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10/05/2024
HARMs for Australia.
Australia buying Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles from Northrop Grumman The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress last week that Australia intends to purchase up to 100 AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for use on its fighter jets.
10/04/2024
Today's post.
Top 4 Defense Contracts from Oct. 4 General Dynamics nabbed the only contracts of any real size today.
DNG is reluctantly joining the 21st century and starting a free newsletter. I'm sick of getting distribution throttled on FB and Twitter.
And because this post will itself be throttled if I include a link to the newsletter, I'll put that in the comments instead. See below.
09/09/2022
Russian lines north of Izyum are collapsing "even faster than Ukraine can advance."
09/08/2022
Bold response.
Albania severs diplomatic ties with Iran over cyber-attack Albania and the US accuse Iran of hiring hackers to paralyse public services and steal state data.
08/24/2022
WaPo retrospective report on the Battle for Kyiv.
Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital This account is based on interviews with more than 100 people, including President Volodymyr Zelensky and his advisers, Ukrainian military commanders, and volunteer militiamen.
02/06/2022
About da*n time.
An American security expert was targeted by North Korean hackers ... so he responded by turning off North Korea's entire Internet Most of us, when we get hacked, will do the usual: Change our passwords, update our Norton AntiVirus, maybe call the IT guy at work and get some advice.
02/02/2022
Shades of pre-WWI Europe -- and pre-WWII as well.
Ukraine seeks trilateral partnership with Poland, UK | DW | 01.02.2022 Ukraine, Poland and Britain are looking to form a partnership to strengthen regional security. The buildup of tens of thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border has prompted fears of an invasion.
01/14/2022
Russian FSB says it has taken down the REvil ransomware group at request of the DOJ.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/14/fsb-revil-ransomware/
https://twitter.com/i/status/1481980035535888384
Russia’s FSB ‘shuts down’ notorious REvil ransomware gang – TechCrunch The takedown was at the request of U.S. authorities, the Russian security service said.
01/06/2022
Good news: Russia hasn't invaded Ukraine yet.
Bad news: Russia's invading Kazakhstan instead.
Russian military alliance to send troops at Kazakh leader's request amid unrest Blaming "terrorists" for violent protests, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev "appealed to the heads of CSTO states," which also include Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.