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SECURITY ORIENTED DEVELOPEMENTS - WORLD



Recent developments regarding JF-17 Block III sales apparently indicate that the Iraqi Air Force is also interested in the JF-17 alongside Argentina, which would make the cost of acquisitions cheaper with the increased order number.
 
IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES AMIDS RISING TENSIONS IN THE REGION
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IRANIAN MILITARY EXERCISES AMIDS RISING TENSIONS IN THE REGION



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Iranian demostration of power in the Iranian-Azeri border. Tensions rise and all mind last war in Karabakh when some insurgency have manifested itself in the region.
A good article by Gawęda - defence24 one of few real experts.
 
IRAQ, SADRISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
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POLLS ARE IN SADRISTS WIN ELECTIONS IN IRAQ
PROIRANIAN FATAH AS "BIG LOOSER"


Nation has spoken. Democracy worked. Nation building in Iraq worked actually. Free people in free elections have decided their fate - Sadrists are anti-Iranian (in case of outright meddling inside Iraq's internal affairs) and anti-USA and anti-British, shown in their will to cooperate with the mainland Europe, aiming on creation of government run by specialists, strenghtening central government and elimination of etnosectarianism, - ie. stabilising and creating a stable and independent state.
Of note pro-Iranians have very large "party militias" and are not very happy about outcomes of the elcetions. For now only very vocal about that.

Article worth reading - contains meritoric analysis of the Iraq's political scene.
 
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PACIFIC, MILITARY DRILLS CONDUCTED BY THE US AND IT'S ALLIES
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COMBINED MILITARY EXERCISES, ALLIED CARRIERS GATHER NEAR OKINAWA AS A DEMONSTRATION OF "FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC"

USS Carl Vinson, Ronald Reagan, HMS Queen Elizabeth and JS Ise together with their consorts and allied warships, inluding Netherlands, Canada and New Zealand to conduct exercises. JS Izumo and Hhyuga are en route also. Main goals of training are ASW, air defnece and tactical manouvering in realtion to performing escort for carriers.



All that in the background of mass Chinese incursions into the ADIZ and first nation wide military drills of JSDF from 30 years.

 
TAIWAN, WHY THE US WILL NOT DEFEND TAIWAN
Vox Day weighs in on the Taiwan question:


Why the US Will Not Defend Taiwan
The question of a US military reaction in the event the Chinese government decides to make use of its military strength to reunify the island with the mainland has been the subject of intense policy debate for years. The US government has encouraged this debate, as its policy of "strategic ambivalence" was specifically formulated in order to prevent the need to make any promises that might need to be broken as well as to add an element of uncertainty to the Chinese leadership's analysis of the situation.
However, it is abundantly clear that for all its posturing and strong words and saber-rattling, there is no chance that the US military will make any serious attempt to defend the independence of Taiwan island or to intervene in Chinese domestic affairs. There are seven reasons for this.
1. The USA will not risk the conclusive loss of its global status in a single throw.
Since 1989, the US has enjoyed its status as the singular global superpower. But in the aftermath of the astonishingly rapid defeat of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi military, potential US opponents such as Iran, Russia, and China have intelligently pursued asymmetrical weapons development programs that now permit them to neutralize important aspects of the US military's advantage. For example, the development of long-range, high-speed anti-ship missiles have eliminated the ability of US carrier groups to enter littoral zones or narrow sea lanes such as the Persian Gulf or the Taiwan Straits without risk.
Since the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the chief military symbol of a nation's power in 1942, the US Navy carrier groups have been the material demonstration of US military dominance to the world. And while refusing to put her carriers at risk to defend Taiwan island would have a negative effect on the global perception of US power, the damage that restraint would do to perceived US status is infinitely less than permitting the world to see one or more USN carriers sent to the bottom of the South China Sea.
2. The American people will not support a war against China.
The American people are tired of the endless wars waged by their government over the last three decades. Despite the best efforts of the warmongering neocons, Americans flatly refused to support calls for invasions of Iran and Syria, and they have welcomed the long-overdue end of the war in Afghanistan. They now eagerly anticipate a final end to the war in Iraq. Unless the People's Liberation Army were to invade the USA itself, the American people will not support a war against China.
3. The US military is not in any shape to fight a major regional power.
After the ignominious retreat from Afghanistan, the vaccine mandates that threaten to expel 30 percent of its best and most experienced soldiers, the politicization of the ranks above O-6, and the push to include more women, homosexuals, and transvestites, the US military is observably unready for war. At present, it is no more able to dispute the Taiwan Straits with China than it is to contest the Crimea with Russia or even defend its own border with Mexico.
4. Joe Biden is not a credible wartime leader.
Over one-third of Americans believe that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulently stolen from President Donald Trump. This also happens to be the segment of the American population that most strongly supports the U.S. military. And these Americans will not support any military action taken by a man they believe to be an illegitimate and unelected Commander-in-Chief.
5. The USA has nothing to gain and much to potentially lose from a conflict over Taiwan.
What would the American people gain from a successful defense of Taiwan by the U.S. military. Absolutely nothing. At most, the status quo would be maintained, which would provide no actual benefit to any American. But an unsuccessful defense would be severely damaging to world respect for the USA, and a complete military catastrophe would be the first step toward the collapse of the United States as a political entity. To put it in historical terms, any attempt to interfere in the unification of China would run a real risk of becoming the American equivalent of the Athenian Sicilian Expedition.
6. The US government cannot afford a war against its second-largest creditor.
Between the massive public and private debt, the economic lockdowns, the growing number of workers killed and incapacitated by the vaccines, and the huge number of workers being disemployed by the vaccine mandates, the US economy is a shambles. The US government already owes China more than $1 trillion. China obviously will not finance a US war against China, but neither will the US's leading creditor, Japan.
7. Xi Jinping knows Taiwan.
President Xi knows both Taiwan and the Taiwan people very well. He served as provincial governor for Fujian and Zhejiang, and his success in attracting Taiwan investment into both coastal provinces is considered one of his significant accomplishments. Xi's objective is unification, by any means necessary, but it is clear that he would prefer the unification to be a peaceful one. And as a leader who has successfully convinced Taiwan capital to join with the mainland in the past, he is very well-positioned to convince the Taiwan people it is in their long-term interest to unify with the mainland rather than resist it.
Ironically, it is the change in the balance of military power in China's favor that makes a future war in the Taiwan Straits less likely. There are many factors that the Chinese leadership must take into account concerning the ultimate resolution of the unification of Taiwan with the mainland. But a military response by the United States to Chinese action is not one of them.
 
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MI5 and MI6 strike intelligence deal with Amazon: US company to host top secret UK data


Amazon-UK intelligence deal
It would be quite interesting to know the technical details of how the data will be stored and processed. Secure cloud is a very hot topic in cloud research.
 
I guess they are more than willing to let the NSA walk right into their data.
That was my first thought, too. But maybe they really have the data strongly protected on Amazon's infrastructure, that's why I wrote that the technical details would be interesting. Though, I admit, it's unlikely.
 
That was my first thought, too. But maybe they really have the data strongly protected on Amazon's infrastructure, that's why I wrote that the technical details would be interesting. Though, I admit, it's unlikely.
Unless they have quantum computing level encryption.....
 
Unless they have quantum computing level encryption.....
Ha, that would be something, but I think that is still purely theoretical, except for quantum key exchange, that's already a commercial product. The current practical question is how to process the data while making sure that it's never available in open text to the owner of the infrastructure.
 
Ha, that would be something, but I think that is still purely theoretical, except for quantum key exchange, that's already a commercial product. The current practical question is how to process the data while making sure that it's never available in open text to the owner of the infrastructure.
Yeah at the moment, QKD is the only thing really commercially available. Supposedly, there are quantum qubits for hire but I'm not really sure how effective they are.
 
It would be quite interesting to know the technical details of how the data will be stored and processed. Secure cloud is a very hot topic in cloud research.

Heh, heh Brits just become "open source" ;)
It appears that Global Britain can be achieved with becoming de facto another US member state, which actually is the only way to achieve that frankly.
On the other hand look at that - private owned company now will have a large sway over a nation state. And people still think that cyberpunk and s-f is bunch of lunatic bulls*****.
 
It would be quite interesting to know the technical details of how the data will be stored and processed. Secure cloud is a very hot topic in cloud research.
AWS has a GovCloud service for the US government (basically separate datacenters and other infrastructure for government clients), and already have datacenters around London, so the technology/infrastructure is doable. Now the question whether the UK can pay extra for the proper separation ...

I guess they are more than willing to let the NSA walk right into their data.
You assume that the provincial government of Airstrip One ever been so separate from the mainland services ...
 
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