Tag: Counterterrorism

Most disturbing is that this sting is basically the same as one from 2007. At the time, the NRC promised to address the weaknesses the sting identified with “immediate action,” which clearly was insufficient.

Twenty-four A-6 Intruders and F/A-18 Hornets launched from aircraft carriers bombed radar and antiaircraft sites in Benghazi before bombing the Benina and Jamahiriya barracks.

In January he called for the number of army reserves to be boosted from the current 28,000 to 40,000 by 2019. France has not had a national guard since 1872.

There were lots of things that could have gone wrong – an aircraft could be shot down, the element of surprise could be lost, or the hostages could be moved.

The Communist Party of China, for purposes of U.S. intelligence services, is considered a foreign entity hostile to the interests of United States. Wright USA cannot continue its FEPLI business under foreign ownership, considering its 30-year relationship with the U.S. intelligence community.…

Unfortunately, despite all our progress against [Daesh] on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach. The resources needed for terrorism are very modest, and the group would have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower, and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly.

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter sees a variety of missions for the Pentagon’s new, secretive space center — and that includes fighting the Islamic State. The Pentagon chief said Thursday that the new Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center established by the Defense Department last fall has a role not only in preparing for potential […]

The Blue Light members had to storm the building and engage in target discrimination as they fired on the enemy silhouettes.

Blue Light had begun their training as an interim counterterrorism unit while Charlie Beckwith took his 18 to 24 months to stand up Delta Force.

CTSOF are trained by the SAS in all aspects of counterterrorism, close-quarters combat (CQB), and hostage-rescue operations.

Part two of the Red Team exercise on a hypothetical, multi-pronged ISIS attack on the Midwest—in Kansas City, Missouri.

The following is a Red Team case study of a hypothetical situation in which terrorists attack Kansas City, Missouri.