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France : France's new DGSE foreign intelligence boss takes keen interest in Africa

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
This first visit was no coincidence. Nicolas Lerner, the new director general of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE, IO, 19/12/23), went to meet the team at the Africa mission centre (CDM) in the days following his appointment
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Ukraine : Ukraine's Flightmind AI develops algorithms to combat Russian jamming

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
Ukrainian start-up Flightmind AI is currently testing an artificial intelligence algorithm designed to enable Ukrainian first-person view (FPV) drones to
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Belarus/Pakistan/United States : Fate of Minsk's ex-Spetsnaz officers, Imran Khan's defence, Hamas financing

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
Belarus - PTSD rife among freed ex-Spetsnaz officersDozens of former Belarusian Spetsnaz (special forces) officers who were arrested during the
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Hungary : Hungary's general staff worried about upcoming deployment to Chad

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
Vast supplies of body bags, obtained via classified invitations to tender, are being ordered for the Hungarian armed forces before
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China/France/Italy : Beijing looks to France after Italy setback

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
The face-to-face meetings between French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Paris and then at the
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France : French anti-corruption agency defends its use of compliance investigators

Intelligence Online - Mon, 26/02/2024 - 06:00
During the parliamentary debate of 1 February on a bill to provide a framework for the use of consultancy firms,
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Ukraine Says It Has Shot Down Another Russian A-50U Mainstay

The Aviationist Blog - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 21:24

The Ukrainian Air Force has reportedly shot down another Russian A-50U over the Sea of Azov. On Feb. 23, 2024, “as a result of a joint operation of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry [...]

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Putin Flies Aboard Modernized Tu-160M Strategic Bomber

The Aviationist Blog - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 19:15

Vladimir Putin took a 30-minute ride in a modernized Tu-160M supersonic bomber as part of the crew yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in a Tu-160M strategic bomber on Feb. 22, 2024. A 30-minute sortie [...]

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Ukraine/United Kingdom : London helping Kyiv reduce dependence on Chinese drone tech

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
Security specialists at the British embassy in Kyiv have recently been busy promoting secure data link solutions for first-person view
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China : China to stockpile industrial-use gas from Kazakh border

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
China is making unprecedented efforts to increase its industrial-use bottled gas stocks ahead of the 2024-2025 winter. That gas is
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Vietnam : Hullabaloo around Vietnamese catwalk diplomacy

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
Hanoi is experiencing a minor diplomatic headache in its bid to win the support of Western countries for the recognition
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United States : Shed a tear for the gentlemen-only Alibi Club, a now shuttered sanctuary for the cream of Washington society

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
For more than a century, a brick rowhouse at 1806 I Street NW in downtown Washington was home to the Alibi Club,
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Azerbaijan/France : DGSI strives to uncover Azerbaijan's opposition intimidation network

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
After France and Azerbaijan's tit-for-tat expulsions of each other's diplomats in late December (IO, 11/01/24), the French intelligence services have
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United States : Former KGB agent and Ukrainian economist gave FBI information on Hunter Biden

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
After the high-profile arrest of a Russian intelligence-linked FBI source who attempted to interfere in the upcoming US presidential election,
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Europe/United States : US Navy's Scott W. Bray is NATO's new Asia-focused intel chief

Intelligence Online - Fri, 23/02/2024 - 06:00
NATO's new spymaster Scott W. Bray quietly took up his job as assistant secretary general for intelligence and security in
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The Italian Air Force Bids Farewell To The AB-212 Helicopter

The Aviationist Blog - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 21:39

The AB-212 (HH-212) Twin Huey helicopter made its last flight today ending a 40-year career in the Italian Air Force. The last HH-212 (as the AB-212 is designated in accordance with the Italian MOD Mission [...]

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US Approves GBU-53 And AIM-120C-8 Foreign Military Sale To Italy

The Aviationist Blog - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 15:21

The weapons will equip the Italian F-35 fleet, with the AIM-120C-8 possibly being a temporary solution until the Meteor BVRAAM is integrated on the 5th gen aircraft. After the U.S. Department of Defense published in [...]

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France : Justice ministry upgrades interceptions platform

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
The French defence electronic communications commission (CCED) is working with over-the-top (OTT) media service operators to find a way to unlock those services from the stalemate the national legal interceptions platform, the PNIJ, finds itself in. As Intelligence Online previously reported
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UAE : International OSINT players turn out in force in Dubai

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
The open source intelligence (OSINT) world was very much present at the ISS World intelligence business trade fair, which took
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Israel/United States : GEOINT transfer season, Yahal Zilka invested in Toka, John Finbarr Fleming at Paragon

Intelligence Online - Thu, 22/02/2024 - 06:00
Washington - Global GEOINT musical chairsWilliam McCombe, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Earth observation specialist Maxar, is leaving
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