What’s Canada Buying?
- Fixed Wing Search & Rescue (FWSAR) Project “The Government of Canada to make announcement about fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft (this morning)” – “New rescue planes coming” – “AIRBUS C295W SELECTED FOR FWSAR”
- Soooo, which is it, then? “Feds set to pick new military rescue plane 14 years after project started” – “Search-plane decision ends 12-year procurement odyssey”
- Big Honkin’ Ships “Government of Canada to announce continued progress on National Shipbuilding Strategy (this afternoon)”
- F-35 Tug o’ War “Canada Will Need Additional Fighter Jets to Meet New Defense Posture”
- “Canadian military wants homemade explosives training” – From 29 Nov 2016: Wanted: “Provision of homemade explosive training” – more details in Statement of Work
- “New mobile workspaces for the Canadian Armed Forces”
- Wanted: “DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR MICROBIAL INFECTION USING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSORS”
- Wanted: “SURVIVAL VEST”
#CANvsISIL
Everyone Else Vs. ISIL
- “Trump prepares to alter Obama’s military strategy in Syria, Iraq”
- “What Could a Trump Presidency Mean for Syria?”
Syria
- “How Relevant to Syria is Syria’s Regime?”
- “China offers unexpected support to Russian on UN Syria resolution”
- “Kremlin says in favor of continuing talks with Kerry over Syria” – “Russia: ‘We Are Close’ to Deal With US on Aleppo” – “US and Russia ‘close’ to deal on Syria’s Aleppo” – “Turkey, Russia in Intensive Talks on Aleppo Ceasefire”
- “Rebels seek ceasefire with Syrian army closer to retaking Aleppo” – “With Syrian Army Closer to Retaking Aleppo, Rebels Call for Ceasefire”– “Syria , Russia Reject Cease-Fire Calls, Vow To Retake Aleppo”
- “Syrian army regains 78% of eastern Aleppo neighborhoods + map” – “Assad says Aleppo’s seizure won’t be end of war in Syria” – “Why Aleppo matters — Assad is going to take back the crucially important city. So what happens next? …”
- “SARC and ICRC evacuate 150 civilians from Aleppo frontline” – “ICRC, Red Crescent Evacuate About 150 Patients From Aleppo Hospital”
- Israeli Bits “Is Syrian retaliation against Israel in the works?” – “New UN resolution demands Israel rescind Golan annexation decision” – “Israel won’t allow chemical weapons from Syria to reach Hezbollah, defense minister says” – “Israel Bombs Mezzeh Airport for the Second Time in a Week”
- “Chechen elite forces to be deployed in Syria”
- “The Consequences of Egypt’s Potential Military Engagement in Syria”
Syria/Refugees in Canada
- “In Montreal, Syrian refugees suffer heartbreak for those left behind”
- “Ontario Continuing to Welcome and Support Syrian Refugees”
Iraq
- “Iraq Situation Report: December 1-6, 2016”
- “(Australian) Soldiers return home from Iraq”
- “(U.S.) DoD Update on Counter-ISIL Fight in Iraq : Mosul is Surrounded” – “Iraqi Army and Islamic State Start Psychological War in Mosul” – “Almost 84,000 displaced as fighting rages in Iraq’s Mosul: report” – “IOM Iraq Emergency Tracking: Mosul Operations – Data Snapshot: 6 December 2016” (International Organization for Migration)
- “Fierce Mosul fighting as Iraq army takes hospital” – “Coalition airstrike hits hospital in Iraq”
Libya
- “Fatouha Flotilla (including Canadian ship) with Humanitarian Aid to Ganfouda Delayed Due to LNA Air Strike Threats”
- “Libyan political accord ‘stands firm, but stuck’ – UN envoy tells Security Council” – “Security Council Press Statement on Libya” – “UNSC expresses concern over political, security context in Libya”
- “Libya, The Failed State”
- “Libya Militias Battle for Control of Oil Ports”
The Kurds
- “KRG Rejects HRW Accusations about Restricting (Yazidi) Movement in Sinjar”
- “Independence “a God-given Right to Kurds”: Masrour Barzani” – “Masrour Barzani: Borders Have Been Drawn against Our People” – “KRG Working on Disputes Around the Christian-owned Lands’
- “U.S. should protect Kurdish autonomy in Syrian Kurdistan: Galbraith” – “Kurdish security chief says he is confident of continued US support”
- About budgets … “Iraq approves 2017 budget to Kurdish objections” – “KRG: Iraq’s budget law “dangerous plot” against Kurdistan Region” – “Iraq parliament approves 2017 budget, Kurdish KDP party objects”
- … and oil “Could KRG make $57.21 million more a month by independent oil sales?” – “KRG assures international oil companies it will be “a worthy partner” “ – “Kurdish MP says KRG statement will continue ‘unclear oil policy’ “
Cold War 2.0
- “Minister Dion concludes successful participation in NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting” – “Europe’s Nato allies look to Trump as Russia ‘tests resolve’ “
- “Minister Dion to focus on international security priorities at Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Ministerial Council” – “OSCE Foreign Ministers Convene In Hamburg Amid Tensions Over Ukraine, Syria” – “Le Canada priorisera les questions de sécurité internationale au Conseil ministériel de l’OSCE”
- “Hacked: classified data of Russian state defense procurement 2015-2016” (InformNapalm.org)
- “Presentation of senior officers appointed to command positions” (President of Russia)
- Really? “(RUS) Diplomat says confrontation and self-isolation not Russia’s path on world stage”
- “Gorbachev Blames ‘Greedy’ Russian, Ukrainian Leaders For 1991 Soviet Collapse”
- “China Building Up Its Military Forces Along India Border”
- “The Baltic Sea, a Future Area of Tension?”
- “Estonian Dad’s Army preparing for mother of all battles with Russia that could usher in World War Three”
Ukraine
- From the CAF Info-machine “Successful takeoff for Operation Unifier flight safety course”
- “Saskatoon group raising money for orphans, sick children in Ukraine”
- “UN: East Ukraine’s Civilians Face ‘Host Of Rights Violations’ “ – “Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 August to 15 November 2016” (PDF)
- “Fake: Volunteers Getting Rich from War in Eastern Ukraine”
- Really? “(LPR’s) Plotnitsky in RIA Novosti: ‘Putin should decree a free trade zone with Donbass’ “
- Updates from All Sides “Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 6 December 2016” – UKR govt ATO map, 8 Dec 2016 – “Situation Update, east of Ukraine as of December 08, 2016” (UKR MoD) – “Lugansk Defense: Situation Report, 08.03.2016” – “Donetsk Defense: Situation Report, 8.12.2016” – “ATO day and night: Vodyane shelled from 152-mm artillery”
- “DPR intelligence: Slovakian instructors observed training Ukrainian military in Donbass”
- “Ukraine: difficile accès aux prothèses pour les blessés de guerre”
- “(UKR DefMin) Poltorak said that airborne intelligence is to receive necessary funding in 2017 – Poltorak said that airborne intelligence is to receive necessary funding in 2017” – “Stepan Poltorak: Aerial reconnaissance unit will receive the required funding” (UKR MoD)
- “Kiev ready for ‘228 (separatists) for 42 (Ukrainians)’ swap of prisoners by New Year — official” – “Contact group orders preparations for release of maximal number of prisoners in Donbas before New Year holidays” – “Morozova says Kiev is not ready for meaningful dialog on POW swap”
- “Russian military vehicles enter occupied Crimea – Russian military vehicles enter occupied Crimea”
- The Talking Shop “Russian top diplomat says time to stop sabotaging Minsk agreements” – “Moscow Urges to End Sabotage of Direct Kiev-Donbass Talks – Lavrov” – “Contact Group winds up negotiations, next meeting scheduled for December 21” – “Contact Group agrees to settle water cuts issue in Lugansk within 7 days ― OSCE envoy” – “Donetsk water purification installation de-energized again after 2-days-work”
- Nearby in the ‘Hood … “Negotiations behind Ukraine: agreement between Moldova and Russia?”
Way Up North
- “RCAF assists Environment Canada in monitoring Arctic conditions”
- “US Force Level in Arctic Region ‘Can Change Tomorrow’ — Navy Staff Director”
Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
- “Military, DND face class action lawsuit over alleged treatment of gays, lesbians” – “Third sexual-abuse class-action suit in works against Canadian military” – “Koskie Minsky LLP Brings Canadian Armed Forces Gender-Based Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Class Action”
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
Internal Security
- But Not in Canada (if the List is to be Believed, Anyway) … “(Turkey’s) Diyanet gathers intelligence on suspected Gülenists via imams in 38 countries — Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, widely believed to be the mastermind of the failed July 15 coup attempt …”
Other
- Thomas McQueen, R.I.P. “Remembering Capt. Thomas McQueen: Military funeral in Hamilton” – “Military Funeral for Captain Thomas McQueen”
- “The Harper government made a “political” decision to cut flying times for CF-18s and other military aircraft so it could save money and campaign on a balanced budget in 2015, says a former Conservative MP and ex-fighter pilot …”
- “Canadian Navy unit’s mandatory ‘diversity’ training. And it’s nuts.” (lifesitenews.com, pro-Christian)
- “D-Model Chinooks to be displayed in Canadian museums”
World War Two
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