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...
by Terence Strong | Jan 1, 2015 | Posts
Contributed by Starkey Ward (N D MacCartan-Ward DSC AFC Commander RN) AirAsia Flight 8501 was at about 38,000 feet when the pilots reportedly asked to be allowed to climb over “bad weather” – which to all intents and purposes meant over a...
by Terence Strong | Sep 27, 2014 | Posts
It’s been a very tough call in Parliament today. Everybody loathes Islamic State (IS) and what it stands for. The need and desire to stop them in their tracks by all in the civilised world is understandable. Airstrikes may blunt their activities for a while, but...
