Новости за 06.03.2018

By: Lyle D. Burgoon

The deployment of automated weapons systems poses significant ethical challenges, especially jus in bello.

---Quote--- WASHINGTON — As the production rate of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighter goes up, the company is wrestling with quality escapes involving the jet’s low observability features, which now amount to about half of all defects on the aircraft, the company’s vice president of the...

A rare public comment by a former PIRA volunteer on the success of British intelligence infiltration; he ends with: ---Quote--- They didn’t come out and say that they were penetrated. Yes, the IRA volunteers knew there was penetration, as that was par for the course, but I don’t believe the...

A swift CT police response: ---Quote--- Greece's counter-terrorism squad on Tuesday announced that its investigations have led to the discovery of a criminal organisation allegedly linked to the extreme right that may be involved in explosions, raids and arsonist attacks. It announced that...

A developing story after ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, 66yrs, and his daughter Yulia, in her 30s, are critically ill in hospital after being found unconscious in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He was jailed for 13 years by Russia in 2006, convicted of passing the identities of agents working undercover ...

From The Soufan Center IntelBrief a curious diplomatic episode: ---Quote--- The most significant factor in the FATF putting Pakistan back on the grey list, which it was on from 2012-2015—though the global dynamics are quite different now—are the postures of Saudi Arabia and China; the former...

By: Morgan Smiley

China Rising

Morgan Smiley

Threats to the security of our interests, and to those of our friends, come in many forms.  While many see non-state terrorist organizations as the most likely dangers, others cite near-peer states (namely Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea) as far more threatening.  Of the four states mentioned, China is, in my opinion, the one we should watch closely if for no other reason than their propensity to keep their expansionist efforts “under the radar”. Читать дальше...

Spotted via Twitter: ---Quote--- Kazakhstan’s government is launching an ambitious strategy to combat religious extremist movements that have posed an imminent threat to the national security and are aimed at radicalizing and recruiting Kazakhstani youth into the ranks of international...

By: Kyle Amonson

One key purpose of this study is to analyze and assess how Daesh’s actions as a non-state actor either supported or hindered their goals of establishing a religious caliphate.

By: SWJ Editors

On Thursday, Small Wars Journal will be migrating to its new server and undergoing the biggest site upgrade in over 10 years (maybe more). You can expect some downtime – maybe 2-5 hours at most – knock on wood. The new site will not look much different from the current version – of significance are all the “fixes” on operations that SWJ has been slapping band aids on for years.

And yes, the signup problems many have experienced when joining SWJ or the Small Wars Council should be a thing of the past. Читать дальше...

By: Associated Press

Pentagon: Operations Against ISIS in Eastern Syria 'Paused' by Robert Burns – AP

The Pentagon says offensive operations against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria have been paused because U.S.-backed Kurdish soldiers have shifted to a separate fight against Turkish forces.

A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Rob Manning, called it an “operational pause.” He said that although ground operations have been temporarily suspended in the Euphrates River Valley near the Iraqi border... Читать дальше...