Greece’s military is preparing to contribute to the country’s austerity drive by closing down several units in a bit to reduce its 500 million euros in annual spending, according to reports in Greek media. The plan outlined by the Greek land, sea and air forces includes the closure of some military airports, a drop in [...]
A joint group of Turkish and German companies are competing with a South Korean attempt to sell two HDW-class 209-type diesel submarines to Indonesia A team of Turkish and German companies, as well as Turkey’s procurement office, are jointly looking to sell two HDW-class 209-type diesel submarines to Indonesia in a $1 billion deal, a [...]
Turkish security forces have reportedly captured 22 suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as a result of a large-scale operation Çukurca district of Hakkari province. Private Cihan news agency reported late on Friday that the local gendarmerie forces captured 22 terrorists with their weapons in Çukurca district suspected of killing nine [...]
By Debra Werner Classified elements of the U.S. budget make it difficult to calculate the price that U.S. government agencies pay to put each satellite into orbit. Still, top defense and intelligence officials have left no doubt that the prices are higher than they would like, and they are going public with plans to bring [...]
By John Stanton A spokesman, and a high ranking official, at the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), could not “confirm or deny†that the Human Terrain System (HTS) is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the DCIS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sources are adamant [...]
Besides an ongoing plan to develop a fighter jet program with the US or Europe, Turkey is seeking to broaden its fleet with a second option. South Korea’s KAI and Sweden’s Saab are the two possible partners, according to a Turkish procurement official. Turkey is supposed to take part in the design of the possible [...]
Turkey has killed more than 300 members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the aerial strikes launched against the organization since Aug. 17 following the PKK’s killing of dozens of soldiers in southeastern Turkey, intelligence reports said. The country is preparing for a land operation following the Eid al-Fitr. According to information [...]
By John Stanton “You should look again at this cash cow of a program and ask questions…†“A spectacular failure…†“People I met in HTS are incapable of separating truth from manipulation by respondents.†Montgomery McFate, former senior social scientist for the US Army Human Terrain System (HTS) and Steve Fondacaro, former program manager for [...]
Ten warplanes took off from an airbase in southeastern Turkey on Friday on what appeared to herald a third night of strikes against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization based in northern Iraq, a Reuters witness said.    The Turkish raids, the first against the PKK holed up in the mountains of northern Iraq [...]
Turkey is preparing to take the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to northern Iraq by turning outposts it has maintained for intelligence gathering there since 1995 into operational front garrisons, Today’s Zaman has learned. According to confidential sources talking about Thursday’s National Security Council (MGK) meeting, chaired by President Abdullah Gül, the [...]
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