- Big Honkin’ Ship Document Leak Case
- “Senate committee votes to launch inquiry into failed prosecution of Mark Norman”
- “Senate votes to hear testimony from Vice-Admiral Mark Norman”
- “Le comité sénatorial de la sécurité nationale et de la défense ouvrira une enquête sur l’affaire Norman”
- “Senators have launched probe into Mark Norman case — will he testify?”
- “Sajjan prepared to speak at Senate over Mark Norman case”
- “Harjit Sajjan Ducks Questions About Mark Norman’s Return To Military Service”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Tender to replace aging fighter jets will be out this summer: Sajjan”
- ” Rival fighter-jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada”
- “Boeing still confident after Canada changed rules to allow Lockheed jet bid”
- “In pursuit of $19B contract, Sweden’s Saab offers to build fleet of fighter jets in Canada”
- “Anatomy of a Buy: The Four Dimensions of Procuring a Future Fighter for Canada” (CGAI paper)
- “Update: Report states Chile will receive surplus Canadian Forces Coyote vehicles but DND says vehicles aren’t on market yet”
- “Canada’s current military procurement models and levels of industry-government co‑operation have not kept pace with the unprecedented ‘speed of cyber’ and could compromise national security if left unaddressed, is the conclusion of a new report from the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) …”
- “CAF’s Drones to be Equipped with Leonardo E-scan Radar”
- “Canadian Armed Forces to Equip Its New Skeldar V-200 Surveillance Drones With Leonardo PicoSAR AESA E-Scan Radar”
- “Calian Awarded Army Learning Support Centre Contract”
- “Supporting jobs and skills through defence purchases” (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada info-machine)
- #IRQ-Middle East/Op IMPACT
- “Lawyer calls for Canada to bring ‘ISIS bride’ and her newborn son home”
- “France Hands ISIS Suspects to Iraq, Which Sentences Them to Hang”
- “Iraq hands over 188 Turkish children of ISIS suspects”
- #MLI-Africa/#OpPRESENCE
- “MINUSMA Deployment, May 2019” (UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali)
- “Crisis Group urges ‘dialogue’ between Mali government, jihadists”
- “Speaking with the “Bad Guys”: Toward Dialogue with Central Mali’s Jihadists” (International Crisis Group)
- “La MINUSMA rend compte à ses donateurs de l’utilisation du fonds fiduciaire pour la Paix et la Sécurité au Mali”
- “Burkina Faso’s war against militant Islamists”
- “As Terrorists Settle Into the Sahel, West Africa Prepares for Battle”
- “Don’t take our troops for granted, France warns West African states”
- “Our soldiers will not always be there – France warns G5-Sahel”
- “G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure”
- Way Up North
- “Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World” (CGAI paper)
- “Du nucléaire russe à 2000 km des côtes arctiques canadiennes”
- “New Canadian navy ships to be affiliated with Inuit communities”
- “(USA) Navy’s 2nd Fleet is now operational, focused on the Arctic”
- “U.S. 2nd Fleet Declares Operational Capability Ahead of Major European Exercise”
- “U.S. forces taking part in war games above the Arctic Circle”
- “The U.S. Navy’s New Arctic Strategy: What It Means for America’s Sea Services” (Pentagon info-machine)
- “U.S. Says Russia Might Be Setting Off Very Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons On This Arctic Island”
- “U.S. Believes Russia Is Conducting Low-Level Nuclear Tests, Official Says”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “NORAD May Ramp Up North American Surveillance amid Rising Threats from Russia”
- “NORAD completes bomber intercept exercise over Alberta, Canada”
- “Finnish F/A-18 Hornets intercept Russian planes flying above the Gulf of Finland”
- “Russia’s Baltic Fleet Holds “Anniversary” Drills Near Baltic Coastline”
- “Glonass-M launched from Plesetsk” (Russian strategic nuclear forces blog)
- “Russia’s Su-57 fighter program – it’s worth following” (Russia Military Analysis blog)
- “Russia’s Caspian Flotilla Gains an Air Arm”
- “Moscow Blames EU and NATO for Latest Balkan Tensions”
- #UKR/Op UNIFIER
- “JFO: МAP – 29.05.2019” (UKR NSDC)
- “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 28 May 2019”
- “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 27 May 2019”
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 14 times in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Ukraine’s Azov Regiment destroys enemy infantry troops in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine incurres new losses: one killed, three injured” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Russia-led forces mount 11 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas in past day” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire two times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Donbas war: Militants perform eight attacks” (UKR media)
- “DPR comments on Ukrainian navy “wolfpack” drills” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “LPR evacuates body of Ukrainian troop killed in attempt to penetrate Republic” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard the report on the circumstances of capture of 8 servicemen of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “U.S. Envoy Calls Russian Activities In Eastern Ukraine An ‘Occupation'” (USA govt funded media)
- “U.S. ready to cooperate with Ukraine in improving its military capabilities” (UKR media)
- “U.S. to continue cooperation with Ukraine to improve its defence capacity”
- “Ukroboronprom appoints new CEO of Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant” (UKR media)
- “Moscow Makes an Overture to Ukraine’s Novice President” (Jamestown FOundation)
- “Zelensky’s visit to Stanitsa confirms Ukrainian military plunder civilian property” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “President Zelensky summons NSDC to discuss coal industry” (UKR media)
- “President appointed participant in the battles for the Donetsk airport Oleksiy Otserklevych to the post of Chief of the State Guard Department” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine’s new National Security and Defense Council secretary: What is known about Danylyuk” (UKR media)
- “Investigation Bureau checks administration of president after disappearance of monitors, servers” (UKR media)
- “Danylyuk’s video on missing servers has nothing to do with National Security Council situation room, – Turchynov” (UKR media)
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Pence, Trudeau to discuss Huawei and China trade issues in Ottawa: official”
- “Acting US Defense Secretary: China Still Top Priority”
- The Koreas
- “North Korea’s Food Situation: Bad but not Catastrophic” (38 North)
- #Afghanistan
- “Afghanistan – The precarious struggle for stability” (Canadian Security Intelligence Service paper)
- Internal Security
- “Canadian firms targeted with increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “New program trains military veterans for tech industry jobs”
- Omar Khadr, Continued …
- “Lawyers Rights Watch Canada’s letter to M.P. Mark Strahl regarding Omar Khadr” (FREE OMAR page)
- Other Military News
- “Military justice bill heading to Senate for final vote”
- “Adapting to new surroundings and a unique role on Operation Artemis” (RCAF info-machine)
- “Le Canada souligne la Journée internationale des Casques bleus de l’ONU”
- “Les Casques bleus canadiens: les artisans d’un monde meilleur”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – May 29, 2019
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