The Russian Federation’s military build-up near Ukraine is expanding, drawing forces from the Central Military District and escalating as thousands of snap exercises take place throughout the country. Social media...
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Russia’s Massive Troop Movements near Ukraine: Another “Bear Scare”?
2 April 2021
Videos on social media show a massive Russian military deployment near the Ukrainian border in the past 72 hours. Main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, rocket...
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Echoes of the Cold War: Why “Bears” Like the G.I.U.K. Gap
30 March 2021
Russian military activity in the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap has increased exponentially in the past years. Launched from the Northern Fleet "bastion," submarine-hunting, anti-surface, and maritime surveillance missions are at the...
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Russia Brags About Bombing Syrian Hospital To Prove ‘Iskander’ Works
27 February 2021
Armenia’s Prime-Minister Nikol Pashinyan shocked the Russian Defense Ministry when he complained about the Iskander-E missile system’s ineffectiveness in a public interview (23 February 2021). PM Pashinyan said that the Iskander missiles launched...
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Russian Pipe-Layer Resumes Work on Nord Stream 2
25 January 2021
The Russian-flagged “Fortuna” pipe-laying vessel has resumed work on the controversial "Nord Stream 2" pipeline on January 24. AIS trackers show Fortuna anchored 27 km south of Bornholm island (Denmark),...
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Iran Tests Carrier-Killing Missile, Suicide Drones (and Other Insights from Exercise “Great Prophet 15”)
20 January 2021
During the latest military exercise(“Great Prophet” 15), the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps - Aerospace Forces (IRGC-AF) demonstrated how Iran would attack U.S. military bases and warships in the region. Great...
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Diamonds are Forever: Russia Doubles Down on Central African Republic (CAR)
12 January 2021
1. Russia has deployed over 300 regular military forces and hardware to the Central African Republic (CAR) in December, according to Russia’s foreign ministry. CAR officials have confirmed this information....
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Attack on Vienna: 9 Minutes of Terror (SOCMINT)
7 December 2020
On 2 November 2020, at around 2000 CET, a gunman opened fire in downtown Vienna, killing four people and injuring 23. The Austrian special forces responded swiftly and neutralized the...
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What We Know About the Secret Israeli-Saudi Meeting in Neom
24 November 2020
On 22 November 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), and Israeli Prime-Minister Netanyahu met in Neom (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). The...
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Azerbaijan Adds Armenian S-300 to Kill List
18 October 2020
Azerbaijan has destroyed an Armenian S-300PS air defense system (AIFC/NATO: SA-10 “Grumble”) on 17 September 2020. The Azeri Ministry of Defense has released footage of an air strike on at...
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Russia moves Troops to border with Belarus
18 August 2020
Russian military intervention in Belarus is increasingly likely. Open source intelligence shows significant military activity in Russia’s western military district. Eyewitnesses have documented at least three unmarked convoys of the...
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U.S. Maintains Pressure on al-Qa’ida’s Most Overlooked Franchise
26 June 2020
A covert US airstrike has killed the leader of Tanzeem Hurras al-Din (HAD), al-Qa'ida's leading Syrian franchise, in Idlib province on 14 June 2020. Abu al-Qassam (also known as Khaled...
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Russia Sends Fighter Jets to Libya
26 May 2020
Russia has deployed military aircraft to Libya to support General Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) from the United States Africa Command (US AFRICOM) shows. The new...
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Lethal Stalkers: How Turkish Drones Are Neutralizing Haftar’s Pantsirs in Libya (BDA)
22 May 2020
Turkish drones operating in Libya on behalf of the Government of National Accord (GNA) have neutralized ten of General Haftar's Pantsir S-1E (NATO Reporting name: SA-22 "Greyhound) air defense systems...
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What We Learned From Israel’s Latest Airstrike Spree in Syria
13 May 2020
Over the past eight years, The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has conducted over 300 "unclaimed" airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and its axis of transnational Shiite militias (the...
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Russian Pipelaying Vessel Enters Baltic Sea to Complete North Stream 2
30 April 2020
Gazprom’s pipelaying vessel “Akademik Cherskiy” is entering the Baltic Sea. The Russian-flagged vessel was likely dispatched to complete the remaining 6% of the controversial North Stream 2 gas pipeline. The...
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Iran’s Space Launch Advances Ballistic Missile Tech, Violating U.N Sanctions
29 April 2020
With the successful space launch of the “Nour-1” spy satellite on April 22, the Islamic Republic of Iran has likely violated international sanctions. The trouble with Iran’s recent space launch...
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Kim Jong-Un: Chilling in Wonsan or Secretly Dead?
27 April 2020
More and more reports about North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s deteriorating health are surfacing. U.S intelligence and recently South Korean and Japanese press have suggested that Kim Jong-Un (KJU) is...
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Royal Air Force Intercepts Russian Aircraft Three Times in Six Days
13 March 2020
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Quick Reaction Alert-North (QRA) from Lossiemouth scrambled three times in the past week to intercept Russian military aircraft transiting the United Kingdom’s flight information...
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Turkish Drone Destroys Syrian Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System
4 March 2020
A Turkish "Bayraktar-2TB" UCAV (unmanned aerial combat vehicle) neutralized a Syrian Pantsir-S1 aerial defense system (NATO/AISC reporting name: “SA-22 Greyhound ''). This is more like a #Syrian Pantsir-S1 (AISC/NATO: SA-22)....
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