Tag: reconnaissance

Lighting Up the Gray Zone: The Philippines-Taiwan Counter-Coercion Toolkit

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Perry World House’s Thomas Shattuck and Robin Garcia are out with an important new white paper which recommends the public release of visual information to counter China’s coercive activities, using the Philippines and Taiwan as examples. As the champions of “assertive transparency”, SeaLight enthusiastically welcomes this timely new scholarship!

Lighting Up the Gray Zone: The Philippines-Taiwan Counter-Coercion Toolkit

Perry World House is at the University of Pennsylvania, another university funded by the US government. I’ve updated my Project Myoushu document, to reflect the following:

The origin of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. It’s sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, an organization within the Department of Navy. I saw it over at the Asian Century Journal, yesterday.

From a previous post.

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Japan, U.S. and Philippines to discuss stronger military ties & US, Philippines to expand strategic port

BBC: Niger’s Junta Revokes Military Agreement With US

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Niger’s Junta Revokes Military Agreement With US

“The US presence on the territory of the Republic of Niger is illegal and violates all the constitutional and democratic rules which would require the sovereign people… to be consulted on the installation of a foreign army on its territory,” Niger’s military spokesperson Col Amadou Abdramane said in a damning statement on national television.

He also alleged that the US delegation had accused Niger of making a secret deal to supply uranium to Iran. Col Abdramane described the accusation as “cynical” and “reminiscent of the second Iraq war”.

And finally, he suggested that the US had raised objections about the allies that Niger had chosen. “The government of Niger therefore strongly denounces the condescending attitude combined with the threat of reprisals by the head of the American delegation against the government and the people of Niger,” Col Abdramane said.

Japan, U.S. and Philippines to discuss stronger military ties & US, Philippines to expand strategic port

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Japan, U.S. and Philippines to discuss stronger military ties

The three foreign ministers will discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the wake of increasing collisions in the South China Sea between ships from the Philippines and China.

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They agreed to work toward signing a Reciprocal Access Agreement that would make it easier for members of the Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine military to engage in joint training exercises by simplifying procedures to obtain visas and bring weapons and ammunition into each other’s countries.

Japan will also provide funds for the Philippines to acquire a coastal surveillance radar system.

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US, Philippines to expand strategic port

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How Cyprus is used to facilitate genocide

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How Cyprus is used to facilitate genocide

Activists claim the UK and US use Cyprus as an “unsinkable warship” as recent conflicts in the Middle East spark renewed controversy over British military bases on the Mediterranean island.

UK ‘bases of death’ in Cyprus see controversy amid Middle East conflicts

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U.S. Spies Have ‘Wide Range’ of Facilities on UK’s Cyprus Base Near Gaza and Share Intelligence with Israel Daily

Hezbollah Military Media Releases Video Showing Reconnaissance Footage Captured by Drone over Kfar Blum Settlement + Watch How Hezbollah Missile Precisely Hit Israeli Target

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Hezbollah military media released on Friday a video which shows reconnaissance footage captured on Wednesday by one of the Islamic Resistance drones over Kfar Blum settlement in preparation of a drone attack on Israeli air defense systems as well as Iron Dome platforms on Thursday.

Hezbollah Military Media Releases Video Showing Reconnaissance Footage Captured by Drone over Kfar Blum Settlement

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Watch How Hezbollah Missile Precisely Hit Israeli Target

The misisle strike on Jal Al-Allam was among 3 attacks carried out by the Lebanese resistance group against Israeli site along the border with Lebanon “in support of the resilient Palestinian people in Gaza and in solidarity with their brave and honorable resistance,” a statement providing a summary of Thursday’s operations.

U.S. Spies Have ‘Wide Range’ of Facilities on UK’s Cyprus Base Near Gaza and Share Intelligence with Israel Daily

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An aerial view of Ayios Nikolaos Station, a British base on Cyprus which hosts a huge US spy facility. (Google Earth)

Leaked top secret documents reveal spying assets on British Cyprus are integrated with “military planning and operations”—and intelligence is likely being passed to Israel to help it bomb Gaza, further implicating Britain in war crimes.

U.S. Spies Have ‘Wide Range’ of Facilities on UK’s Cyprus Base Near Gaza and Share Intelligence with Israel Daily

Deployment of U.S. Nuclear Strategic Assets Is Root Cause of Ever-escalating Tensions on Korean Peninsula: Int’l Affairs Analyst of DPRK

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Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) — Kang Jin Song, an international affairs analyst of the DPRK, released the following article “Deployment of U.S. strategic nuclear assets is malignant cause of vicious cycle of escalating tensions on Korean peninsula” on Saturday:

Deployment of U.S. Nuclear Strategic Assets Is Root Cause of Ever-escalating Tensions on Korean Peninsula: Int’l Affairs Analyst of DPRK

H/T: Der Friedensstifter

US Is Flying Combat Drones Over Gaza – Reports

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The US is flying drones over the Gaza Strip to help gather intelligence on the locations of hostages taken by the Hamas Movement and other Palestinian armed factions during the October 7 surprise attack, Reuters reported on November 3, citing a pair of United States officials.

US Is Flying Combat Drones Over Gaza – Reports

H/T: Niqnaq

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U.S. Drones Are Flying Over Gaza to Aid in Hostage Recovery, Officials Say