317 acts of maritime piracy and robbery were recorded worldwide in 2021 by the MICA Center. A decrease compared to 2020 particularly in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. In 2021 the Caribbean and Singapore Strait were the most affected areas. For this new edition, the Maritime Information Cooperation & Awareness Center (MICA Center), […]
The USCGC Clarence Sutphin is the last of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, in support of the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest overseas presence outside the United States. The cutter also marks the 170th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period […]
The United States puts a definitive end to the construction of the EastMed pipeline, in yet another spectacular cube of the kind that they have historically made since World War II, making one wonder why the Greek political system has always relied so much on the Americans. In a non paper from the State Department […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made some important statements during his speech at an event entitled “National Technologies and New Investments” where he revealed that he is preparing Turkey for future wars with the completion of the indigenous fighter in 2023. Turkey is definitively interested in only one thing: the acquisition of its own fighter. […]
In the last 24 hours, international news agencies have reported that Iraqi air defences have prevented attacks by kamikaze drones against Ayn al-Assad. Today the BBC international correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard published on Twitter the moment when a US air defence system installed at the Ayn al-Assad base shot down another drone – a kamikaze. As […]
Egypt managed to build its own TOMA. The National Defence Production Organisation, part of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence has developed the SENA 200, the new tracked armoured fighting vehicle (TOMA) fully designed and developed in Egypt. The vehicle was presented to the public for the first time at the Egyptian defence equipment exhibition EDEX […]
In the midst of a very turbulent period for world affairs, Russia is acquiring in 2022 modern tanks, aircraft, helicopters, missiles and warships to counter NATO and especially American threats. Russia has taken significant steps to fill the huge gap in the technological development of the Russian armed forces left by the dark Yeltsin decade, […]
Boeing won a 471. 3 million contract. dollars from the U. S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for the “Japanese Superannuator Program. ” The programme aims to upgrade almost 100 Japanese F-15J fighters to “Japanese Super Interceptor” (JSI). The work will be carried out in the US and is expected to be completed by […]
BAGHDAD: Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an official of the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group said. “Two fixed-wing drones rigged with explosives were engaged and destroyed by defensive capabilities at the Iraqi Al-Asad Air Base early this morning,” the official said. “The attempted attack […]
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s president on Monday praised another shipment of arms from Russia despite fears in the Balkans that the country’s recent military buildup could lead to more tensions in the war-scarred European region. President Aleksandar Vucic attended a training exercise at a military base near Belgrade that included recently purchased anti-tank Kornet guided missiles. “I […]