Navy SEALs Facing a Glut of Publicity Since Osama Bin Laden Raid

Navy SEALs Facing a Glut of Publicity Since Osama Bin Laden Raid

“We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to violence on our behalf.”              That quote has been applicable since almost the beginning of time; certainly since the formation of nation states. The most well-known example of modern times will celebrate its anniversary this month, five years after assaulters […]

Afghan President Blames Pakistan for Sheltering Taliban

Afghan President Blames Pakistan for Sheltering Taliban

In the wake of last week’s Taliban attack on a government intelligence building–which resulted in 64 deaths and 347 injuries–Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on Pakistan to cease its support for militants. “The enemies of Afghanistan are Daesh, al-Qaeda, the murderous Haqqani network, and some of the Taliban who enjoy shedding the blood of their countrymen,” Ghani said […]

The Pakistani Army’s Coup Against Itself

The Pakistani Army’s Coup Against Itself

Media leaks have revealed that Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has sacked at least twelve senior army officers because of their involvement in ‘corruption’. The army has not provided more details about the nature and scale of corruption these officers were involved in. This is an extraordinary development given the fact that the military, the […]

Indian RAW Intelligence Officers Defect to the West, Following U.S. SecDef Visit

Indian RAW Intelligence Officers Defect to the West, Following U.S. SecDef Visit

India and the United States have been militarily courting for the past two years, following a prolonged freeze in defense diplomacy and U.S. sanctions after India’s nuclear-weapons testing in 1998 . U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has recently returned from a three-day visit to India, his second trip this year. Mr. Carter discussed logistical requirements for […]

A CIA operative will be extradited to Italy for kidnapping a terrorist

A CIA operative will be extradited to Italy for kidnapping a terrorist

A former CIA operative is to be the first to be extradited to face court over the Bush administration’s heavily criticised policy of kidnapping terror suspects and smuggling them to third countries for interrogation. In the latest twist in a decades-long transatlantic espionage scandal, the Portuguese Supreme Court has upheld a request from Italy to extradite […]

The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A nuclear Armageddon in the making in South Asia

The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A nuclear Armageddon in the making in South Asia

Undoubtedly, for nearly two decades the most dangerous place on Earth has been the Indian-Pakistani border in Kashmir. It’s possible that a small spark from artillery and rocket exchanges across that border might — given the known military doctrines of the two nuclear-armed neighbors — lead inexorably to an all-out nuclear conflagration. In that case […]

Inside the CIA’s Secret Drone War

Inside the CIA’s Secret Drone War

In 2001, the White House concluded that it was legal to use armed drones to kill senior al-Qaeda leaders. Within weeks of the 9/11 attacks, then-US President George W Bush signed off on an order which authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to capture and kill al-Qaeda operatives. For some, drones are the greatest weapon ever […]

Windfall For Russian Arms Manufacturers?

If Russia spent $500 million on its military operations in Syria, all indications are it’s about to get that back–in spades. Because the Kremlin has done a good job of selling its successes, it just might receive a multi-billion-dollar windfall in new revenue. That is thanks to potential arms sales of it’s latest and greatest […]

Pakistan to launch paramilitary crackdown in Punjab after bomb kills 70

Pakistan to launch paramilitary crackdown in Punjab after bomb kills 70

Pakistan will launch a special paramilitary crackdown in Punjab, the country’s richest and most-populous province, after an Easter Day bombing in the eastern city of Lahore killed 70 people, government and military sources told Reuters on Monday. The move represents the civilian government once again granting special powers to the military in order to fight […]

The Drone That Stalked Usama Bin Laden

As time passes, we learn more in hindsight about the massive team effort which led to the demise of who used to be our nation’s number one enemy, Usama bin Laden. Thanks to timely and well-placed shots fired by a Navy SEAL, that particular problem no longer draws breath. Leading up to Neptune Spear, however, […]

F-16s To Be Produced In India?

Editor’s Note: Discussions have been flying under the radar in reference to Lockheed-Martin transferring all of its production of F-16s to India. A curious development, given all of the recent discussion of Block 52 Viper sales to Pakistan. The subject was mentioned during the Singapore Air Show by Mr. Phil Shaw, the head of Lockheed-Martin’s […]

Pakistan F-16 Sale Survives Senate!

Pakistan F-16 Sale Survives Senate!

Editor’s Note: As we’d previously noted, Pakistan’s desire to upgrade its fleet of Block 52 F-16s has been approved by the State Department’s DSCA, but the Senate became a battleground over the deal.  Pakistan has been operating the Block 52+ F-16 for several years, as well as a number of Vipers which are older and in […]