The Lebanon border remains tense, despite the presence of more than 13,000 United Nations peacekeepers with a beefed-up mandate to prevent Hezbollah from rebuilding their rocket bunkers in the frontier zone. “It’s just a question of time. They’ll try to attack Israel,” reservist Colonel Kobi Marom, a former deputy commander of the border’s eastern sector, [...]

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There is no dispute that the Syrian army is undergoing a basic change. The question pertains to the nature of this change and where Basher Assad is headed. The argument within the intelligence branch and the Mossad continues between those who see Syria’s maneuvers as nothing more than reinforcing its defense capabilities, flexing of muscles [...]

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In many of the newly purchased areas, outsiders are banned from entering the villages. Hezbollah has taken almost complete control of the new land and is running the towns and villages akin to a state within a state.
Druze and Christians in the area are disturbed at the influx of Shiites to the area.
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Hezbollah marks [...]

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MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Units of the 37th Air Army of the Strategic Command have begun tactical exercises with test launches of cruise missiles over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, an Air Force spokesman said Tuesday.
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Syria, Hamas and Hizbullah Pose Formidable Threat. All are backed by Iran.
As a result, Israel is in the potentially dangerous position of having to face a three-front war against Syria, Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, with all being backed by Iran.
Such a scenario could flare up quickly, despite the latest IDF assessment that [...]

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In July 2007, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (S.C.O.) — consisting of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan — founded a so-called “Energy Club” to coordinate energy strategies. On August 16, the heads of state will hold their annual summit, this time in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. After the summit, they will travel to Chebarkul, a city [...]

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“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack , we must seem unable: when using our forces, we must seem inactive: when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Holdout baits to entice the enemy. [...]

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The cooperation between Iran and Syria has recently broadened in a variety of areas, including the military, security, economic and scientific spheres.
Close relations between the two countries are evident, inter alia, in numerous reciprocal visits by their leaders and in statements made during these visits. Thus, for example, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameneideclared, during Syrian [...]

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The China threat is very real and in many ways far more dangerous and ominous that the contemporary dangers of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.

China intends [...]

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With this unprecedented financial support from Beijing and a continuation of reforms since the 1990s, China’s defence organisations - of which there are approximately 10,000 - are now on the brink of major reform and modernisation. Over the past several years, many steps have been made towards this modernisation, and the next decade or so [...]

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Iran is still probably five to 10 years away from gaining the ability to make nuclear fuel or nuclear bombs. But its program is already sending nuclear ripples through the Middle East. The race to match Iran’s capabilities has begun.
Almost a dozen Muslim nations have declared their interest in nuclear energy programs in the past [...]

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Chinese sooner or later will use its sizeable community in Southeast Asia to foster its political and economic agenda. The Chinese are also slowly moving into the Indian Ocean. Hence, why should not India exercise its influence in the Indian Ocean? India has the naval muscle and the economy to match. It also has a [...]

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“The United States is heavily dependent upon satellites for all matters of communications, especially the military, which would be crippled and completely ineffectual without any sort of satellite coverage either for imaging, navigation or for communications.”
At the same time, China’s naval build-up has alerted American military officials to the previously unthinkable possibility that they might [...]

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As world conditions have dramatically changed since the end of WWII, Germany and Japan have begun to restructure their military assets. FSM Contributing Editor Tom Ordeman, Jr. discusses what this will mean for global security.
Author’s Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part series on recent measures taken by the German and Japanese governments to [...]

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India has proposed a collaboration with Israel in developing unmanned combat helicopters for the countries’ navies, a media report said.
The proposal was put forward by Chief of Naval Staff Sureesh Mehta during talks with Israel’s Navy commander Maj Gen DanBashat in New Delhi last week, investigative publication ‘DEBKAfile’ reported.
Mehta estimated that the Indian Navy would [...]

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Why do we continue to tolerate demands for special treatment and exclusive rights on the part of Muslim groups, while they and their main benefactors, the Saudis, maintain a zero tolerance attitude toward the West? FSM Contributing Editor Doug Farah reminds us of this hypocrisy.
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(IsraelNN.com) Senior members of the European Jewish Congress led by EJC president Moshe Kantor warned of rising anti-Semitism Monday during a visit to Israel.
The delegation met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other government officials to discuss the rising number of anti-Semitic incidents and other issues affecting European Jewry, the Iranian threat and European Jewish [...]

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