Monthly Archives: September 2019

Hungary – AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Hungary of one hundred and eighty (180) AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM ) with support for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of …

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Beirut Strike Target: Vital Iranian Device for Hezbollah's Mass Missile Production

Iran delivered special propellants mixer – used in manufacturing ballistic missiles – to Lebanon in violation of international treaties. The attack in Beirut early Sunday morning, which has been attributed to Israel, hit a central component of Hezbollah’s missile program. It damaged a planetary mixer — an industrial-sized mixer weighing …

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Hezbollah Planning 'Calculated Strike' Against Israel

Shi’ite organization warns retaliation ‘is being arranged in a way which wouldn’t lead to a war that neither Hezbollah nor Israel wants’ Hezbollah is preparing a “calculated strike” against its enemy Israel after drones crashed in Beirut but it seeks to avoid a new war, two sources allied to the …

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Here’s what’s left of ISIS — and why they still pose a major threat

-The US declared victory over the Islamic State (ISIS) in March of 2019, but multiple reports show that the group is still active in those countries, and gaining traction elsewhere. -A blistering Pentagon report blamed Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria and cut diplomatic staff in Iraq for …

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Southern Yemeni Separatists Appear to Control Aden

After several days of intermittent clashes, Yemen’s southern separatist forces appear to have recaptured strategic positions in the interim southern capital of Aden from forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The separatists’ latest defeat of Hadi’s forces came amid accusations by his deputy foreign minister that Saudi-coalition partner the …

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