#CANvsISIL
- “Alleged ISIS operative ‘Jihadi Jack’ begs Canada to let him come here”
- ” ‘JIHADI JACK’ Wants Trudeau Government To Let Him Into Canada” (Spencer Fernando blog)
- “Jolly Bimbachi, mother held by al-Qaeda affiliate, returns to Canada”
- DND’s latest on Operation IMPACT
Cold War 2.0: China/Asia-Pacific
- “Canada threatens to stop helicopter deliveries if Philippines misuses aircraft” – “Philippines to Canada : Helicopters won’t be used for attacks” – “Philippines says Canada helicopters ‘not for attack’ “ – “Philippines president boasted he threw a man from a helicopter — now Canada may sell him 16 of them” – “Philippine Air Force orders 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters (via Canada)”
- “Rex Tillerson meets China’s top envoy amid trade and North Korean tensions”
- “China’s J-20 stealth jet put into air force combat service” – “China dispatches advanced batch of fighter jets to South China Sea … “Apart from the most advanced J-20, a China-made fourth generation stealth fighter jet, the Su-35 is more advanced than other Chinese fighter jets at this moment,” Xu Guangyu, a retired major general and senior adviser to the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, told the Global Times …”
- “China to Develop Sea-Based Missile Interceptors”
- “China plans sea-based anti-missile shields ‘for Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean’”
- “Maiden flight for Japanese EC-2 ELINT aircraft”
- “Secret surveillance aircraft spotted in Japan”
- “China dismisses accusations that it is ‘buying up the Maldives’”
Cold War 2.0: The Koreas
- “North Korea’s Army Day Military Parade: One New Missile System Unveiled” (38 North) – “North Korea stages show of force with new missiles during parade” – “Military Parade Marks 70th Founding Anniversary of KPA” (PRK info-machine via Anglo-Peoples Korea/Songun blog) – “Kim Jong Un Makes Congratulatory Speech at Military Parade” (PRK info-machine via Anglo-Peoples Korea/Songun blog)
- “Pence Reaffirms US Commitment to Longtime Ally South Korea”
- “Pence meets NK defectors, highlights NK regime’s brutality” – “Pence meets defectors to underscore brutality of North Korean regime”
- “State Dept: No One Drives a Wedge Between US, South Korea”
- “US lawmakers face clash with Donald Trump over South Korea ties, pre-emptive North Korea strike option”
- “Senior North Korean Apparatchik Purged In Power Struggle”
- “(PRK) Foreign Ministry Issues Statement about DPRK-US Interaction at Pyeongchang Olympics” (North Korea Leadership Watch)
- “Ideological purity demanded for embedded agents in Olympic group, but bribes remain key factor”
- “The 1988 Olympics in Seoul: A Triumph of Sport and Diplomacy” (38 North)
- “Kim Jong-un’s new model farms”
Ukraine
- “Minister of Defence of Ukraine holds talks with Senior Adviser Jill Sinclair (Canada)” (UKR MoD)
- ” Russia’s deputy foreign minister said the inclusion of the US in talks on a peaceful settlement in Donbass would not help the process, but noted that Moscow-Washington consultations on the issue could bring positive changes …” (RUS media)
- “Austria supports idea of peacekeeping mission in Donbas – Chancellor Kurz” – “Austria ready to consider sending peacekeepers to Donbas, – Kurz”
- “Unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine shelled from territory of Russian Federation” (UKR MoD) – “Ukraine’s border guards report small arms attacks from Russia” – “Ukrainian border guards come under fire from Russian territory” – “Ukrainian servicemen on border in Luhansk region shelled from territory of Russia, no one hurt” – “Ukraine says Russia attacks its border guards in Luhansk region across the border”
- Updates from All Sides
- “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 7 February 2018”
- “ATO News: Situation Update, east of Ukraine as of morning, February 09, 2018” (UKR MoD)
- UKR govt ATO map, 9 Feb 2018
- “OSCE observers spot Russian military vehicles in occupied part of Donetsk region”
- “OSCE confirms Ukraine redeploying heavy weapons to Donbass” (pro-rebel media)
- “Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 2,822 soldiers”
- From the Rebel Info-machine “Pentagon staff now in the Donbass — A group of Pentagon officers have arrived in Donbass to check the readiness of the armed forces for an offensive, said Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the operational command of the Donetsk People’s Republic …” (pro-rebel media)
- “Ukrainian military block Vesti newspaper’s Office in Kiev” – “Opposition Bloc urges international organizations, embassies to protect Vesti newspaper”
- “Georgian colonel and Ukraine supporter killed by Russians?”
- “Security Service names cryptocurrency as main mechanism of financing “LNR”, “DNR” “
- “LPR tax revenue up 7 pct in January year-on-year”
- “OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic relations and education issues in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region”
- “Brigades named after Yevhen Konovalets and Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky will appear in Ukraine” (UKR mil portal, in Ukrainian)
- “Former Ukrainian Defense Minister says he resigned because his military plan to regain Crimea in 2014 was not supported” – “Ukrainian Navy commanders flipped sides in first days of Crimea seizure – top Navy witness in Yanukovych case”
- “There are no obstacles for extradition of Saakashvili to Georgia, – Ukraine’s Justice Ministry” – “No legal obstacles to continuing extradition check on Saakashvili”
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
- “Annual intelligence report: Threat of direct Russian military attack low” – Link to report “International Security and Estonia 2018” (72 pg PDF)
- “Estonian intelligence service: Russia tries to tarnish Baltic centenaries”
- “Georgia, Estonia sign deal to cooperate in military reform”
- “Russia Expects Norway’s Explanations After Security Service’s Report” – “PST threat assessment 2018” (PDF, in Norwegian)
- “Poland reasserts its demand for the return of the Presidential Tu-154M plane wreckage from Russia”
- “Russia’s defense Ministry plans to purchase 200 tanks per year”
- “Russian Navy to Receive Four Project 949AM Cruise Missile Submarines by 2021”
- “Russian Helicopters Completes Flight Tests of Mi-171Е2 Helicopter”
- “Russia announces the possible delivery of Ka-32 helicopters to Turkey”
- “Russian marines prove how tough they are with military drills in -30°C temperatures”
- “Dodon: I will not allow Moldovan troops joining NATO forces”
Canada Into Africa?
- “Royal Canadian Navy strengthens ties in East Africa” (RCN info-machine) – “Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Begins” (USN info-machine) – “US-led Cutlass Express boosts policing of East Africa’s waters” – “Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Closes” (USN info-machine)
- “Boko Haram: Canadian minister visits Bama, pledges more support for IDPs — The Honourable Minister of International Development and la Francophonie’, Canada, Marie-Claude Bibeau has commended the Nigerian Military for the successes so far recorded in the fight against insurgency in the northeast, Nigeria …”
- “African Union head calls China spying report ‘lies’ “
- “Chinese peacekeepers complete cross-theater road survey in Sudan”
Way Up North
- “Operation NUNALIVUT 2018 Media Visit” (DND info-machine)
- “Development in Canadian Arctic lags behind other northern regions: think tank”
- “Leaders Betray Canada As China Seeks Arctic Power” (video commentary)
- “Coast Guards Renew Ice-Breaking Pact — Julie Gascon, Assistant Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Central and Arctic Region, was joined by Rear Admiral Joanna Nunan, Commander of the United States Coast Guard Ninth District, to sign the updated Memorandum of Understanding between the agencies regarding coast guard icebreaking services in the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway maritime transportation system …”
- “UK sees no increase in Arctic security risk, but concern remains over North Atlantic naval activity”
- “The jostling for influence at the top of the world is intensifying, and a hardening of attitudes, by Russia in particular, has Washington and others worried …”
- “The (USA) Military Takes Climate Change Seriously. Why Won’t the Commander-in-Chief?”
Afghanistan
- “Russia Says IS Turning Afghanistan Into ‘Resting Base’ for Regional Terrorism”
- “United States forces attack anti-China militants in Afghanistan”
What’s Canada Buying?
- Wanted: “Search and Track Large and High-speed UAVs … Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) has been working on a counter – UAV study in collabora tion with defence partners under The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP). The current researches are focused on investigating optimum Electronic Attack (EA) methods to jam UAV payload and guidance systems, as well as using lasers to take down hostile drones. Search, track , identify and defeat or destroy are required steps to counter drones …” – RFI package (PDF)
- Wanted: “Micro Unmanned GPS Denied Aircraft System … The R oyal C anadian N avy (RCN) is investigating the use of a NATO class 1 mini/micro unmanned aircraft system that is hand launched and capable of operating in a GPS – denied environment (such as inside a ship). The system would be able to enter a room, perform a scan of the room, including identification of personnel or obstacles in the room, and transmit that imagery back to a hand held control station that is located outside of the room; all without the requirement for a GPS signal …” – RFI package (PDF)
- Wanted: “Chemical Decontamination … The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ( CANSOFCOM ) seeks an a non-aqueous based decontaminate solution/compound that can effectively decontaminate sensitive equipment which has been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWA) , while ideally providing an indication as to the presence of any further or residua l contamination. The proposed solution (the Innovation) must effectively remove CWAs from sensitive equipment, while ideally providing an indication as to the presence of any further or residual contamination …” – RFI package (PDF)
- Wanted: “Marijuana Simulation Kits … The Directorate Force Health Protection/Strengthening the Forces (StF) within the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp), has a requirement to procure twenty-six (26) Marijuana Simulation Kits. The purpose of the Marijuana Simulation Kits is to raise awareness of marijuana impairment, reduce risk of marijuana impairment, and promote healthy lifestyles within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The marijuana impairment goggles, which is one of the several items included in the Marijuana Simulation Kit, allows users to experience first-hand, the deficits marijuana creates on the body in a similar fashion to “Alcohol Goggles.” …”
- “No evidence Canadian-made military vehicles sold to Saudis were used against civilians: Freeland” – “No evidence Canadian-made LAVS were used against Saudi Shiites, Freeland says”
Internal Security
- “Before We Sell Aecon to China, Canada’s National Security Must Come First”
- “L’impasse terroriste, violence et extrémisme au XXIe siècle” (Centre sur la sécurité internationale)
Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
- We’ll see … “The federal government is getting closer to settling a lawsuit with current and former members of the Canadian Forces who allege rampant sexual misconduct and gender discrimination within the military, CTV News has learned …”
- “Lawyer says feds’ position on military harassment lawsuit contradictory”
- “Was the Trudeau government actually unaware of legal action against military personnel?”
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
Other
- ” Le Collège militaire royal du Canada ouvre son tout nouveau Centre de succès du Collège “
- Maaaaaaaaaybe … “The only thing that will fix Canada’s military is public outcry”
- “PyeongChang Winter Olympics organizers help bring Canadian Army hockey back after 65 years” (Army info-machine)
- “The RCAF Flyers stunned the world by winning Olympic gold (in 1947)” (RCAF info-machine)
