London, UK—The British intelligence agencies are once again in the limelight for the wrong reasons. MI5, MI6, and GCHQ are accused of stealing private data from the Privacy International rights charity. Only a week ago, the GCHQ had been targeted by the European Court of Human Rights for a breach of human rights over a mass surveillance operation. The British intelligence … [Read more…]
London, Great Britain—In the wake of the recent chemical attacks carried out by Russian intelligence agents, the UK is developing chemical detection drones. The UK Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces have begun developing drones that will be capable of detecting and examining suspicious chemical agents. The drones are also being designed to address biological warfare … [Read more…]
London, Great Britain— In an unanticipated—and highly refreshing—move, the British army is going to change its fitness tests to reflect the rigors of combat. The new tests will ditch gender and age considerations to ensure the all personnel designated for close combat duties will be up to the task. "I don't care if you are a man or a woman, I don't care what you do, and … [Read more…]
Despite a fairly limited budget and access to resources, the past few years have been dominated by discussions of Russia's covert and hybrid warfare efforts the world over. With a Gross Domestic Product that's a bit more than 1/18th the size of America's and a defense budget that's roughly 1/10th that of the most dominant military on the globe, Russia has managed to maintain … [Read more…]
Madrid, Spain—A wall across the Sahara desert. That’s what President Trump has advised the Spanish government to do to curb the migrant influx. According to the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, President Trump suggested the idea during the former’s visit to the U.S. He cited the pre-election promise to erect a wall at the American-Mexican border as evidence that … [Read more…]
London, United Kingdom—The British government has announced an additional deployment of troops in Ukraine and a package of financial support. The British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said that an extra contingent of Royal Marines would deploy to the eastern European country as an extra layer of deterrence against Russia. The Royal Marines are Britain’s premier … [Read more…]
President Trump campaigned on a platform of "America first," which included adding pressure on European allies to begin meeting their financial obligations to the NATO alliance. While Trump was certainly not the first president to harp on what the United States often refers to as "burden sharing" among its allies, his rhetoric appears to have been taken more seriously than his … [Read more…]
Bulford, Great Britain—The two British special forces instructors have been acquitted of negligence over the deaths of three SAS candidates in 2013. For PERSEC reasons, the two SF instructors were only identified as 1A and 1B. 1A, a captain, was the training officer in command of the march; 1B, a warrant officer, was the exercise’s chief instructor. "There is no evidence of … [Read more…]
Swiss officials issued a clear demand to Russia's Foreign Ministry to cease their illegal spying efforts within their nation on Sunday, following the revelation of another case of espionage carried out by Russian operatives within the past week. For the third time this year, the Swiss foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to answer for alleged malign Russian … [Read more…]
Ankara, Turkey—More troops not a new naval base is what Turkey is planning for the occupied northern half of Cyprus. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the recently speculated new naval base will not be forthcoming. But he added that “we will not decrease the number of our soldiers there, but on the contrary, we will increase them.” Although Turkey does not … [Read more…]
One year ago today, on September 15, 2017, at just past 0800 local time, a bomb exploded at London's Parsons Green Underground train station. The blast injured thirty people. 18-year-old Ahmed Hassan was arrested the next day at the Port of Dover. Hassan, an Iraqi, arrived in the United Kingdom illegally in October 2015. Although the bombing was claimed by Daesh (ISIS), … [Read more…]
Bulford, UK—A court-martial over the deaths of three aspiring SAS reservists has begun. Two special forces instructors face jail over the incident. The accused, for PERSEC reasons only identified as 1A and 1B, are charged with a negligence whilst performing their duties. The persecution, in particular, focuses its case on their lack of health and safety standards. The … [Read more…]
