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WASHINGTON — Syrian's once well-regarded air defense system completely failed to defend against the U.S.-led strike on the country's chemical weapons facilities last week, highlighting how far the regime's military has declined, according to the Pentagon and military analysts. The Syrians fired 40 ...

The Secret Daniel Ellsberg Really Worries About. The Secret Daniel Ellsberg Really Worries About. The author and former military analyst tells The Nation that it's still US policy to launch a first-strike nuclear attack.

But on balance, according to U.S. national security and military analysts, last year's action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime did little to stop the bloodshed that has raged in that civil war-torn country for nearly a ... Barry McCaffrey, a military analyst for NBC News, said on Friday night.

... Donald Trump is unlikely to deliver on his Twitter promise to launch a missile attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), Lebanese military analysts ... The Shayrat airfield incident will not happen again," the military analyst stressed, referring to the April 7 2017 missile strike conducted by the US on the ...

The U.S. has a number of actions in responding to the alleged chemical attack in Syria, but it's a more difficult challenge than "just kind of firing ready, aim here," said CBS News Radio military analyst Mike Lyons. But most importantly, Mr. Trump's "got to be careful not to get goaded into doing something ...

... outside world its determination to defend the fruits of its economic reforms over the past 40 years,” Beijing-based military analyst Zhou Chenming said. ... Military analysts said Beijing had stepped up naval deployment in the South China Sea in response to the US' growing military cooperation with rival ...

The independent Russian military analyst also notes that at a recent conference on international security held in Vilnius, Western participants suggested that the conflict with Russia “will last another two generations, that is 50 years.” And this suggests that the West is ready for “a long Cold War.” And in this ...

“Plausible deniability” is a key component of what some military analysts call “gray zone warfare.” The gray zone warrior needs deniability in order to escape retribution for dirty and destructive operations. “Gray zone warfare” really isn't new. It utilizes propaganda, crime, covert influence operations, political ...

“I just feel a great burden has been lifted because I got to the point where I hated going into the Fox studios because of what Fox had become,” the retired Army colonel and longtime Fox military analyst said in an interview on Friday. “To paraphrase an old line, 'I didn't leave Fox News. Fox News left me.'”.

US President Donald Trump has appointed John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, as the country's national security advisor. Bolton is reportedly a strong opponent of the Iran deal. Radio Sputnik spoke with military analyst Michael O'Hanlon about the possible consequences of the ...

(ABC NEWS) - A military analyst for Fox News said Tuesday that he was quitting the network because he believed it had turned into a propaganda machine for President Donald Trump's administration. Ralph Peters, a retired U.S. Army officer, said he told Fox at the beginning of the month that he did not ...

Zucker spoke at the Financial Times Future of News conference two days after a former Fox military analyst quit, claiming he was ashamed at the way the network's opinion hosts were backing President Donald Trump. Zucker said that analyst, Ralph Peters, voiced what a lot of people have been thinking ...

(Newser) – Criticism of Fox News as a "propaganda machine … wittingly harming our system of government for profit" is making waves because of its source: longtime Fox military analyst and retired US Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters. In a letter to colleagues announcing he would not be renewing his contract ...

Footage of Chinese warplanes on drills in the country's mountainous southwest suggest the military has overcome engine problems plaguing the aircraft at high altitudes, sounding a warning to regional rival India, military analysts said. Video of Chengdu J-10 and Shenyang J-11 jets flying low over ...

CNN's report inadvertently exposes another important aspect of this story—the complex interactions of sailors, technologies, maintenance, shipboard routines in collisions and/or their avoidance. Retired Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, a CNN diplomatic and military analyst, said “the Navy's review will look at a ...

However, speaking to Sputnik, Vietnamese political and military analyst Nguyen Minh Tam said that the only Vietnamese who were expressing excessive jubilation about the US ships' visit were those who have long become the citizens of other countries. "The judgements made by a number of Vietnamese ...

The well-respected Russian military analyst Aleksandr Goltz published an article in the Russian independent media outlet Ej.ru, titled "'Cold War' is Now Reality," analyzing Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech State of the Nation Address. According to Goltz, Putin's speech marks the beginning of a ...

Military observer Kemal Jafa spoke to Sputnik about what accounts for the Syrian army's recent string of successes against the Islamist fighters holed up in the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta, and explained why the liberation of the area would have immense implications for the course of the war in Syria.

During his address to the Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin shocked observers when he said that Russia's progress in laser weaponry was "not just a concept or a plan," and that the army was already being equipped with combat lasers. But what are these weapons actually for? Veteran military ...

With Russia and China beginning to field their Su-57s and J-20s stealth jets, we sat down with Michael Kofman to get his impressions on how these jets match up against US stealth planes. Kofman said that the Su-57 doesn't match the stealth capabilities of the F-22 or F-35, but that it will be a capable ...

With Russia and China beginning to field stealth jets, Business Insider sat down with Michael Kofman, a military analyst, to get his impressions on how they match up with the US's stealth planes. Kofman said Russia's Su-57 didn't match the stealth capabilities of the US's F-22 or F-35 but would be a capable ...

China's marine cooperation with the Maldives carries no military purpose and the Indian media's exaggerated reports stem from jealousy of Chinese cooperation with South Asian countries, analysts said. The joint ocean observation station China will build in the Maldives could challenge security for the ...

CLIMATE. Military analysts press 'whole-of-government' approach. Nick Sobczyk, E&E News reporter. Published: Monday, February 26, 2018. A group of military analysts are urging the Pentagon and other security-focused agencies to work with the rest of the government against climate change.

Appearing with Fox Business host Neil Cavuto, a military analyst for the network schooled the host and viewers on what an AR-15 can do to a body before calling hardcore 2nd Amendment advocates 'pathetic' for putting guns before children's lives. According to Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, who recently wrote a ...

Earlier this month, pictures emerged showing what some experts believed was an electromagnetic railgun mounted on a ship. A Chinese military analyst, Cheng Shuoren, was quoted by the state media as saying it was an engineering feat of "epoch-making significance." Instead of explosives, railguns use ...

By current standards, Washington funds about 70 percent of NATO spending and military analysts say Europe is now vulnerable to a range of threats, ... Much of Belgian and British defense spending will be taken up by costly upgrades to fighter jet fleets, which military analysts say could come at the ...

(AM 760 KFMB) — Military Analyst Mike Lyons provides the back story to the U.S.-backed bombing that killed Russian soldiers in Syria. A number of Syrian government troops and Russian military members were killed by a U.S. Coalition airstrike. It happened last week, after forces supporting the Assad ...

While Afghan law enforcement officials claim that Daesh is on retreat, military analyst General Saleh Mohammad Rejistani does not share their ... has considerably increased, General Saleh Mohammad Rejistani, a military analyst and former parliamentarian of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan says, amid ...

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Israeli media and journalists have said that Israel's intelligence services Mossad carried out the assassination of Palestinian engineer Fadi Al-Batsh in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Quds Press reported yesterday. Military analyst in Israel Hayom, Yoav Limor, said: “It is natural to attribute the assassination of ...

Nothing wrong with punishing Syria, says retired US Army colonel. 6:07 AM ET Mon, 16 April 2018. Col. Jack Jacobs, U.S. Army (retired), and NBC News military analyst, provides insight to the airstrikes in Syria. Watch CNBC Live TV ...