Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic State movement (ISIL) territory, is emblazoned with the watchwords: “This border is our honour, protected with our hearts and strength.” The First Border Battalion is responsible for fending off infiltrators, smugglers and ‘terrorists’

Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic State movement (ISIL) territory, is emblazoned with the watchwords: “This border is our honour, protected with our hearts and strength.” The First […]

Radar Love – Electronic Warfare in the New World

I was able to confirm my suspicions that the Russians had EW aviation technology capable of jamming US naval cruisers. And that they have been working hand in pocket with the Chinese and the Iranians. (For those of us who live behind the wire, I’ve actually been nursing these suspicions since sometime last November; the news just finally caught up with my suppositions within the last week).