Af/Pak & Other News (1/23/2021)

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Afghan officials welcome Biden plan to review US-Taliban deal

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210123-afghan-officials-welcome-biden-plan-to-review-us-taliban-deal



The Forgotten People Fighting the Forever War

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/01/america-forever-war-afghanistan/617776/



PAF Buying J-10C? J-10C Model With Interesting Serial Number Spotted at PAF Base Masroor

https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/paf-buying-j-10c-j-10c-model-with-interesting-serial-number-spotted-at-paf-base-masroor/24418/









IAF To Arm LCA Tejas With Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile Astra As It Formally Integrates It With Sukhoi Su-30 MKI

https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/2021/01/iaf-to-arm-lca-tejas-with-indigenous-air-to-air-missile-astra-as-it-formally-integrates-it-with-sukhoi-su-30-mki/



DRDO Successfully Tests SAAW For Ninth Time From Combat Trainer

https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/2021/01/drdo-successfully-tests-saaw-for-ninth-time-from-combat-trainer/









Iran Will Still be a Slog

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/iran-will-still-be-slog/171586/



Iranian Supreme Leader’s Tweet Suggests A Revenge Drone Assassination Of A Golfing Trump

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38872/iranian-supreme-leaders-tweet-suggests-drone-assassination-of-a-golfing-trump









11 Iraqi fighters killed in IS attack: security sources

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210123-11-iraqi-fighters-killed-in-is-attack-security-sources



Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55764993



Iraq's new protester parties plan to change the country

https://www.dw.com/en/iraqs-new-protester-parties-plan-to-change-the-country/a-56312305









Saudi TV says missile or drone intercepted over Riyadh

https://apnews.com/article/dubai-saudi-arabia-riyadh-media-united-arab-emirates-cd61dc9de2ff6301463d96bbd6e88d28




Turkey launches first locally-developed Istanbul-class frigate

https://defbrief.com/2021/01/23/turkey-launches-first-locally-developed-istanbul-class-frigate/



Turkey unveils hybrid main battle tank

https://defence-blog.com/news/army/turkey-unveils-hybrid-main-battle-tank.html









Syria’s Hidden Hand in Lebanon’s Port Explosion

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/20/syrias-hidden-hand-in-lebanons-port-explosion/



Experts: Israel Likely to Continue Attacking Iranian Targets in Eastern Syria

https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/experts-israel-likely-continue-attacking-iranian-targets-eastern-syria









Israel reveals progress, challenges as it implements new war-fighting concept

https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2021/01/22/israel-reveals-progress-challenges-as-it-implements-new-war-fighting-concept/









Giants Of The Skies - The An-124 in Libyan Service

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/an-124-article.html




Morocco has bought the Patriot air defense missile system

http://alert5.com/2021/01/23/morocco-has-bought-the-patriot-air-defense-missile-system/




Ugandan Airstrikes in Somalia Kill 189 Al-Shabab Fighters

https://www.voanews.com/africa/ugandan-airstrikes-somalia-kill-189-al-shabab-fighters




Outside Powers Are Making the Conflict in the Central African Republic Worse

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/22/outside-powers-are-making-the-conflict-in-the-central-african-republic-worse/









Putin Has Created The Ultimate Bond Villain's Lair

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38876/putin-has-created-the-ultimate-bond-villain-lair



3,000 arrested at protests demanding Navalny’s release

https://apnews.com/article/vladimir-putin-moscow-arrests-europe-russia-56e06f50eab494213d09346a5d9b4e69



The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is arrested as mass protests defy Putin and call for his release from prison

https://news.yahoo.com/wife-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-173802679.html



Anger Over Corruption And Navalny's Jailing May Be Redefining Russian Politics

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-anger-corruption-showdown-putin/31065510.html



Navalny Is All-In on Bringing Down Putinism; Russia’s opposition leader is forcing the system to make decisions it wants to avoid.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/22/navalny-bring-down-putin-russia-opposition/



Stalin’s Monsters Resurrected in Statues and Public Portraits in Putin’s Russia

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stalins-monsters-beria-yagoda-and-dzerzhinsky-resurrected-in-statues-and-public-portraits-in-putins-russia




U.S. Navy enters Black Sea near Russia

https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-enters-black-sea-near-russia.html




The Army's 101st Airborne teamed up with Greek special operators for a first-of-its-kind island-assault exercise

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-armys-101st-airborne-teamed-up-with-greek-special-operators-for-a-first-of-its-kind-island-assault-exercise/ar-BB1d1NJU




Drone Guides Tank-Killing Missile Shot Beyond Visual Range

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2021/01/22/drone-guides-tank-killing-missile--shot-beyond-visual-range/




British army's 'detect and destroy' battlefield system uses AI

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2021/01/22/British-armys-detect-and-destroy-battlefield-system-uses-AI/3621611347447/









Peruvian Army Agusta A109K2 Helicopter Crashed Into Jungle Near Mazamari

https://fighterjetsworld.com/latest-news/aircraft-crash/peruvian-army-agusta-a109k2-helicopter-crashed-into-jungle-near-mazamari/24424/




Maduro Is More Powerful Than Ever as Venezuela Collapses

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicolas-maduro-is-more-powerful-than-ever-as-venezuela-collapses?ref=home









Chinese Navy Faces Overseas Basing Weakness, Report Says

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/22/chinese-navy-faces-overseas-basing-weakness-report-says



China Sends New Naval Fleet on Escort Mission

https://defpost.com/china-sends-new-naval-fleet-on-escort-mission/



China Has Big Plans to Dominate the Arctic

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-has-big-plans-dominate-arctic-176868



China rises from Russian customer to competitor in arms industry

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-rises-from-Russian-customer-to-competitor-in-arms-industry



One year after Wuhan lockdown, China keeps strict border controls to suppress Covid-19

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210123-one-year-on-from-wuhan-lockdown-china-keeps-strict-border-controls-to-suppress-virus



What’s Ahead for China’s Space Program in 2021?

https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/whats-ahead-for-chinas-space-program-in-2021/





Taiwan denounces incursion of air defence zone by Chinese fighter jets, bombers

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210123-taiwan-denounces-incursion-of-air-defence-zone-by-chinese-fighter-jets-bombers





Philippines: Duterte wants new helicopters to replace UH-1

http://alert5.com/2021/01/24/duterte-wants-new-helicopters-to-replace-uh-1/





Japan Latest Nation to Contest Beijing’s South China Sea Claims

https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/japan-latest-nation-contest-beijings-south-china-sea-claims










Biden apologizes to National Guard chief after 5,000 soldiers had to reportedly sleep in a DC parking garage with only one bathroom

https://www.businessinsider.com/national-guard-biden-apologises-troops-that-slept-in-parking-lot-2021-1



Intelligence Analysts Use U.S. Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Says

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/dia-surveillance-data.html



California WeChat users claim China surveillance in lawsuit

https://www.defencetalk.com/california-wechat-users-claim-china-surveillance-in-lawsuit-76684/



AlphaDogfight should scare the Air Force straight … into scaling AI efforts

https://www.c4isrnet.com/thought-leadership/2021/01/21/alphadogfight-should-scare-the-air-force-straight-into-scaling-ai-efforts/



General Atomics Selected for DoE’s Advanced Reactor Concepts-20 Program

https://defpost.com/general-atomics-selected-for-does-advanced-reactor-concepts-20-program/



FAA Files Reveal a Surprising Threat to Airline Safety: the U.S. Military's GPS Tests

https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/faa-files-reveal-a-surprising-threat-to-airline-safety-the-us-militarys-gps-tests



Electronic Weapons: For A Few Billion More

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20210123.aspx



Army Seeks Security For ‘Smart’ Base Networks

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/army-seeks-security-for-smart-base-networks/



SR-91 Aurora: Mach 5 Hypersonic Spy Plane or Myth?

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/01/sr-91-aurora-mach-5-hypersonic-spy-plane-or-myth/



Interview: How the US plans to improve its missile warning satellites

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/01/22/interview-how-the-us-plans-to-improve-its-missile-warning-satellites/



SpaceX scrubs first attempt to launch 143 satellites

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/spacex-to-set-record-for-most-satellites-launched-on-a-single-mission/



NG gets $155M contract for space sensor to detect hypersonic, missile threats

https://defence-blog.com/news/ng-gets-155m-contract-for-space-sensor-to-detect-hypersonic-missile-threats.html



US Army Seeks ‘Arctic Brigade’ Amid Rising Competition With Russia

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/01/22/us-army-arctic-brigade/



Air Force conducting Red Flag 21-1 starting next week

https://www.ktnv.com/news/air-force-conducting-red-flag-21-1-starting-next-week



Air Force Eyes Drones For Adversary And Light Attack Roles As It Mulls Buying New F-16s

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38847/air-force-eyes-drones-for-adversary-and-light-attack-roles-as-it-mulls-buying-new-f-16s