NATIONAL SECURITY Archives

A Realistic Western Response to North Korea

May 8, 2017

ASIA·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA

To understand the reasoning and logic behind North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons requires a hard look at the political origins and

Turks and Kurds, an endless cycle

May 7, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

Syria’s Civil War has raged for six years, causing a vastly different regional political, ethnic, and security landscape to emerge. In recent

Lima Charlie NATSEC speaks with legendary Capt. Gail Harris – Ep.01

April 29, 2017

Cyber·NATIONAL SECURITY·Podcasts·SECURITY·VETERANS

Welcome to the first edition of Lima Charlie NatSec. Host Michael Gardner welcomes living legend and U.S. Navy veteran Capt. (Ret.) Gail Harris

Russia’s New Arctic Military Bases

April 29, 2017

Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

In April 2017, the Russian Government announced that it had completed its new military bases in the Arctic and had completed most

Afghanistan: SecDef Mattis addresses Russia-Taliban connection

April 26, 2017

ASIA·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·WORLD NEWS

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (LC – CENTRAL ASIA) Defense Secretary James Mattis addressed claims that Russia is supplying the Taliban with weapons, during a press

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#GailForce: Has the U.S. experienced the long predicted Cyber Pearl Harbor?

April 25, 2017

Cyber·Cyberwar·FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·SECURITY·Technology

There is no need to wage a kinetic war or even to use debilitating cyber attacks on critical infrastructure if you can

Military Technology and the Multi-Domain Battle Plan

April 23, 2017

Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SCIENCE & TECH·Technology

The more assertive stance of the U.S. military, which has emerged from the accession of Donald Trump to the Presidency, has manifest

Is the World on a slow march towards authoritarianism?

April 23, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Turkey’s citizens recently voted to give President Erdogan expanded powers. He now has wide control over the judiciary, can simply decree law,

Syria offensive against ISIS stumbles

April 23, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

Tabqa, Northern Syria – Tabqa, one of the premier strongholds of the Islamic State outside of its de facto capital in al

Tillerson in Moscow: U.S.-Russia relations ‘at a low point’

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·RUSSIA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (LC) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with officials in Moscow today, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly two

US, Japan prepare for North Korea nuclear testing; ‘sniffer’ aircraft deployed

April 11, 2017

ASIA·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, America’s nuclear “sniffer” aircraft is deploying to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Nikkei Asian Review reports that

Syrian missile strike: What do we know?

April 9, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·RUSSIA·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

Here is what we know: The U.S. launched a Tomahawk cruise missile attack from nearby destroyers in the east Mediterranean against a

UPDATED: VICTORY – Mission Tabqa Dam Complete, joint US SpecOps retake vital dam from ISIS

April 1, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

| UPDATED from a story that ran March 26, 2017 Tabqa, Syria – It began mere minutes before the stroke of midnight, March

VICTORY – Mission Tabqa Dam Complete, joint US SpecOps retake vital dam from ISIS

March 26, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

Tabqa, Syria – It began mere minutes before the stroke of midnight, March 21st. Under cover of darkness, parachutes descended silently onto

DEVELOPING: Joint US offensive to take back Tabqa Dam from ISIS sees gains

March 24, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

BREAKING, and DEVELOPING: Syria – The US has launched an air assault on the Tabqa Dam, with both US Special Operations forces

US forces seek to take critical Tabqa dam before ISIS uses it as a weapon of terror

March 22, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY

Raqqa, Syria – As reported previously by Lima Charlie News, the Tabqa Dam in the Syrian Euphrates Valley, and the Islamic Caliphate’s

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