Af/Pak & Other News (11/15/2020)

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Afghanistan Pinned Hopes For Change On Biden, But U.S. Likely To Stay Course Set By Trump

https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/insight-afghanistan-pinned-hopes-for-change-on-biden-but-u-s-likely-to-stay-course-set-by-trump/30948839.html



Afghanistan: 1,100 Taliban insurgents killed in 25 days

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afghanistan-1-100-taliban-insurgents-killed-in-25-days/2044709









India, Afghanistan Reject Terror-Related Charges by Pakistan

https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/india-afghanistan-reject-terror-related-charges-pakistan



India to carry out multiple launches of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles by month-end

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-to-carry-out-multiple-launches-of-brahmos-supersonic-cruise-missiles-by-month-end/articleshow/79233266.cms









Analysis: Al Qaeda’s deputy emir killed in Iran

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/11/analysis-al-qaedas-deputy-emir-killed-in-iran.php



Analysis | What’s Behind Israel’s Reported Hit on Al-Qaida Leader in Iran

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-what-s-behind-israel-s-reported-hit-on-al-qaida-leader-in-iran-1.9309824



Al-Masri’s daughter, also a target, was tapped for top al-Qaeda role – report

https://www.timesofisrael.com/al-masris-daughter-also-a-target-was-tapped-for-top-al-qaeda-role-report/









Yemen's rebel-run court sentences 21 to death for spying for Saudi-led coalition

https://www.worldnewsnetwork.net/news/yemens-rebel-run-court-sentences-21-to-death-for-spying-for-saudi-led-coalition202011151440100005/



Saudi Navy officially launches its new corvette Avanti 2200 Al-Dariyah built by Navantia

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/november/9273-saudi-navy-officially-launches-its-new-corvette-avanti-2200-al-dariyah-built-by-navantia.html









Israeli military strikes Hamas targets in response to rocket fire

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/11/15/Israeli-military-strikes-Hamas-targets-in-response-to-rocket-fire/5261605448922/









Two Egyptian F-16 jets simulated an attack on HMS Albion, HMS Dragon and the Egyptian vessels El Sadat, Sharm el Sheik and the Ali Gad.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/egyptian-f-16-jets-attack-british-naval-vessels/




New mass grave found in Libya’s Tarhuna

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/new-mass-grave-found-in-libya-s-tarhuna/2044689



To further strengthen the firepower of warlord Khalifa Haftar the UAE has also delivered South African 155mm G5 howitzers to the LNA in Libya.

https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1327612554978365440/photo/1




Polisario Says Mobilising 'Thousands Of Volunteers' In WSahara

https://www.barrons.com/news/polisario-says-mobilising-thousands-of-volunteers-in-wsahara-01605457804?tesla=y




Israel Shipyards delivers Shaldag MK V patrol ship to Senegalese Navy

https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/46482




An Islamist insurgency in Mozambique is gaining ground — and showing a strong allegiance to the Islamic State

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/mozambique-insurgents-islamic-state/2020/11/13/82d3bc8a-2460-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html




Rockets fired by Ethiopia’s Tigray dissidents hit Eritrean capital

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20201115-rockets-fired-from-ethiopia-s-tigray-region-hit-eritrea-capital-govt-source









Russia's Giant Status-6 Torpedo Doctrine & Implications

http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2020/11/russias-giant-status-6-torpedo-doctrine.html




Armenian Opposition Leader Detained, Accused of Plotting to Kill PM

https://www.voanews.com/europe/armenian-opposition-leader-detained-accused-plotting-kill-pm



Azerbaijan extends Armenian pullout deadline from Kalbajar after Putin’s mediation

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201115-armenians-begin-mass-exodus-from-nagorno-karabakh-ahead-of-azerbaijan-handover










Peru’s interim president resigns as chaos embroils nation

https://apnews.com/article/martin-vizcarra-peru-lima-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-e2820e2ad346e4aff87f824fec62f675









The Chinese Navy’s Most Powerful Attack Submarine: The Type-093A

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/the-chinese-navys-most-powerful-attack-submarine-the-type-093a/



Chinese Nuclear Submarines Could Soon Be Visiting Russian Arctic Ports

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/chinese-nuclear-submarines-could-soon-be-visiting-russian-arctic-ports-172607





North Korea and Russia Are Trying to Steal Coronavirus Research

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/north-korea-and-russia-are-trying-steal-coronavirus-research-172645





Japan becomes first country after US to start flying V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft

https://defbrief.com/2020/11/15/japan-becomes-first-country-after-us-to-start-flying-v-22-osprey-tilt-rotor-aircraft/



Super Soryu Successor

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20201115.aspx










Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography

https://www.wired.com/story/computer-scientists-achieve-the-crown-jewel-of-cryptography/



Watch SpaceX launch its historic first NASA astronaut crew mission live

https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/15/watch-spacex-launch-its-historic-first-nasa-astronaut-crew-mission-live/



Barrett receives USSOCOM delivery order for its new precision sniper rifle

https://defence-blog.com/news/army/barrett-receives-ussocom-delivery-order-for-its-new-precision-sniper-rifle.html



Boeing And Northrop Grumman Carry Out AEW&C Open Mission Systems Test Flights With CRJ-700 Testbed Aircraft

https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/15/boeing-and-northrop-grumman-carry-out-aewc-open-mission-systems-test-flights-with-crj-700-testbed-aircraft/