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OE Watch Issue 3 2024

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2024 |

China Reinvigorates Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia Russia Developing Sixth Generation Combat Aircraft Inaction on Gaza Underscores “Arab…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Seeks Dominant Role in Maritime Development

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/28/2024 | Comments Off on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Seeks Dominant Role in Maritime Development

Maj.-Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, speaks about Iran’s new maritime strategy on the…

Russia Details Plan To Overcome Military Drone Deficiencies

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/28/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Details Plan To Overcome Military Drone Deficiencies

Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a drone war.  Here, an unidentified Ukrainian Special Forces soldier with small quadcopter UAV…

Russia Addressing Missing Links in Kill Chain

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/12/2024 |

by WO2 Blair Battersby, UK LNO to TRADOC G-2 Observations from the Russia-Ukraine War provide insight into Russia’s remedies to…

Taiwan Addressing Drone Technology Gap With China

By Dianne McIntosh | 01/03/2024 | Comments Off on Taiwan Addressing Drone Technology Gap With China

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attends the “Asian Drone AI Innovation Application R&D Center Opening Press Conference and Unveiling Ceremony” on…

Russia Plans To Add Remote Mining UAV Platoons to Engineer Units

By Dianne McIntosh | 11/08/2023 | Comments Off on Russia Plans To Add Remote Mining UAV Platoons to Engineer Units

A Soviet/Russian made POM-2 [R1] fragmentation anti-personnel mine on display. “The use of UAVs for the remote laying of anti-personnel mines…

Syrian Regime Forces Increase UAV Use Along Jordanian Border

By Dianne McIntosh | 10/03/2023 | Comments Off on Syrian Regime Forces Increase UAV Use Along Jordanian Border

An Ababil-3 UAV at an Iranian arms expo on Kish Island in November 2016. “Iran has transferred many dual-use drones,…

Turkey Parlaying UAV Sales Into Prominent Position in Emerging Multipolar Gulf Security Architecture

By Dianne McIntosh | 10/03/2023 | Comments Off on Turkey Parlaying UAV Sales Into Prominent Position in Emerging Multipolar Gulf Security Architecture

Turkish Bayraktar Akıncı UAV on display at Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival in 2019. “…Thanks to these agreements, hundreds of…

Kyrgyzstan Acquires Turkish UAS, Showing Less Reliance on Russia

By Dianne McIntosh | 10/03/2023 | Comments Off on Kyrgyzstan Acquires Turkish UAS, Showing Less Reliance on Russia

A Turkish TAI Aksungur twin-engine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on demonstration at Teknofest 2019. “For 2.5 years, Kyrgyzstan has allocated 125…

OE Watch Vol 12, Issue 11 2022

By Dianne McIntosh | 11/24/2022 |

This document provides an in-depth look at military and geopolitical developments, particularly focusing on China, Russia, Iran, and regional security…