Source: Mark Collins – RCAF Chinook Helos for UN Peacekeeping Mali? Canadian Army?
Mark Collins – En Flipping Fin: India Signs to buy 36 French Rafale Fighters
26 SepFurther to this July post, “Absurd”: Continuing India/France Rafale Fighter Buy Balls-Up, Part 2 (plus Gripen) this seemingly almost endless Indian procurement saga (ring any bells in the Great Whi…
Source: Mark Collins – En Flipping Fin: India Signs to buy 36 French Rafale Fighters
Mark Collins – “A Peek into French Signals Intelligence”–with a Canada/CSE Angle
16 SepVery interesting, will our media notice what’s at 2.? France’s former top SIGINT spy confirms an advanced persistent threat and muses about a merger with German intelligence [the foreign inte…
Source: Mark Collins – “A Peek into French Signals Intelligence”–with a Canada/CSE Angle
Mark Collins – US Allies: “No” to No US Nuke First Use (Obama to Announce?)
15 AugSome friends are getting nervous they might be left in the deterrent lurch and lots of leaking is going on (current NATO policy, for its part, on nuclear weapons’ use is not terribly clear): …
Source: Mark Collins – US Allies: “No” to No US Nuke First Use (Obama to Announce?)
Mark Collins – Mosques: French Crackdown on Foreign Funding (Canada/Saudis?)
15 AugFrance can be tough: To curb radicalism, France targets foreign funding for mosques After three major terrorist attacks in the last year and a half, public outrage has forced the French government …
Source: Mark Collins – Mosques: French Crackdown on Foreign Funding (Canada/Saudis?)
Mark Collins – France vs Islamist Terrorism: “Merciless”
27 JulFurther to this post, Fighting Islamist Terrorism: A Darker Future for Freedom? also sprach Sarko: Islamists attack French church, slit priest’s throat … MERCILESS …former preside…
Source: Mark Collins – France vs Islamist Terrorism: “Merciless”
Mark Collins – ISIS Having Hard Time in Libya/Three French SOF Killed
20 JulThe latest at Defense One’s “D-Brief”–note French, British, US special forces on the ground, NATO not planning combat involvement but… … ISIS’ grip in Libya is f…
Source: Mark Collins – ISIS Having Hard Time in Libya/Three French SOF Killed