Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | 4 comments

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Charting, Egyptian Sources, Espionage, Fifth Fleet, Gulf Waters, IDF, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, iraq, Israel, Israeli Navy, Nuclear Installations, Persian Gulf, Shorelines, Special Forces, Special Operations Forces, Terrorism Security

They report that the Israeli Navy together with the US Fifth Fleet have for some weeks been charting Persian Gulf waters and Iranian shorelines in preparation for attacks by Israeli naval and special operations forces.
IDF intelligence and special forces officers, they also say, have been marking out routes for their air and ground forces to [...]

DEBKAfile – Egypt’s abrupt shutdown of operations against tunnels revives missile flow to Gaza

Posted by Matt in November 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Egypt, Cairo, Clarifications, Consequences, Debkafile, Egypt, Gaza, International Accords, Jerusalem Report, MiddleEast, Military Sources, Missile, Special Forces, Stoppage, tunnels

Egypt’s special forces and engineering units suddenly shut down operation against the smuggling tunnels to Gaza without warning to Washington or Jerusalem, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. US and Israeli requests for clarifications from Cairo, which must have ordered the stoppage, were not answered. So the Obama administration signaled Egypt that if it continues to violate [...]

Special IDF forces uncover weapons, ammunition on ship | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Ammunition, Gaza Conflict, IDF, Israel, Israel Conflict, Israel Jerusalem, Israel Palestine, Israeli Navy, Jerusalem Post, Karine, Nautical Miles West, Palestine Conflict, Special Forces, Special Weapons, Weaponry

Hundreds of tons of weaponry, ten times the size of the Karine A shipment of 2002, were seized in an overnight raid Tuesday by the Israeli navy, some 100 nautical miles west of Israel, officials said.
Special IDF forces uncover weapons, ammunition on ship | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict | Jerusalem Post

North Korea Massively Increases Its Special Forces – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Artillery, Korea North, Military Analysts, Missiles, North-Korea, Nuclear Bombs, Preemptive Strike, Regime, seoul, South-Korea, Special Forces, survival, World Stage

But by combining huge numbers of special forces with artillery that can devastate Seoul and missiles that can pound all of South Korea, North Korea has found an affordable way to remain terrifying, ensure regime survival and deter a preemptive strike on the nuclear bombs that make it a player on the world stage, say [...]

Buying Night Vision, Nuke Gear? Too Easy, Investigators Find

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Military Tech, Body Armor, Chips, Danger Room, Digital Radios, Electronic Sensors, Explosive Devices, Gaps, Government Accountability Office, Investigators, Military Armor, Military Gear, Military Radios, Missile Guidance, Night Vision Goggles, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Special Forces

Night vision goggles. Missile guidance chips. Triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons. Electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices. Military-grade body armor. Digital radios employed by U.S. Special Forces. Tags, to let troops identify one another in the dark. That’s just some of the sensitive military gear that investigators from the Government Accountability [...]