by Terence Strong | Jul 31, 2015 | Posts
There appears to be a new phantom force at work in Africa. A deadly new mercenary company, comprising old-timers from South Africa’s border battles during the Cold War, has apparently given the radical Muslim terrorists of Boko Haram a bloody nose in recent covert...
by Terence Strong | Jul 30, 2015 | Posts
For over the past 10 years Vladimir Putin – as both Prime Minister and President of Russia – has overseen a huge modernisation and upgrading of its armed forces, including submarines and aircraft. The latest is the new T-14 Armata main battle tank (MBT), proposed...
by Terence Strong | Jul 6, 2015 | Posts
The “Head Shed” at 22 Special Air Service Regiment has been straining at the leash for some time to have a serious crack at the Da-esh, the barbaric religious cult that pretentiously calls itself “Islamic State”. Ever since the chemical weapons threat was at its...
by Terence Strong | Jul 5, 2015 | Posts
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, actually. Ask any brand manager. Like the one who famously decided that you’re “never alone” with a Strand cigarette actually left you utterly alone and possibly suicidal beside the Thames. Or the Pinto car that suggested all of its...