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- Internal Security
- “Justin Trudeau rebuffs request from Quebec police union for army help in Kahnawake” (CBC News)
- “Trudeau rules out military intervention at blockades as Quebec police union head requests help” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades”
- “L’armée devrait aider les policiers advenant une intervention, croit l’APPQ”
- “Kahnawake: les policiers recommandent le renfort de l’armée”
- “Kahnawake: l’armée devrait aider les policiers advenant une intervention, croit l’APPQ”
- “La barricade de Kahnawake maintenue jusqu’à nouvel ordre”
- “Kahnawake residents weigh in on whether to maintain rail barricade”
- “Demonstration at Sault Ste. Marie’s International Bridge over”
- “Protestors lift International Bridge blockade in Sault Ste. Marie”
- “From pepper spray to profiling: A look at how protests have been policed in Canada”
- “Via Rail resumes eastern Ontario routes following Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockades”
- “Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau’s handling of blockade crisis: poll”
- “Federal Politics – March 4th, 2020” (Leger Marketing)
- “MPs call for parliamentary investigation as Canadian military and police forces confirm they’ve tried facial-recognition technology “
- “RCMP denied using facial recognition technology – then said it had been using it for months”
- #coronavirus
- “Canadian military starts initial preparations for responding to pandemic” (Ottawa Citizen)
- “Canada’s military ordered to begin ‘pre-pandemic planning’ ” (CBC News)
- “Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq” (The Canadian Press via TimminsToday.com)
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “Canada and the West are at war with Russia whether they want it or not: military experts”
- #Afghanistan
- “U.S., Taliban deal a ‘peace opportunity,’ former Afghan ambassador to Canada says”
- Way Up North
- “Rangers visit Cold War radar site on (James Bay) Coast”
- “Canadian Rangers Complete Challenging Northern Training Exercise” (DND info-machine)
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Access to health care for veterans’ families can be ‘disjointed and irregular’: government documents”
- “$4 million upgrade at Veterans Cemetery in Esquimalt nears completion” (VAC info-machine)
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “IMP is hoping Canadian fighter fleet will be assembled in Nova Scotia”
- “Trade unionists organizing against the Canadian arms industry” (rabble.ca)
- Other Military News
- “Military judges rule they can’t be disciplined by chain of command, only by military appeal court”
- “Military judge’s court martial paused again over issues finding judge to hear it”
- “Federal Court slams prosecution’s bid to force military judges to preside over Dutil court martial”
- “L’affaire contre le juge militaire en chef du Canada, Mario Dutil, est de nouveau dans les limbes après que le juge Luc Martineau de la Cour fédérale a rejeté la demande de révision judiciaire déposée par le Directeur des poursuites militaires qui tenait mordicus à un procès dans le système de justice militaire. La Cour fédérale a refusé le 3 mars d’ordonner de nommer un autre juge militaire pour présider la cour martiale du juge Dutil, qui avait commencé dans sa propre Cour et qui avait vite avorté quand le magistrat devant présider le procès, le second du juge Dutil, s’est récusé …”
- “Analysis: After racist incidents spanning decades, Canadian Forces still can’t define ‘hateful conduct’ “
- “Curling club says DND rent increase will force it to close”
- “The terrorists are winning the ‘War on Terror’ “
Category: F-35 Fracas
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – March 2, 2020
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- Internal Security
- “VIA Rail Trains Between Montreal And Toronto Should Resume This Week”
- “Rail service in Montreal disrupted briefly by protest in support of Wet’suwet’en chiefs”
- “Montreal protesters set up new blockade in support of Wet’suwet’en despite proposed agreement”
- “Kahnawake rail blockade remains in place after draft agreement reached”
- “Wet’suwet’en chief says he’ll withdraw support for pipeline if his people turn against it”
- “Why the Wet’suwet’en are protesting”
- “The shifting lens through which Canadians see the Wet’suwet’en crisis”
- “Conrad Black: Canadians will tire of disruptions, and Indigenous people will suffer”
- “Can Native Women of the Wet’suwet’en Succeed Where Standing Rock Failed?”
- “U.S. neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen targeted Canadian police forces for ‘swatting’ hoaxes, FBI says”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Saab announces Canadian firms on Gripen fighter jet team”
- “Saab Forms Industry Team For Canada Fighter Bid”
- “Saab bids for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project”
- “Saab announces Canadian firms on Gripen fighter jet team”
- “Saab partners for Canada’s FFCP bid”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut”
- “Veterans Affairs Canada launches consultation to improve outreach to Veterans and families …” (VAC info-machine)
- Africa
- “Op CROCODILE: les Casques bleus canadiens de la MONUSCO assistent les orphelins de guerre” – Op CROCODILE page (DND)
- The Koreas/#OpNEON
- “North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles after months: South Korea military”
- “North Korea fires presumed short-range missiles into the sea”
- “DPRK fires 2 unidentified projectiles into eastern waters: S.Korean military” (CHN state media)
- “North Korea fires two short-range missiles into Sea of Japan”
- “North Korea Marks Year of Failed Trump Talks With Missiles”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Iraq must ‘lead its own recovery’ from ISIS war: Canadian ambassador” (Rudaw.net, IRQ Kurdish media)
- “Iraq’s Allawi Fails to Form Government, Quits Nomination”
- “Opposition Insurgents Begin Seizing Terrain in Southern Syria” (ISW Blog)
- “(TUR) Defense Minister: 2,557 Syrian regime elements neutralized in Operation Peace Shield” (TUR media)
- “Turkey is crushing Syria’s army after wiping out its heavy armor with superior tech” (Task & Purpose blog)
- “Turkey Destroys Scores of Syrian Army Targets, Says Turkeys Defense Minister”
- “US officials in Turkey to discuss escalation in Syria” (TUR media)
- “US defense chief says discussed Syria with NATO head” (TUR media)
- “Russian Defense Ministry: Safety of Turkish planes can’t be guaranteed over Syria” (SYR state media)
- “Kremlin: Russia will continue to support Syria in its war against terrorism” (SYR state media)
- “‘We don’t plan to go to war with anyone,’ Putin says, amid Syria-Turkey tensions”
- “Germany calls for ‘protected zone’ in NW Syria” (TUR media)
- “Russia and Turkey may have committed war crimes in Syria, UN says”
- “Security Council Briefing on the situation in Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo” (UN info-machine)
- “Russia May Have Committed War Crimes in Syria – U.N.”
- “UN: Syrian regime committed war crimes”
- “Russia transports massive amount of equipment to Syria after Turkish attack: photos”
- “U.N. Panel Says Russia Bombed Syrian Civilian Targets, a War Crime”
- “Russia, Turkey may have committed war crimes in Syria, U.N. says”
- “U.N. report: Russia, Turkey have committed war crimes in Syria”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “The Navy is practicing escorting convoys across the Atlantic for the first time since the Cold War”
- “Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal”
- “U.S. Permanent Military Base in Poland: Favorable Solution For the NATO Alliance” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Russia to Conduct Open Skies Observation Fhttps://defpost.com/russia-to-conduct-open-skies-observation-flights-over-germany/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Defpost+%28DefPost%29lights Over Germany”
- “Belarus holds joint military drills with NATO to tease Russia” (Pravda)
- “Latvia Arrests Spy Working for Russia”
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 51/2020 issued on 2 March 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (2 Mar)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 02.03.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (1 Mar)” (UKR MoD)
- “Weekly update of the situation in the operation area of the Joint Forces from 24 February to 01 March 2020” (UKR MoD)
- Essence of Time summary, 27 Feb-1 Mar 2020 (pro-RUS site, in Russian, with maps)
- “Day in the Donbas: Militants nine times violated the ‘silence regime’” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces fire 16 mortar rounds at Donetsk in one hour” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Russian occupation troops have deliberately shelled peaceful settlement” (UKR MoD)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 90 times in a week, fire 11 ammo boxes” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Ukrainian troops come under mortar fire near Orikhove and Krasnohorivka” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian army violates ceasefire 15 times in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “OSCE records about 50 weapons outside storage sites in occupied Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “One KIA, seven WIA amid 12 enemy attacks in Donbas in past 24 hours – JFO HQ” (UKR media)
- “Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 15 February – 1 March 2020 (Newsletter 71)” (Civicmonitoring.org, NGO)
- “TV channel for Ukraine’s occupied territories to cooperate with four media groups” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine launches TV channel for Russia-occupied areas” (UKR media)
- “Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine met with the Director of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats” (UKR MoD)
- “Ukrainian Defense Ministry to cooperate with Hybrid CoE” (UKR MoD)
- “US Department of Defense orders next batch of Javelin weapon systems for Ukraine, partner countries” (UKR media)
- “Ukroboronprom CEO: State defense order to hit record high in 2021” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine’s state defense order to reach UAH 30 bln in 2020 – Abromavicius” (UKR media)
- “Russia’s Strategic Considerations on the Sea of Azov” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Russia, Ukraine May Swap Prisoners For Third Time In March” (USA govt funded media)
- “Kiev is not ready for a new POW exchange – Morozova” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Kiev Says Russia and Ukraine in Talks for Next Prisoner Swap in March” (RUS independent media)
- “Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak discussed a prisoner swap with Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Russia Dmitry Kozak at a meeting in Minsk …” (UKR media)
- “Andriy Yermak had a meeting with Dmitry Kozak in Minsk — Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak had a meeting with Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak …” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine doesn’t want to delay next Normandy-format meeting” (UKR media)
- “U.S. Calls On Russia To Hand Over MH17 Evidence, Let Whelan Go” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukrainian Who Led Volunteer Battalion Detained At Greek Border” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirms detention of ex-volunteer battalion commander in Greece” (UKR media)
- “Interpol to review Russia’s request to put on wanted list, arrest Aidar battalion first commander Melnychuk in Greece” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirms detention of ex-commander of Aidar Battalion in Greece” (RUS state media)
- “Ukrainian President Calls Extraordinary Parliamentary Session To Discuss Corruption” (USA govt funded media)
- #PS752
- “UIA plane crash: Prystaiko announces visit of Iranian delegation to Kyiv” (UKR media)
- “The downing of Flight PS752: Iran may have kept airspace open due to lucrative overflight fees” (CBC News)
- ” ‘I’m not a terrorist’: Iranian Canadian who lost wife in Iran plane crash denied entry to U.S.”
- Way Up North
- “New Canadian Rangers Play Key Role in Exercise Norex20 with Canadian Army” (DND info-machine)
- “Freezing cold as 16,000 NATO soldiers kickstart Arctic war game”
- “The Northern Fleet’s separate motorized rifle brigade in the Pechenga valley near Russia’s border to Norway has started to use UAVs to position targets during live-firing drills …”
- Afghanistan
- “US Starts Afghan Withdraw Amid Mixed Messages”
- “Will US-Taliban peace deal bring lasting peace to Afghanistan?” (CHN state media)
- “Ukraine to keep participating in NATO Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan – (UKR ForMin) Prystaiko”
- “Prystaiko says Ukraine continues to take part in NATO mission in Afghanistan”
- Other Military News
- “Explosive mortar round found outside Lethbridge supervised consumption site”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – March 1, 2020
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- Internal Security
- “Proposed agreement reached between Wet’suwet’en chiefs, gov’t ministers after 3 days of talks”
- “Federal government and Wet’suwet’en chiefs reach tentative pipeline deal”
- “Wet’suwet’en chiefs, government ministers draft rights and title arrangement”
- “Wet’suwet’en chiefs, ministers reach draft arrangement in pipeline dispute”
- “Wet’suwet’en who support pipeline say they aren’t invited to meetings”
- “How Trudeau’s patience with rail blockades came to an end”
- “Rail blockade showdown emboldens indigenous protests” (CHN state media)
- “WARMINGTON: Attacking trains in Canada punishable by life in prison”
- “Canadians are coming home after being imprisoned abroad for terrorism-related crimes”
- “Police Are Treating a Fatal Hammer Attack as Terrorism, But Not Mass Killings”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Turkey Declares Major Offensive Against Syrian Government”
- “Turkey launches ′fresh′ military operation in Idlib as tensions mount”
- “Syrians express condemnation of Erdogan regime’s aggression on Syria” (SYR state media)
- “Trump Discusses With Erdogan Turkey’s Request For Deployment of Patriot Missile Systems” (RUS state media)
- “Turkish Air Force Shot down two Syrian Su-24 Jets after Turkish Drone was shot down over Idlib Region, Syria” (The Aviation Geek Club)
- “Russian defense ministry denies report on Su-24 jet’s downing in Idlib” (RUS state media)
- “Turkish regime’s air force targets two Syrian aircrafts in Idleb” (SYR state media)
- “Russia accuses Turkish troops of firing at Russian aircraft in Syria”
- “US Demands Russia ‘Immediately Ground Warplanes’ Over Syria” (RUS state media)
- “Thirty-three Turkish soldiers killed in Syrian air raid in Idlib”
- “33 Turkish soldiers killed in airstrikes by Syrian Air Forces”
- “Putin refuses to negotiate with Erdogan and attacks Turkish forces in Syria”
- “The Strike: Did Russia Knowingly Target Turkish Troops?” (polygraph.info, fact-checking site)
- “Russia-Backed Airstrike Against Turkish Troops Could Reshape the Syrian War”
- “Deadly Clashes in Syria’s Idlib Show Limits of Turkey’s Options” (International Crisis Group)
- “Russia Sends Warships as Turkish Troops Killed in Syria”
- “Turkey considers closing Bosporus strait to Russian ships”
- “Putin, Erdogan to meet next week”
- “Russia, Turkey confirm goal to reduce tension in Syria’s Idlib” (RUS state media)
- “Erdogan, Putin to meet on March 5 or 6 – Turkish foreign minister” (RUS state media)
- “Russia should stay out of Turkey’s fight against Assad regime, Erdoğan tells Putin – media”
- “Erdogan asks Putin to step aside in Syria”
- “Russia, China Blocks UN Resolution for Idlib Ceasefire”
- “Remarks at a UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on the Situation in Idlib, Syria” (United States Mission to the United Nations)
- “Erdogan: Turkey has opened its border with EU to Syrian refugees”
- “Turkey Raises Migrant Pressure on Europe Over Syria Conflict”
- “Greece on the defensive as Turkey opens border to refugees”
- “Could Russia Go to War With Turkey in Syria?”
- “NATO shouldn’t intervene in situation in Idlib – Luxembourgish FM”
- “Turkey Asks NATO to Join Its War Against Syria and Russia” (pro-RUS site)
- #Afghanistan
- “US-Taliban Sign Agreement in Doha”
- “Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war”
- “Deal With Taliban Paves Way for Start of US Pullout From Afghanistan”
- “U.S. to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 14 months if Taliban conditions met”
- “United States-Taliban deal: UN welcomes efforts to reach political settlement in Afghanistan” (UN News)
- “US withdraws from anti-terrorism front with Taliban peace deal” (CHN state media)
- “Peace deal signed by US and Taliban has direct significance for Russia, diplomat says” (RUS state media)
- “US-Taliban Deal Hits First Speedbump”
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Canada and the Indo-Pacific Century: A Military/Naval Role?” (Mark Collins 3Ds Blog)
- “Top US Navy official expresses concerns about growing threat from China”
- “PLA conducts largest ever procurement of individual protective equipment” (CHN state media)
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “Lithuanian Foreign Minister asks for Canada’s help in combatting Russian disinformation”
- “U.S. Army displays model of new hypersonic weapon”
- “Lukashenko: Belarus ready to integrate with Russia, but without coercion”
- Way Up North
- “Russian Arctic Shipping Up 430% in 3 Years”
- #PS752
- “Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada says his government will help Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne secure compensation from Ukraine International Airlines for the families of all those killed on Flight 752, including 55 Canadians …”
- “Vol 752 : Champagne rencontrera les dirigeants d’Ukraine International pour les indemnités”
- “Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims – media” (UKR media)
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Pushing fighter jet deadline raises questions on which jets can do the work: experts”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Minister MacAulay meets with US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie” (VAC info-machine)
- “Federal governments, one after another, fail to properly support Canadian Forces veterans”
- Other Military News
- “Royal Canadian Navy, coast guard short hundreds of sailors”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 25, 2020
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- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Canadian fighter jet replacement project hit with another delay”
- “Canada grants extension to the deadline for preliminary responses to the Future Fighter Capability Project Request for Proposals” (Public Services and Procurement Canada)
- “Canada extends deadline for fighter jet proposals”
- “Canada Extends Deadline for FFCP Proposals”
- “Canada’s protracted fighter jet procurement race hits new delay”
- “Canada’s quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months”
- “$1 billion and counting: Inside Canada’s troubled efforts to build new warships”
- Internal Security
- “Deadly Toronto hammer attack was terrorism, police allege”
- “Man Charged with First Degree Murder, Updated to First Degree Murder – Terrorist Activity, ” (Toronto Police Service)
- “New rail blockades in Canada emerge as talks continue”
- “Canada hit by new rail and road barricades in wake of indigenous arrests”
- “Three Gitxsan hereditary chiefs arrested as solidarity actions flare across the country”
- “Wet’suwet’en solidarity rail blockade setup in Toronto, Milton GO trains on detour”
- “Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief ‘optimistic,’ ready to talk with RCMP on blockades”
- “Autochtones : les manifestations et les blocages se multiplient au pays”
- ” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party announced a new bill in Tuesday’s throne speech that is designed to put a stop to what he calls “illegal blockades.” …”
- “Mamakwa, Rickford address Indigenous protests”
- “GO Train service resumes as Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrators disrupt commute home”
- “Behind CN, CP’s quiet deal to skirt railway blockades and keep Canada’s vital goods moving”
- “Growing Proportion of Canadians Have Unfavourable (60%, +11) View of Blockades” (Ipsos)
- “Liberal MPs defer call for immediate blockade debate at committee”
- “Another crisis of Canada’s own making” (Winnipeg Free Press)
- “Indigenous Communities Revolt Against Eco-Colonialists: Trudeau Crumbles Under His Own Liberalism” (Strategic Culture, conservative, pro-RUS site)
- “GUEST: Inside the Fake Wetsuwet’en Heriditary Chiefs Racket” (The Western Standard, conservative news/commentary)
- #coronavirus
- “4 Royal Military College cadets in precautionary COVID-19 isolation at CFB Kingston” (globalnews.ca)
- “Canadians evacuated from Wuhan and quarantined at CFB Trenton allowed to return home”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “U.S., Canada and Norway to Perform Observation Flight Over Russia Under Treaty on Open Skies”
- “NATO Dynamic Manta ASW Exercise Underway in Italy … Submarines from France, Greece, Italy and Turkey under NATO Submarine Command are to join surface ships from Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey …”
- “Russia Outraged by ‘Mini’ U.S. Nuclear Drill”
- “Ukraine’s security officials say Russian military invasion of Belarus can’t be ruled out” (UKR media)
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 46/2020 issued on 25 February 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (25 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 25.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 25 February 2020”
- “Kiev forces fire more than 200 rounds at LPR over week – militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Ukrainian forces shell seven DPR settlements with 100 rounds over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Enemy mounts five attacks on Ukraine’s positions in Donbas on Feb 24” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine reports five enemy attacks in Donbas on Feb 24” (UKR media)
- “DPR expects higher tensions in Gorlovka area ahead of Contact Group meeting” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Zolote residents in Donbas: We’re caught in-between warring sides: “Bang!” – a shell is flying over our heads. We constantly wonder which “bang” will eventually hit us” (UKR media)
- “Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine” (The White House)
- “… The actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States …” (The White House)
- “MH17 case: Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of shooting Boeing 777 down – Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of MH17 downing” (UKR media)
- “MH17 Investigators Have an Eyewitness, Dutch Prosecutor Says” (RUS independent media)
- “Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of MH17 downing” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine’s NSDC: Impossible to supply water to Crimea amid Russian occupation” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine’s National Security Secretary excludes water supply to occupied Crimea” (UKR media)
- “NSDC Secretary Danilov: 50% probability that elections will be held in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “National Security Secretary believes in holding Donbas elections for 50%” (UKR media)
- “NSDC has lists of all Ukrainians who received Russian passports in Donbas – Danilov” (UKR media)
- “Russia to build two helicopter carriers in Crimea” (UKR media)
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Continuing to do nothing will not deter China: Charles Burton” (MacDonald-Laurier Institute)
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Doctor who signed off on Lionel Desmond’s firearms licence says he didn’t pose risk”
- Other Military News
- “Undersea Warfare Center and Canadian Forces Ready Marine Mammal Monitoring System” (Pentagon info-machine)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 22, 2020
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- Internal Security
- “Send in the army? Why one expert says that would be a ‘ludicrous’ response to rail blockades”
- “Trudeau says rail barricades ‘need to come down now,’ rules out sending in soldiers to restore rail service”
- “PM urges patience, promises reconciliation in face of anti-pipeline blockades”
- “Blocages ferroviaires : « Les barricades doivent être démantelées », dit Trudeau”
- “Was Trudeau dragging his heels on the blockades, or giving himself room to manoeuvre?”
- “Fin de siège à Saint-Lambert (QC)”
- “Gitxsan man resigns from military after RCMP enforces pipeline order”
- “Canadian PM proclaims indigenous “barricades must now come down” ” (World Socialist Web Site)
- “Why do authorities hesitate to do the right thing?”
- “Who and What’s Behind the Blockades Disrupting Canada’s Rails”
- “Reconciliation at the End of a Gun: The Wet’suwet’en and the RCMP”
- “Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal in Via Rail terror case”
- Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada v. Chiheb Esseghaier, et al. – SCC Cases (Lexum)
- Supreme Court of Canada – SCC Case Information – Summary – 38861
- “Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker, Cameron Ortis, could head behind closed doors”
- “Alleged Canadian neo-Nazi pleads not guilty to weapons charges in U.S. court”
- “Patrik Mathews, accused neo-Nazi, pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges”
- Former CAF member: “‘These groups are real and cannot be ignored’: Vigilance key to fighting hate, says former white supremacist”
- “U.S. government analyst with Canadian ties pleads guilty to leaking weapons systems intel to journalists”
- “Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested for Leaking Classified Information to Journalists” (USA Department of Justice)
- “Why Canada can’t let Huawei build a 5G network”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Canada’s CP-140 Aurora MPA Upgraded to Block IV Takes First Flight”
- “Canada Needs New Aircraft, Could The F-35 Fit The Bill?”
- “The Canadian military is investigating potential problems with brakes on its new armoured vehicle fleet which may have contributed to a number of incidents, including where one of the 18-tonne vehicles hit a car near Petawawa …”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Ombudsman calls for national consultations, plan for supporting veterans”
- “Government needs a plan for backlog of veterans’ aid applications: ombudsman”
- “Inquiry judge tackles bureaucracy that prevented officials from sharing veteran’s history”
- Other Military News
- Supp (B) budget adjustments: Mo’ DND money sought for capital investments, Heyder/Beattie class action settlements, Op REASSURANCE/Op PRESENCE – The Parliamentary Financial Cycle (Library of Parliament)
- “Canada nearly lost 2018 UN mission because it didn’t have enough women in uniform”
- “Nova Scotia could see limited internet voting for military with proposed changes”
- “Minister of National Defence to attend 2020 Allied Winter Sports Camp for Ill and Injured Military Members and Veterans” (DND info-machine)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – January 15, 2020
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- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Mission de l’OTAN en Irak: le Canada veut recommencer l’entraînement dès que possible”
- “US military resumes counter-Islamic State operations in Iraq”
- “U.S. Military Resumes Joint Operations With Iraq”
- “Qatar Seeks to Mediate Amid Tensions After US Strike in Iraq”
- “US Considers Withdrawing Military Aid If Iraq Expels Troops”
- “Ukraine plans to send 20 servicemen to Iraq within NATO mission, – diplomat”
- “Ukraine willing to send 20 soldiers to Iraq for NATO mission” (UKR media)
- “The deputy secretary general of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement says the Iraqi nation must choose the path of resistance in case the parliamentary bill demanding the withdrawal of all US-led foreign military forces from the country is not implemented …” (IRN media)
- “Iraq oil producers caught up in Iran crisis”
- “Now Iran Is Warning European Troops ‘May Be in Danger’ “
- “Soleimani’s killing strengthens Putin’s hand in Syria and Iraq”
- “Iran: US Withdrawal from Region Sole Compensation for Gen. Soleimani’s Assassination” (IRN media)
- “Israeli Analyst: New Chief of Quds Force Unlikely to Attack Israel and Open Another Front”
- “Senior Hamas official: ‘Qasim Soleimani gave us everything Iran has to offer’ ” (pro-RUS site)
- “Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says the only people celebrating the assassination of Iran’s prominent anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are US President Donald Trump, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Daesh Takfiri terror group …” (IRN media)
- “Chris Selley: Harper misquote shows why ‘regime change’ needed in some Canadian newsrooms”
- “Regional states mustn’t hesitate to end US’ military presence in region: President Rouhani” (IRN media)
- “Will the Latest Iran Protests Spark a Popular Uprising?”
- “(JOR) King discusses cooperation with NATO secretary general”
- “Yes, Britain’s F-35s Saw Combat for Syria for the First Time in 2019”
- “Russian Jets Resume Bombing of Syria’s Rebel-Held Northwest-Residents”
- “Russian jets resume airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib province”
- “Syrian military air base hit by missiles”
- “Syrian-Kurdish authorities responsible for Islamic State refugee camps are likely to deny any UK request to repatriate four British children if the condition imposed to allow their return is that their mother cannot return with them …”
- “UK tells Daesh mother her 4 children can return home if she stays in Syria”
- “ISIS attack on Syria-Iraq border wounds four guards, Iraqi military says”
- “Why is Kosovo Taking Home Islamic State Members?”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “It was a busy day in Camp Ādaži! Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Reekie and Chief Warrant Officer William King officially turned command of the eFP Battle Group over to Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Angell and Chief Warrant Officer Kevin King …” (NATO eFP BG FB post)
- “Russian government resigns after Putin proposes constitutional changes”
- “In accordance with Article 83 (c) and part 2 of Article 117 of the Russian Federation Constitution, the President announced the resignation of the Government of the Russian Federation and appointed Dmitry Medvedev Acting Prime Minister of the Russian Federation …” (Kremlin info-machine)
- “Will Putin Stay Or Will He Go? Bombshell Address and Shock Medvedev Resignation Offer Big Hint”
- “Putin signs decree on government’s resignation – Kremlin” (RUS state media)
- “Putin Shake-Up Could Keep Him in Power Past 2024 as PM, Cabinet Step Aside”
- “Putin Signals Intention to Continue Steering Russia Beyond 2024, but Will He Solve Country’s Structural Problems?”
- “Putin Puts Forward Little-Known Tax Chief as New Russian PM”
- “Government’s resignation not to affect Russia’s relations with foreign countries — (RUS) expert” (RUS state media)
- “Putin signs decree to establish working group on constitutional amendments – Russian Politics & Diplomacy – TASS” (RUS state media)
- “Is a ‘Soviet Revanche’ Possible in Russia?” (Jamestown Foundation)
- “Putin has declared war, but not just against Ukraine, with his proposed constitutional changes” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
- “Shoigu Reflects on Russian Military Advances in 2019”
- “U.S. Army soldiers have been training militia troops from the Baltic states in order to help them resist Russian occupation in the event Russia makes a land-grab west of its current border …”
- “NATO showcases flight interceptions over Baltics”
- “The Kremlin’s Expanding Media Conglomerate” (ISW Blog)
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “Commander of the Canadian Army has arrived to the National Land Forces Academy in Lviv” (UKR MoD)
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 11/2020 issued on 15 January 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (15 Jan 2020)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 15.01.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “One Ukrainian soldier died in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces fire 20-plus rounds on DPR in 24 hours” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded amid 10 enemy attacks on Jan 14” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire twice over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Two Ukrainian servicemen wounded amid 10 enemy attacks in Donbas in past 24 hours” (UKR media)
- “10 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: two Ukrainian soldiers wounded” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine, NATO to hold joint exercise in Odesa” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine and NATO agreed to conduct joint exercises in October 2020” (UKR media)
- “US could provide $1 billion aid to Ukraine” (UKR media)
- “Yelchenko: Ukraine will start to receive U.S. military assistance in February” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine is ready to be fully involved in NATO’s procurement system” (UKR MoD)
- “Ukraine ready to fully participate in NATO’s procurement system – Kuleba” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine – British organization plans to accuse Russia of military aggression” (pro-RUS site)
- “Ukraine determines another three disengagement sections in Donbas – Zelensky says in phone call with Merkel” (UKR media)
- “Zelensky: New prisoner swap lists being drafted” (UKR media)
- “At Minsk talks, Ukraine to promote additional measures toward full ceasefire in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Putin and Ukraine’s Black Sea Lands: Another Iteration of Novorossiya?” (Jamestown Foundation)
- “Released By Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment In Eastern Ukraine” (USA govt funded media)
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Meng Wanzhou: judge rejects media request to broadcast Huawei executive’s extradition hearing”
- “UK will keep Huawei out of ‘critical national infrastructure’, culture secretary Nicky Morgan says”
- “Schneier: “It’s really too late to secure 5G networks” “
- “Sea Guardians 2020 China-Pakistan joint naval exercise wraps up in Karachi” (CHN mil media)
- “China-Pakistan Sea Guardians 2020 exercise concludes second-phase drills” (CHN mil media)
- Way Up North
- “Missed Opportunities: Why Canada’s North Warning System is Overdue for an Overhaul” (PDF, Macdonald-Laurier Institute)
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Unlike Finland, Canada nixes cold-weather tests, fly-off among competing fighter jets”
- “800 millions de dollars de plus pour maintenir les vieux avions CF-18”
- “RCAF still dealing with legal issues on new rescue aircraft name – military doesn’t know when it will be able to announce a name”
- “Lockheed Martin says four nations will be protected with next generation radar”
- “Four Nations to be Protected with Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Radar”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Veterans Affairs Canada and the University of Prince Edward Island forge a new partnership” (VAC info-machine)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – January 14, 2020
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- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Canadian government to spend estimated $800M more to keep aging CF-18s in fighting shape”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Ukraine says ready to become NATO’s operational partner in Iraq” – “Ukraine has informed NATO of its readiness to become an Alliance operational partner in Iraq” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “Muqtada al-Sadr meets with Iraqi Shia groups in Iran to discuss US withdrawal: report” (Kurdish media)
- “Report: US Lies About Damage from Iran’s Missile Attacks on American Bases” (IRN media)
- “Irak: tir de roquettes près d’une base abritant des troupes américaines”
- “Iraqi Powerful Cleric Calls for Massive Protests Against US Troops”
- “From Iran, Sadr calls for ‘million-man’ march against US presence in Iraq”
- “Esper: Information Indicated ‘Broad Scale’ Attack Within ‘Matter of Days’ ” (USA DoD info-machine)
- “In surprise move, Turkish and Syrian intelligence chiefs meet in Moscow”
- “Syrian army says Israeli jets attacked Homs air base”
- “Order of Hero of Syrian Republic awarded by President al-Assad to Martyr Soleimani presented to Iranian Defense Minister” (SYR media)
- “Flagging Support: Iranians Defy Officials By Refusing To Walk Upon U.S., Israeli Banners” (USA govt funded media)
- “UN calls on parties to Iran nuclear deal to take effort to keep it in place”
- “Globe editorial: Donald Trump has no Iran strategy, but he sent the regime a message it needed to hear”
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “Commander of the Army of the Canadian Armed Forces meets with the National Academy of Land Forces in Lviv” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “The Canadian military checked the Navy center instructors” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
- “Khomchak takes part in meetings of NATO Military Committee at Chiefs of Defense Session” (UKR media)
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 10/2020 issued on 14 January 2020”
- “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 14 January 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (14 Jan 2020)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 14.01.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “LPR serviceman killed in Ukrainian shelling” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Day in Donbas: Eight attacks, two Ukrainian servicemen wounded” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian forces violate ceasefire eight times over 24 hours, fire 71 rounds at DPR – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Six attacks against JFO positions yesterday: no losses among Ukrainian soldiers” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire twice over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Ukrainian officer: Russia’s possession of military hardware in Donbas can be proved” (UKR media)
- “Ambassadors of Estonia, Latvia and Poland arrive in JFO area in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Trilateral Contact Group to meet in Minsk on Jan 16” (UKR media)
- “Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas to meet in Minsk on Jan 16” (UKR media)
- “LPR Supreme Court sentences Kirovsk resident to 12 years in prison for high treason” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Israeli and Ukrainian media report fake anti-Semitic ‘pogrom’ in Ukraine” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “Defence Minister Sajjan concludes visit to Brussels for meetings with NATO officials” (DND info-machine)
- “Putin takes a look at new aircraft carrier”
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Chinese shipyards call time on corvettes to switch to larger vessels”
- “China’s Coast Guard Chief Arrives in the Philippines for Bilateral Talks”
- Internal Security
- “Jewish, Iranian groups demand Canada list Iran military force as terrorist group”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Signing of new partnership agreement between Veterans Affairs Canada and the University of Prince Edward Island” (VAC info-machine)
- “Veterans Business Boot Camp” (Canadian Army Today)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 20, 2019
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- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Reservist joins Op IMPACT with ‘a strong sense of duty’” (DND info-machine)
- “Iraqi Catholics scrap Christmas Eve mass as protests persist”
- “Iraq: protesters burn SpecOps HQs, attempt to storm govt building”
- “Iraq’s top cleric calls for quick formation of government”
- “Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges elections to end crisis”
- “Iraq Cries Out for Unity”
- “Ex-(UK) soldier charged with Syria (Kurdish)-related terrorism offences”
- “Russia Recruits Syrian Kurds to Replace U.S.-Led Forces – VOA”
- “Russia has been working to establish a new military force in the Kurdish-majority, northeastern part of Syria with the aim to deploy those troops and hardware to areas along the Syria-Turkey border, local sources told VOA. The military force reportedly would replace a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-armed group that Turkey claims are terrorists …”
- “US gets hold of frequencies of Russian S-400 air defense systems in Syria”
- “US military seized the frequencies of Russian S-400 in Syria” (in Russian)
- “Intel: Pentagon refuses to put timeline on Syria mission”
- “The War Trade: How Italy Sold Armoured Vehicles To Russia + Their Deployment With Syrian Army Militias”
- “Russia fails to get U.N. approval for Syria cross-border aid deliveries (only) from Turkey”
- “Security Council Rejects 2 Draft Resolutions Authorizing Cross-Border, Cross-Line Humanitarian Access in Syria” (UN info-machine)
- “Russia, China veto UNSC resolution co-drafted by Kuwait on aid delivery to Syria”
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “China says Trudeau wasting time asking for Trump’s help on detainees”
- “China says Justin Trudeau wasting time asking for Trump’s help on Canadian detainees”
- “China says case of detained Canadians turned over to prosecutors”
- “Beijing unlikely to back down over South China Sea despite growing international pushback”
- “China military’s new Shandong aircraft carrier set to have smaller fighter jet force than expected”
- “China is becoming an Atlantic sea power, says US military analyst”
- The Koreas/#OpNEON
- “Sohae Satellite Launch Facility: Activity at Test Stand, but No Evidence of Pre-Launch Preparations” (38 North)
- ” “The silence … makes me concerned” — Diplomats anxious about North Korean silence ahead of Kim Jong Un’s ‘Christmas gift’ “
- “Countries in Region Say Few North Koreans Remain as UN Deadline Nears”
- “US Watching North Korea for ‘Christmas Gift’ Missile Launch”
- “Pentagon Hopeful for Diplomatic Reboot With North Korea”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “A Michigan man (with Canadian citizenship) who has been imprisoned in Russia on spying charges for nearly a year has lost his job with an automotive parts supplier in a corporate restructuring, a move his brother has denounced. Paul Whelan was arrested Dec. 28, 2018, in a Moscow hotel while visiting for a friend’s wedding. The Russian government charged him with espionage and has repeatedly extended his detention while he awaits trial on charges that carry a sentence of up to 20 years. Whelan has denied the charges …”
- “US Man Jailed in Russia on Spying Charges Loses Job”
- “Iron Wolf: (UK) Army Reservists Join Lithuania’s Largest Military Exercise” (UK MoD info-machine)
- “Russia Honors Two of Britain’s ‘Cambridge Five’ Spies”
- “Does Putin Plan to Change the Constitution and Stay in Power?”
- Way Up North
- “Amid arctic sovereignty questions, Canadian Rangers still see few credible reports of unusual activity”
- “Air Force special operators exercise with Norwegian soldiers in Arctic” (USAF info-machine)
- “Russia’s electronic warfare testing with new frigate causes radio- and radar disturbances in northernmost Norway”
- “Podcast: China as a ‘near-Arctic’ state”
- “Norway helps pay for transporting old Russian navy nuclear waste”
- “Gazprom to Build the World’s Northernmost Petrochemical Plant in the Arctic”
- #Afghanistan
- “Joshua Boyle : Judge dismisses charges against ex-Afghan hostage”
- Internal Security
- “Man who attacked military recruiting centre not a one-man terrorist group, appeal court rules” – “Appeal Court finds mentally ill ‘lone wolf’ who attacked Canadian soldiers not a terrorist” – R. v. Ali, 2019 ONCA 1006 (Ontario Court of Appeal)
- “Most cases of extremist conduct in Canadian military don’t end in discipline, says document”
- “Exclusive: Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show” – ” ‘Lethal Overwatch Is Req’d’: Canadian Police Mulled Shooting Indigenous Land Defenders – Report”
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- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Canada’s first Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue aircraft was formally accepted in Spain on December 18 …” (CAF info-machine via FB)
- “…As our economy weakens, Canada cannot afford further punishment from the USA for not doing what we should have done, years ago … which includes fast-tracing the purchase of a new fifth-generation, American made fighter to replace our ancient CF-18s.” (Col. Ted)
- “CAE to Provide German Navy with NH90 Sea Lion Training”
- Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
- “A navy officer deserts his ship, haunted by sexual abuse that derailed Olympic dreams”
- Other Military News
- “Contractors to help (RCAF) manage shortage of experienced pilots, technicians”
- “Minister Sajjan Visits Troops in Europe and the Middle East” (DND info-machine)
- “Le ministre Sajjan rend visite aux militaires en Europe et au Moyen‑Orient”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 16, 2019
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- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- ” ‘Deploy before Christmas’: Edmonton-based helicopter squadron heads back to Iraq”
- “Violence in Iraq isn’t stopping Canada’s training mission there, says general”
- “On Monday, Canada’s newly-appointed ambassador to Iraq, Ulric Shannon, visited Erbil, where he met the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, as well as Safeen Dizayee, Head of the KRG’s Department of Foreign Relations. The Prime Minister and the Canadian ambassador “discussed recent developments in Iraq and the Middle East and their impact on the Kurdistan Region,” a statement on the KRG website read …” (Kurdish media)
- “Stop propping up brutal Baghdad regime”
- “Erdogan accuses Russia and US of violating agreements on Kurds”
- “Turkey Boosts Military Presence In Northeast (SYR)” (pro-RUS site)
- “Senior US official says foreigners involved in Iraq protest arrests”
- “Pentagon chief urges Iraq to stop attacking bases housing U.S. forces”
- ” Iraq warns against ‘escalation’ in wake of attacks on US military bases “
- “Iraq warns against ‘escalation’ after strikes on US interests”
- #MLI-Africa/#OpPRESENCE
- “UN probing Montreal lobbying firm’s possible role in Sudanese troop deployment in Libya”
- “Unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Mali revealed in new report” (UN info-machine)
- “West Africa ‘shaken by unprecedented violence’, UN envoy tells Security Council”
- “Islamic State claims responsibility for Niger attack”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “Turkey may close Incirlik air base for US in case of sanctions on Ankara — Erdogan”
- “Erdogan threatens to close American military bases in Turkey”
- “Ankara: Turkey wants to buy Patriot missile systems from the US”
- “Turkey plans to purchase Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems from the United States – Turkey plans to purchase American anti-aircraft missile systems”
- “Turkey intends to purchase another batch of Russian S-400 missile systems”
- “The US and NATO are preparing for Russia to go after troops in the field and at home”
- “Russia Developing Nuclear Arms Beyond U.S. Arsenal, Strategic Command Says”
- “First (RUS) regiment equipped with Avangard system to assume combat duty by year-end”
- “Russian Strategic Missile Forces to test-launch 6 ICBMs in 2020 — commander”
- “Launch of a Glonass-M satellite from Plesetsk” (Russian strategic nuclear forces blog)
- “Russia’s Sarmat Missile Could Be Armed With Next-Gen Hypersonic Combat Units – Military”
- “Simulated attacks repelled with Iskander missile system in southern Russia” (RUS state media)
- “NATO: Russia increases its present in Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic”
- “NATO records Russia’s largest submarine activity since end of Cold War”
- “NATO Summit: Kremlin’s Unfulfilled Hopes” (Warsaw Institute)
- #CHN-#RUS Nexus?
- “Unpacking the China-Russia ‘alliance’ ” (Brookings Institute)
- “Why Russian Military Expenditure Is Much Higher Than Commonly Understood (As Is China’s)”
- “Defense technology cooperation between Russia, China reached several bln dollars per year” (RUS state media)
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “The China committee is a victory for Canadians … and a problem for Beijing”
- “Japan’s defence chief hits out at Beijing on South China Sea, military build-up”
- “Beijing protests after US expels two Chinese diplomats who drove onto military base”
- “US-China tech war’s new battleground: undersea internet cables”
- “China leads world in successful orbital launches” (CHN mil media)
- “Aerial early warning, reconnaissance training boosts PLA Navy’s capability in S. China Sea” (CHN mil media)
- “Angela Merkel faces revolt over Huawei as German lawmakers seek full ban”
- The Koreas/#OpNEON
- “Resumed North Korean ICBM Testing: Possible Technical Objectives” (38 North)
- “North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station: More Activity at the Vertical Engine Test Stand” (38 North)
- “North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Some Personnel Remain Onsite” (38 North)
- “Trump says he’ll be ‘disappointed’ if North Korea has something ‘in the works’ on nuclear program”
- “U.S. tells North Korea over nuclear talks: ‘You know how to reach us’ “
- “U.S. Calls on N.Korea to Return to Talks”
- “US envoy urges N. Korea to return to nuclear talks”
- “China, Russia propose easing North Korea sanctions”
- “North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Post-Engine Test Activity Observed” (38 North”
- #Afghanistan
- Fmr CAN aid chief for AFG: “Why we still need a review of Canada’s role in Afghanistan”
- “Canada’s war in Afghanistan was complicated, but it was no failure”
- “Parents of Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan say a memorial is more important than an inquiry”
- Way Up North
- “Arctic features prominently in new Canadian defence marching orders”
- “Canadian NORAD Region hosts first Arctic Airpower Seminar” (RCAF info-machine)
- “Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Continues Drifting, Crosses Prime Meridian”
- “How US Army engineers keep things working at the US’s northernmost military base in the world”
- “Russian N-powered icebreaker ends test run”
- Internal Security
- “Canada has a secret program that grants visas to war criminals, terrorists, security threats”
- “Abdulahi Hasan Sharif Sentenced To 28 Years For Edmonton Van Attack”
- “18 ans pour l’attaque lors d’une soirée d’appréciation envers les militaires à Edmonton”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Lockheed Martin awarded $18M for F-35 support for Australia, UK, Canada”
- Wanted: Answer to the question ” What’s firing a .50 cal sniper rifle doing to snipers’ heads?”
- Wanted: “… The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for the provision of seven (7) complete EED-L2 kits …”
- Wanted: “… DND has a requirement for 21 wrist worn physiological monitoring devices …”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Veterans Affairs Canada announces funding to support homeless and at-risk Veterans — Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries to receive nearly $400,000 from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to ensure Veterans achieve their housing, health and social goals …” (VAC info-machine)
- Other Military News
- “Canada transfers command of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two”
- “In a ceremony held at the Taranto Naval Base in Italy, command of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) was transferred to Rear Admiral Paolo Fantoni of the Italian Navy, on Monday, December 16, 2019. The outgoing commander, Canada’s Commodore Josée Kurtz, had commanded the group for a six-month planned rotation which began in June, 2019 …” (NATO info-machine)
- “Le Canada transfère le commandement du 2e Groupe maritime permanent OTAN”
- “Sajjan given mandate to modernize NORAD, buy fighter jet fleet”
- “The 2019 Mandate Letter to Minister of Defence: Some Reactions” (Saideman’s Semi-Spew blog)
- “Canada ‘very fortunate’ to have Vance as defence chief, minister says”
- “Slower-than-expected economic growth to help Canada’s defence spending numbers”
- “Priorities for Canada’s National Defence Go Beyond Just Spending More”
- “Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan to Visit Europe and the Middle East” (DND info-machine)
- “Symposium hosts unprecedented number of air chiefs from across Indo-Pacific … Nations represented included Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, the Republic of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam …”
- “Capt. Terrance Birch appeared in a Cornwall courtroom on Thursday, Dec. 12 to face criminal charges for illegally wearing military medals he was not entitled to. Birch came under scrutiny in August when Stolen Valour Canada accused him of wearing four military service medals he allegedly did not earn, including the Special Service Medal, Centennial Medal, Canada 125th Medal or the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal …”
- “New Junior Canadian Ranger Patrol for Pikangikum”
- “100,000 letters and counting for “Write the Troops” “
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 10, 2019
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- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- ” ‘Absolute priority’: Canada promises to push China on detentions”
- “China says Canadian detainees face prosecution on national security charges”
- “China hints at national security trials for 2 Canadians”
- “China hands over cases of detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig to prosecutors”
- “Two Canadians caught in US-China spat in prison for a year”
- “Canadiens détenus en Chine: Pékin remet les dossiers à des procureurs”
- “Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou wins Canada court fight to see more documents related to her arrest”
- “My Uyghur family is quietly living in fear. This is how we become lost”
- “Canadians Michael Kovrig & Michael Spavor Have Been Held Hostage By China For A Year” (Spencer Fernando blog)
- “Beijing Orders Government Offices to Remove Foreign Computers, Software”
- “China confirms satellite launch after military rocket’s ‘dragon’s tail’ stirs online speculation”
- “Chinese navy trains fighter pilots into aircraft carrier commanders — The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is training jet fighter pilots to sail and command warships, a move that aims to create more capable commanding officers for aircraft carriers, according to military experts …” (CHN mil media)
- “China Claims All Xinjiang Detainees Have ‘Graduated,’ Drawing Skepticism From Experts, Exile Groups”
- “China says it will ‘normalise’ Xinjiang camps as Beijing continues drive to defend policies in mainly Muslim region”
- “Religious leaders slam U.S. House passage of Xinjiang-related bill” (CHN mil media)
- “China achieves regular birth defect treatment for military children” (CHN mil media)
- “PLA garrison ‘one of the foundations’ of Macao’s stability and prosperity” (CHN mil media)
- “Hong Kong will never be Macau. Beijing’s comparison of the two shows it is in denial”
- “China Detains Activists Heading to U.S. Human Rights Event”
- Internal Security
- ” ‘Canadian eyes only’ intelligence reports say Canadian leaders attacked in cyber campaigns”
- ” ‘Ignorance and greed’: Mechanic knew he was fixing vehicles for ISIS, judge says in rejecting asylum appeal”
- “Un mécanicien qui travaillait pour l’État islamique voit sa demande d’asile rejetée”
- “Christian Leuprecht on ISIS and other terror crimes in the news” (podcast)
- “U.S. city hit by cyberattack days after military base shooting — Authorities in Pensacola, Florida said on Monday, December 9, the city had been hit by a cyberattack, just days after a Saudi officer killed 3 American sailors at the city’s naval base. Emails, telephone lines and online payment services were affected by the attack, the northwestern municipality announced on Facebook …”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Protests in Iraq demonstrate need for NATO training mission, says new Canadian commander”
- “Iraq summons four western envoys for condemning protest attacks — Iraq’s foreign ministry called in ambassadors of France, Britain, Germany and Canada in relation to them condemning protest attacks that saw Iraqi people coming out on the streets to mourn the death of an activist, Fahem al-Tai killed in a shooting in Karbala in the anti-corruption protests …”
- “Iraq’s south hit by more protests, explosions”
- “Iraq announces close to most recent phase of anti-ISIS campaign”
- “US Believes Iran is Behind Recent Rocket Attacks Near American Troops in Iraq”
- “A journey through the ISIS badlands — Months after internationally backed forces wrested back the last territory of ISIS’s once sprawling proto-state in Syria, ISIS is regrouping in a stretch of disputed territory in Iraq …”
- “Iran allegedly fortifying base along Syria-Iraq border with new tunnels: satellite photos”
- “Iran is building tunnels in Syria near Iraq border for weapons”
- “The Trajectory of ISIS’ Crimes Within The International Legal Framework” (Rojava Information Center)
- “UN Cannot Verify Iran’s Responsibility for September Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities – Guterres”
- The Koreas/#OpNEON
- “North Korea’s Rocket Engine Test: What We Know and Don’t Know” (38 North)
- “As Experts Analyze North Korean Missile Engine Test, Some Say Kim is Done Talking”
- “N.Korea ‘Conducted Long-Range Missile Engine Test’ “
- “North Korea may launch long-range missile before Christmas”
- “S.Korea, U.S. Step up Surveillance of N.Korea”
- “Japan says closely monitoring North Korea”
- “N.Korea Denounces ‘Erratic, Old’ Trump”
- “Russia hopes US, North Korea resume denuclearization dialogue — Lavrov”
- #HongKong
- “Russian TV production echoes China’s line on Hong Kong protests”
- “Rioters descend into Hong Kong streets” (CHN Communist Party media)
- “A close look at black terror and rumors that shrouded Hong Kong for months” (CHN Communist Party media)
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “Spy suspect Whelan makes threats to Russian jail employees – Lavrov”
- “$740Bln U.S. Defense Bill Targets Russian Pipelines”
- “Belarus intends to hold joint military exercises with NATO”
- “Trump yet undecided on Russia’s invitation to 2020 VE Day celebrations in Moscow — Lavrov”
- #Afghanistan
- “Canadian soldiers made ‘progress’ in Afghanistan, Sajjan says in response to grim U.S. war report”
- “Report shows top US officials have lied for decades about victory in Afghanistan while troops died there”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Defence Procurement Canada: Opportunities and Constraints” (CGAI paper)
- “Canada’s go-ahead for new Saudi exports leaves questions unanswered — With Global Affairs Canada giving the green light to 48 permits for arms exports to Saudi Arabia, Justin Mohammed of Amnesty International Canada explains why its review was problematic and examines the questions that remain …”
- “Will Canada Be The Next Country To Be Flying U.S. F-35s?”
- Mental Health in the CAF
- “Building a bridge over troubled waters: The Sentinel Program in practice” (DND info-machine)
- Other Military News
- “Disaster relief: A model Op Lentus” (Canadian Army Today)
- “Trudeau’s new plane to replace damaged ‘Can Force One’ could be fast-tracked for replacement”
- “22 Wing participates in international virtual exercise” (RCAF info-machine)
- “RCAF announces pilot for 2020 CF-18 Demonstration Team” (RCAF info-machine)
