Af/Pak & Other News (2/13/2021)

Taliban warn NATO to push ahead with troop withdrawal in Afghanistan

https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...in-afghanistan



Huge blasts on Afghanistan-Iran border spotted from space

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ted-from-space



Biden orders review of U.S. prison at Guantanamo

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...on-guantanamo/









India’s Supreme Court puts dismantling of INS Viraat on hold but the iconic ski jump is gone

http://alert5.com/2021/02/13/indias-...-jump-is-gone/



Will India buy T-14 Armata tank from Russia?

https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/...k-from-russia/









Iran Cultivates Taliban Ties to Gain Leverage, Experts Say

https://www.voanews.com/extremism-wa...ge-experts-say



Wreck Of Iran's Fake Aircraft Carrier - update

http://www.hisutton.com/Iranian-IRGC...er-Update.html









Decades of plundering: Where has Iraq’s oil wealth gone?

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/co...il-wealth-gone



Iraqis, Syrians still rely on coalition airpower as troop levels wane

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/y...p-levels-wane/









Biden's move on Yemen sparks new questions

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5...-new-questions









Israeli commander says Hamas has amassed vast arsenal

https://apnews.com/article/israel-mi...d4a153ee504bdf



Biden Makes History: First President in 40 Years to Punt on Contacting Israel

https://freebeacon.com/national-secu...acting-israel/



How Israel Is Preparing for War With Iran

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/re...ar-iran-178123



IAI’s WASP – Introducing Wide Area Persistent Surveillance for Small & Medium Drones

https://defense-update.com/20210209_156181.html









Somali Head of National Security Agency and 13 Troops Killed in IED Blast

https://sofrep.com/news/somali-head-...-in-ied-blast/









Pripyat is one of the creepiest military hardware graveyards in the world

https://www.wearethemighty.com/might...eyard-pripyat/



Russia’s Upgraded Armata Tank to make its debut at IDEX-21

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/28...t_ at_IDEX_21



Excellent Gear, But No Thanks

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/ht.../20210213.aspx



War on Autopilot: Russia’s Udar Battlefield Robot and What It Can Do

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...-can-do-178207



'In Russia, the new evil is rooted in the old evil': novelist Sergei Lebedev on Putin, poison and state terror

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...d-state-terror



Russia’s opposition is regrouping for a spring offensive. Here is why.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...hy/ar-BB1dDTXJ



Fake rallies in made-for-Putin videos tell Russia's leader how popular he is

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fake-rall...124521115.html









Argentina's Government Denounces Presence of US Submarine

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/...0213-0002.html









How does PLA see India’s strategic ambitions? Chinese military document holds clues

https://theprint.in/opinion/how-does...-clues/604518/



New Year blessings from Mars as China releases footage from space probe

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-s...-idUSKBN2AC14M



China rapidly expanding military assets in South China Sea, admiral says

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ts-in-south-c/





Myanmar army suspends laws limiting security forces as anti-coup protests continue

https://news.yahoo.com/myanmar-army-...003639408.html










Pentagon 'admits holding and testing wreckage from UFO crashes', author claims

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-...ckage-23495244



Senate acquits Trump in historic second impeachment trial over Capitol riot

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ts/6702562002/



The chainsaw bayonet you never knew you needed is finally here

https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/q...insaw-bayonet/



SpaceX Just Crashed Another Rocket -- and That's Great News

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/...d-thats-great/



Space Launch System Program is Finally Slowly Dying

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/0...wly-dying.html



Why Nuclear Force Modernization Must Happen: Maj. Gen. Lutton

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/02/...aj-gen-lutton/



This amazing video shows how rifle suppressors work using a see-through silencer

https://www.wearethemighty.com/might...pressors-work/



The U.S. Army’s New A4 Bradley Variant Could Be a Killer

https://www.realcleardefense.com/art...er_660236.html