New report from ICSVE reveals that Pro-IS Transnational Networks Step Up Online Fundraising Efforts, Successfully Extricating Foreign IS Women and Children from Syrian Detention Camps in Post-Assad Syria: Since the ouster of the Assad regime, IS has sought to exploit Syria’s fragile transitional governance period, marked by sectarian violence, USContinue Reading
Photo: Bjørn Arild Gram, Minister of Defence, together with Kay Norheim, who is in charge of the frigate project. (Photo by: Synne Kvam/Ministry of Defence Norway) The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to invite the French, German, British and US governments to begin discussions regarding a potentialContinue Reading
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has received a contract from the US Marine Corps for long lead items, signalling the start of full-rate production for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm program (ACV-30). The items included in the USD 51 million contract are subcomponents specific to the 30 mm remote turret manufacturedContinue Reading
As violent pro-Palestinian protesters are shouting their antisemitic slogans at US universities, it is time to reflect on President Joe Bidens statement regarding Passover, made only two days ago. Tomorrow night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, recounting their miraculous Exodus story from hundreds of years of enslavement inContinue Reading
The United States Army has awarded a 5-year IDIQ contract valued up to USD 1.498 Bn to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS for the continued delivery of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS). Between the M151 and M153 variants KONGSBERG has delivered more than 18,000 systems to the U.S.Continue Reading
NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2019) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. Speaking after the meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the safety of NATO’s personnel in Iraq is paramount and thatContinue Reading
As a result of the Rwandan genocide, the United Nations broadened the definition of “The Responsibility to Protect” from State responsibility to protect its citizens, to the responsibility of the international community to intervene to protect civilian populations in cases wherein their own government is unable, or worse, actively engagedContinue Reading
When ISIS started to attract radicals from all over the world, my initial reaction was of concern to how powerful they become. However, I recalled my college days while studying the history of ancient Rome. By Michael Fayerman Managing Editor Intelligence technology Cicero, the Roman Consul who was a great publicContinue Reading