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IDF steps up counter-tunnel training
A Palestinian teenager uses his mobile phone to record events at one of the graduation ceremonies for the Vanguards of Liberation in the Gaza Strip on 29 January. Hamas says it has provided 17,000 youths aged 15-21 with paramilitary training as part of the programme. Source: PA PhotosJordan breaks silence on airstrikes after death of pilot
An image released by the JAF on 5 February shows one of its F-16s preparing to take off for a combat sortie. Source: JAFSeparatists claim first airstrike on Ukrainian forces
Russian-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine claim to have conducted their first airstrikes against government forces using a captured Su-25, similar to this one. Source: Tblisi Aerospace ManufacturingSenegalese troops train with RAM Mk 3 vehicles
Senegalese RAMTA RAM Mk 3 light armoured vehicles during a training exercise with French forces. Source: French MoD
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Arab countries co-operate to fight Islamic State
Significance The Islamic State threat has underlined the need for co-operation between the intelligence agencies of Arab countries in the region around Iraq and Syria. In combination with the US-led air campaign, these intelligence agencies have enjoyed a degree of success in infiltrating the
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Civil nuclear liability remains unclear for investors, but India-US strategic and defence co-operation likely to increase
Significance President Barak Obama is the first US president to make a second trip to India after previously visiting in November 2010 during his first term in office. The two leaders highlighted progress on several aspects of the India-US bilateral relationship, including making operational the
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Desert mirage - Libya's Islamist unity
Significance Islamist and jihadist militias played a leading role in overthrowing the Ghaddafi regime during Libya's 2011 revolution, but have since been politically marginalised and militarily suppressed. Combined with their failure to establish a credible ideological powerbase, this has served
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Hostile presidential guards and fuel price cut demands raise government instability and protest risks in Burkina Faso
EVENT Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on 4 February in front of the Ministry of Industry and Trade condemning the Burkina Faso government's recent cut in fuel prices as "insignificant". The Coalition for the fight against high cost of living, corruption, fraud, impunity, and for
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Increasing radicalisation indicates growing risk to individuals and businesses associated with foreign supporters of Egyptian government
EVENT A group calling itself Popular Resistance Movement in Giza claimed responsibility on 5 February for the 2 February arson attack on Cairo's branch of the Emirates National Bank of Dubai. The group was formed in August 2014 and has carried out minor acts of violence and sabotage including
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The belligerent bear: Russia updates its military doctrine
Russia's new military doctrine differs from its 2010 predecessor mainly in tone and nuance but, highlighting growing security threats, it also suggests there will be no retreat from the country's military development programme. Dr Mark Galeotti reports -
The evolution of Greece's armed revolutionaries
In the shadow of one of Europe's most sustained terrorist problems, Greece is entering a new era of radical left-wing politics. George Kassimeris explores the threat facing the country's counter-terrorism agencies from the next generation of militant anarchists. -
The Islamic State expands its influence in Asia
With pledges of support from Islamist groups in Southeast Asia, the Islamic State is expanding its network of jihadists keen to build a caliphate. Animesh Roul examines divisions and co-operation among the militants, and security implications for the region.
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Islamic State's support infrastructure in Turkey raises risk of retaliation targeting Western diplomatic and commercial assets
EVENT A Turkish police intelligence report, leaked on 17 January, claimed that around 3,000 people were in Islamic State sleeper cells present "throughout the country". Although the accuracy of the report's estimate of sleeper numbers is difficult to ascertain, IHS sources have confirmed
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IDF steps up counter-tunnel training
The IDF has begun training company and battalion commanders to use specialised techniques for uncovering and destroying tunnels dug by the militants in the Gaza Strip. The army said the new training, which also covers improvised explosive devices and fighting in complex environments, comes as part
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CBO releases new triad upgrade estimate
The United States will have to spend USD348 billion on nuclear weapons modernisation over the next 10 years if it wants to maintain a triad of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarines, and bomber aircraft, according to a 22 January report from the Congressional Budget
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Islamic State's support infrastructure in Turkey raises risk of retaliation targeting Western diplomatic and commercial assets
EVENT A Turkish police intelligence report, leaked on 17 January, claimed that around 3,000 people were in Islamic State sleeper cells present "throughout the country". Although the accuracy of the report's estimate of sleeper numbers is difficult to ascertain, IHS sources have confirmed
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Space Recovery Experiment (SRE)
Current status The Space Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) capsule was launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on 10 January 2007 and successfully recovered on 22 January 2007. SRE-2 is six years behind schedule and has yet to fly. SRE-1 India's first Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
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Nuclear bombs (Russia)
Type Nuclear bomb. Development The first Soviet (Russian) nuclear bomb - designated RDS-1 - was developed by the former Soviet Union in the late 1940s, and first tested in 1949. The majority of Russian nuclear warheads were designed at the VNIIEF in Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod and at the VNIITF in
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Rosetta
Current status Rosetta arrived at the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It released the Philae lander for the first landing on a comet on 12 November 2014. Philae bounced twice before coming to rest. It returned the first images and other data from the surface of a comet before its
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M7, Model B-181040A and B-181050 Voice Projection Unit (VPU)
Type Audio accessory Description These units are compatible with a variety of different protective masks including the MCU-2A/P, M40, OBA and M17 Protective Masks used by the US Air Force, Army and Navy. The B-181040A and B-181050 VPUs clip on without modification to the mask and projects the
