Military Times: A mind-boggling stew of nations is fighting in Syria's civil war
Armies and militias from more than a dozen countries have joined the Syria conflict, making for a mind-boggling and dangerous stew of shifting and competing alliances.
Even as a proposed cease-fire is scheduled to begin as early as this week, more nations are escalating their roles in the nearly 5-year-old civil war: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey said they may send ground troops to fight.
Here's how different countries are currently aligned:
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 16, 2016
Saudi, Turkish Forces Prep for Potential Air, Land Invasion of Syria -- Defense News
Riyadh to Sputnik: Drills in Saudi Arabia Not Runup for Specific Operation -- Sputnik
Canada To Boost Spec Ops, Arms in Iraq While Withdrawing CF-18s -- Defense News
Russia Threat Creating New Turk Shopping List -- Defense News
Stop Asking About ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Syria and Iraq -- National Interest
Merkel calls for ‘no-fly zone’ in Syria -- RT
'No incidents, just professionalism' as Russian jets shadow German Tornados in Syria – Bundeswehr -- RT
Russia has just deployed its most advanced spyplane to Syria -- Aviationist
Russian Military to Test-Fire Tor Air Defense Systems in March (VIDEO) -- Sputnik
Confirmed: Iran and Russia to Co-Produce Su-30 Fighter Jet -- The Diplomat
Su-30s, Mi-8s: Iran Considers Inking $8 Billion Arms Deal With Russia -- Sputnik
'Wargames': Iranian Military to Hold Massive Missile Drills Late February -- Sputnik
Belarus, Russia to adopt new military doctrine of Union State -- TASS
Confirmed: China is Upgrading ICBMs With Multiple Warheads -- The Diplomat
Asia's biggest aviation show opens in Singapore -- TASS
Russia plans to sign new contract with India on supply of 48 Mi-17V-5 helicopters -- TASS
France Hires Staff To Refine Arms-Export Drive -- Defense News
US to Deploy Four F-22 Fighter Aircraft in South Korea Wednesday -- Sputnik
China reveals DF-21 MRBM manoeuvrable warhead -- IHS Jane's 360
China Reclaimed Land for South China Sea Anti-Submarine Helicopter Base Near Vietnam -- USNI News
U.S. admiral warns against Chinese fighter flights from South China Sea runways -- Reuters
'No shortcuts' in Africa's war against jihadists: US special forces chief -- AFP
Littoral Combat Ship Is 'Dearly Needed' in Pacific, Navy Commander Says -- Defense News
Huntington Ingalls Launches Portland Amphibious Warship, 11th in San Antonio-class -- USNI News
U.S. Touts ‘Batman’ Ship as Obama Courts Southeast Asian Leaders -- Bloomberg
Boeing upbeat as US Army moves on Future Vertical Lift -- Flight Global
Demands on USMC Slowly Breaking Marine Aviation -- J. Sloman, War on The Rocks
The Military’s Super-Fast Bird Drone -- Defense One
Army Looks to Add Field Artillery Data to Handhelds -- Defense Tech
F/A-18 Super Hornet takes off in 360-degree clip from aircraft carrier in Med (VIDEO) -- RT
Opening combat jobs to women raises registration questions -- AP
Calls to veterans suicide hotline went to voicemail, report says -- Military Times
The defence budget: Mr Carter places his bets -- The Economist
US Nuclear Modernisation and Assurance of Allies -- Rod Lyon, The Strategist
Stealth Matters -- Capt. James Patton, Jr. USN (Retired), USNI News
Commentary: War Makes Victorious Armies Stupid -- Douglas Macgregor, Defense News
2 comments:
Video began so biased that I cannot finish it - whoops.
"According to him, the previous Union State doctrine was adopted in 2001. "We are not threatening anyone. Belarus’ new Military Doctrine, like the previous one, is defensive in nature, but we must be ready to perform our tasks. We must ensure security of the state, if necessary," Valevach said."
A very good idea. Especially as how Belarus shares borders with crazy idiots who like to dress up in NAZI uniforms, march around, celebrate Hitler's birthday, some obscure battle their WW2 SS "freiwilligen" divisions got slaughtered by the Soviets in, or some such rubbish, and pull coups with "western" help a la Ukraine.
Belarus shows good sense and this follows up Xi's visit with deals to develop industry and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, in Canada, we will soon be able to make a home down payment with a bundle of celery hearts or a honey bee ham.
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