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Why the Blue Angels Don't Want the Navy's New Planes QUOTE "While the Super Hornet has more recent technology, the Hornet is more suitable to the needs of the current team due to its light weight and slick maneuverability." The original Hornet weighs 23,000 pounds empty; the Super Hornet weighs 7,000 pounds more. The switch to Super Hornets will also be expensive. The Super Hornet costs $60.9 million per plane, making replacing the oldest planes an $852 million dollar enterprise. That's the equivalent of at least eight F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, which are needed to replace older Hornets serving on aircraft carriers worldwide. http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/w...it-doesnt-want/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:11 PM Return to original view \| Post #7
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	ISIS Recaptures Maheen After Launching a Massive Counter-Offensive On Wednesday morning in the Homs Governorate’s eastern countryside, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) launched a large-scale counter-offensive at the village of Maheen in order to recover several points lost to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and their allies over the last three weeks. ISIS began their assault at the Quraytayn-Maheen checkpoint, where they confronted a large contingent from the National Defense Forces (NDF) of Sadad; this firefight resulted in the terrorist group taking control of the checkpoint and the corresponding hill that overlooks the ancient Syriac Christian city of Quraytayn. Following the capture of the Quraytayn-Maheen checkpoint, the ISIS forces would seize two more hilltops along the Maheen-Quraytayn Road after a fierce battle with the National Defense Forces and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. As a result of these gains, ISIS was able to reenter Maheen and retake the town after a violent battle with the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and the National Defense Forces. The Syriac Christian city of Sadad is once again threatened by ISIS after they captured the neighboring town of Maheen. Recently, Syrian Arab Army’s 120th Brigade of the 2nd Division and the Assyrian “Gozarto Protection Forces” (GPF) left the Maheen-Quraytayn front to return to their posts – the departure of these troops has paved the way for ISIS to counter. http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-l...n-in-east-homs/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:21 PM Return to original view \| Post #8
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	THE AIR FORCE WANTS A UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR QUOTE Their solicitation says they want to conduct research and development in automatic speech recognition, machine translation, natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, text-to-speech synthesis, as well as other speech and language processing technologies. Specifically, the Air Force says that these technologies are necessary as, “much of the information needed to effectively understand, anticipate, manage, and operate in the global environment is found in foreign language speech, text, videos, and images,” especially for “lesser spoken languages that have high military interest but lack sufficient linguists and automated language processing capabilities.” http://www.popsci.com/air-force-wants-universal-translator
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:38 PM Return to original view \| Post #9
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Did Putin just threaten to go NUCLEAR on ISIS? Russian leader says new cruise missiles can be equipped with warheads – but he hopes they would never QUOTE Vladimir Putin has warned that a new underwater missile system deployed by Russian submarines in the war against ISIS in Syria could be equipped with nuclear warheads. The Russian president said that although using nuclear weapons was a possibility, he hoped that they would 'never be needed' in the fight against terrorism. His warning came as Russia stepped up its barrage on Syrian rebels with its first submarine-launched cruise missile strikes combined with bombing raids from the air. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-33...-need-them.html
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:43 PM Return to original view \| Post #10
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	For Muslims in the U.S. military, a different U.S. than the one they swore to defend QUOTE U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Emir Hadzic was a Muslim refugee. “The way Americans welcomed us made such a huge impression on me that I felt like I owed something back,” said Hadzic, a Bosnian-Muslim who fled Sarajevo in 1995. Shortly after arriving in the United States, Hadzic joined the Marine Corps as an infantryman — hoping to help peacekeepers deploying to his homeland. “I thought I would sign up and pay my debt and on behalf of my family,” he added. Eight deployments later and still in the Marine Corps, Hadzic has become disturbed by the rising anti-Muslim sentiment in this country after the recent Islamic State attacks in Paris and last week’s San Bernardino shootings. GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, a candidate Hadzic used to support, has called for barring Muslims from entering the United States. QUOTE He said he has tried to confront friends and former comrades who post hateful things about Muslims. Their response, according to Hashi: “Aw, man we’re not talking about you, you’re good. We’re talking about those Muslims.” “I tell them you can’t cut me out of my own community and say that I’m the good one,” said Hashi, who deployed once to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq. “It’s sad. I’ve had to cut people out of my life, people I consider friends, because I’m not going to accept it. I value myself. I have self-worth.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpo...wore-to-defend/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 06:55 PM Return to original view \| Post #11
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	PH military gets 114 armored vehicles from US QUOTE MANILA, Philippines – A total of 77 units of M113A2 Armed Personnel Carriers (APCs) from the US arrived in Subic Wednesday evening, December 9, and another 37 units are scheduled to arrive next week in time for the transfer of all 114 armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) later in the month, the US embassy in Manila announced in a statement on Thursday, December 10. The transfer of the large number of APCs will boost the armor capabilities of the Philippine military, which continues to fight communist insurgents and terrorists. The light tracked vehicles will provide secure transport to troops who will be inserted into combat zones. "The EDA (Excess Defense Article) Program grants excess U.S. military equipment from the U.S., without cost, to qualified allied countries. The transfer is a result of a formal request made by the AFP to assist in their defense modernization efforts," said the US embassy. http://www.rappler.com/nation/115490-armor...ippine-military
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 07:14 PM Return to original view \| Post #12
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	India's Worst Nightmare: Pakistani F-35 Stealth Fighters? QUOTE Pakistan wants to buy Lockheed Martin’s stealthy fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But the South Asian nation’s chances of acquiring the new American-built warplane are fairly remote. Not only would export of the F-35 to Islamabad compromise the stealth fighter’s technology to Beijing, it could also destabilize the security balance in the region. While Pakistan is focused on modernizing its air force with the Chinese-developed JF-17 Thunder, it is considering three possible options to acquire fifth-generation fighters. According to Islamabad’s chief of the air staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, who spoke to the Pakistani daily The News, the country has started negotiations with the United States to acquire the stealthy single-engine F-35. QUOTE Realistically, Pakistan’s best bet at acquiring a fifth-generation stealth fighter is probably either the Chinese J-31 or the J-20. However, the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA might also be a possibility is Moscow were willing to alienate its Indian allies. The Russians have been discussing a Su-35 sale to Islamabad, so it is not out of the question. But Pakistan’s chances of buying the F-35 are fairly close to nil. http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/...-fighters-14564
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 07:20 PM Return to original view \| Post #13
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	America’s secret arsenal QUOTE One thing everyone I spoke to agreed on: The U.S. has the most powerful cyber arsenal in the world. Brandon Valeriano, a lecturer at the University of Glasgow who focuses on cyber conflict, used the example of the North Korean Internet interruption in December 2014, when the nation’s fledgling Internet went out for a few hours, just a few days after the White House blamed the Sony hack on Pyongyang. “If America wanted to take down North Korea’s Internet,” he said, “it wouldn’t be two to three hours. It would be devastating.” A cyber weapon, called a “capability” in the field, is a piece of malicious code that exploits a flaw in an enemy’s software; the point is to manipulate, disrupt or destroy computers, information systems, networks or physical infrastructure controlled by computer systems. An attacker could use a cyber weapon to take down another country’s financial systems or electrical systems. “Anything that has a computer anywhere on earth can be stopped or taken over,” said Jason Healey, the head of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and former director for cyber infrastructure protection in the George W. Bush White House from 2003 to 2005. http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/...strategy-000331
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 07:23 PM Return to original view \| Post #14
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	US Army Successfully Tests ‘Venom’ Drone targeting System QUOTE Defense contractor Northrop Grumman said Tuesday that the US Army has successfully demonstrated its Venom detection and tracking system at military maneuvers. At the Army Maneuver-Fires Integrated Experiment (MFIX), the company’s Venom system demonstrated its ability to identify and track even small drones, and provide accurate targeting data while on the move. http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/12/us-army-t...rgeting-system/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 09:23 PM Return to original view \| Post #15
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Syrian Army Seizes a Strategic Village on the Turkish Border as the Islamist Rebel Defenses Collapse On Wednesday morning, the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard continued its triumphant march across the vast mountains of northeastern Latakia, capturing more villages and hilltops in Jabal Al-Turkmen (Turkmen Mountains) and Jabal Al-Akrad (Kurdish Mountains) as they eye the imperative Turkish border-crossing that is used by the Islamist rebels to enter Syria. The Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigadeand their allies began their assault at the large hilltop of Tal Harisha after advancing from the Tal Sheikh Mohammad front in Jabal Al-Turkmen; this battle was short-lived, however, as the pro-government forces seized this site following a brief firefight with the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and their allies from the Free Syrian Army’s “1st Coastal Brigade”. Later in the day, the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade intensified their military operations in Jabal Al-Turkmen, seizing the strategic hilltop of Tal Syriatel that overlooks the mountaintop village of ‘Ateera near the rebel stronghold of Al-Rabi’yah. Moments after capturing Tal Syriatel, the Syrian Armed Forces stormed the integral mountaintop village ‘Ateera, where they were confronted by a large Jabhat Al-Nusra contingent; however, the aforementioned Islamist group was unable to maintain defensive positions and thus, conceded the village to the pro-government forces after only a 90 minute firefight. For the Islamist rebels, the Syrian Arab Army’s capture of ‘Ateera spells bad news for them, as their long-standing stronghold of Rabi’yah is now susceptible to an assault by the pro-government forces that are entrenched in the Zahiyah Mountains. http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian...enses-collapse/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 09:37 PM Return to original view \| Post #16
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	First Known Chinese National Fighting Against Islamic State in Syria Speaks QUOTE “I have to acknowledge that IS’s equipment is much better than that of YPG’s… But no matter how difficult it is, I believe justice will eventually triumph,” Pan wrote early in his adventure on his Sina Weibo page. He explained to the BBC in Mandarin – he speaks neither Kurdish nor Arabic and communicates with fellow fighters with an electronic translator – that he felt responsible for stopping the Islamic State, or at least doing his part in the fight, because they have “taken so many innocent lives.” Pan also claims to feel responsible for fighting ISIS now that he knows from Kurdish sources that the terrorist group has “trained many Chinese people and then sent them back to China.” He did not elaborate on how he knew this information. The Chinese government has previously estimated that up to 300 Chinese nationals have left China to join ISIS is Iraq and Syria, though they have not detailed whether any have returned. Chinese officials claim all are ethnic Uyghurs from western Xinjiang province, a Turkic Muslim people.. Pan, who fights under a pseudonym and claims “Ba Si” is the Kurdish translation of his Han Chinese name, says he had fallen into a rut at home, leaving his girlfriend and not quite having a stable career. He then saw the story of Huang Lei, a British national of Han Chinese origin who left the UK to fight ISIS, and felt compelled to do the same. “I had actually thought he is still here in Kobane, but when I arrived in Kobane I was told he’s already back in the UK,” Pan said. http://www.breitbart.com/national-security...e-syria-speaks/
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 09:46 PM Return to original view \| Post #17
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Middle Eastern Countries Interested in Russian Armed Vehicles, Aircraft QUOTE This year, we will complete the fulfillment of the contract to supply BMP-3M and BMP-3K infantry fighting vehicles to Kuwait. The last batch of the vehicles arrived in Kuwait in early November, which is currently undergoing the receipt process," Sergey Goreslavsky told RIA Novosti. http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151210/103...y-interest.html
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 09:52 PM Return to original view \| Post #18
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Russia’s Armata combat platform may be allowed for exports by 2020 — manufacturer QUOTE "If everything goes well and we get the permission [from the Russian Defense Ministry], I believe that we’ll be able to receive an export configuration certificate by 2020 or maybe earlier," Khalitov said, adding that everything would depend on the principal customer. QUOTE According to the official, batch production of the T-14 tank and the T-15 infantry fighting vehicle may begin in 2017 or 2018. QUOTE Finalizing the blueprints and making the experimental product took two years. Testing is in progress. It is to be finalized in 2017. http://tass.ru/en/defense/842938
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 10:03 PM Return to original view \| Post #19
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Watch a North Korean Military Parade In VR With This Free App HnEACysvsI8 QUOTE In a collaboration with VR company Jaunt, ABC News captured the North Korean capital in intimate detail. All you need is a smartphone, the Jaunt app, and a Google Cardboard viewer. The feature puts you side-by-side ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff (and the two government security guards ordered to follow his every move) as you explore Pyongyang streets, subway stations, and finally Kim Il Sung Square, home of North Korea’s biggest event of the year—the 70th anniversary of the North Korean Workers’ Party. http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-north-korean-mi...s-fr-1747139410
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BorneoAlliance	Dec 10 2015, 10:11 PM Return to original view \| Post #20
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	You Can Buy a Ride in a MiG-29 Fighter Jet mOlismuQbls QUOTE A jet fighter factory has teamed up with a Swiss tour company to offer flights in one of the Soviet Union's last fighter planes. Starting from $12,466, tourists from around the world can travel to Russia and zip around in a MiG-29 fighter. The unique tour is offered by Sokol, a Russian aerospace company, in conjunction with Swiss company MiGFlug. Founded in 1932 outside the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, Sokol has built fighters for 80 years, including the MiG-29. http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/w...29-fighter-jet/
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