Military Ring Info

The US and NATO allies are gearing up for the major offensive against Kandahar in Afghanistan this summer. The offensive will not be a high intensity conflict but it will take a while to complete. Military planners are hoping that it will be over before Ramadan in August so we are looking at approximately 60 [...]

The jury is still out as to what sank the South Korean Navy ship which exploded and sank in the disputed territorial waters between the two countries recently. There was an explosion aboard the ship which caused it to sink and also cost the lives of 46 of its crew. There could have been a number [...]

The picture that you see here is two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack Bombers flying over the coast of Scotland. You may ask why are they flying over Scotland? My answer to you grasshopper is that that is a darn good question. For what I understand is that they have began to make it a habit to [...]

I was surprised to find out that the real perpretrators of the subway bombings in Russia recently were women. My first thought was al-Qaida but I thought it was odd that al-Qaeda would attack Russia since they don’t really have a beef with the Russians. The attackers were believed to be the daughters of Chechnyan [...]

President Obama made a surprise night visit to Afghanistan last week to talk to President Hamid Karza, General Stanley McChrystal, Ambassador Karl Elkenberry, and many of our Operation Enduring Freedom military ring customers. The important thing in this phase of the troop surge is to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. Do [...]

The Internet is a tool used by terrorists to recruit and train some individuals to conduct terror attacks. There are some major advantages to using the internet to recruit and train jihadists in my opinion. The biggest is that the internet eliminates time and distance. It also eliminates expense associated with training raw recruits. The [...]

The “Cheonan” which is an unspecified type of South Korean Navy vessel sank recently in the disputed waters between the two countries. There was a reported explosion right before the ship began to take on water and sank which led to speculation that the North Korean Navy had something to do with it. Now I’m [...]

Me Leon Panetta declared recently that the CIA essentially has al-Qaeda on the run in the war on terror. The combination of our military ring customers combined with the psychology of a multifaceted attack on al-Qaeda has got to be much more than they expected. I personally believe that the use of the drone in [...]

The question is how will the United States and its allies approach the battle on Kandahar in Afghanistan. The word is that it will be a very deliberate and measured occupation of that region. There are several reasons for this but before I talk about them let me highlight the assault on Marjah. Obviously the [...]

The Taliban has managed to get another jab in on our military ring troops stationed in Afghanistan. The latest incident involved a Taliban fighter who was able to disguise himself as an Afghan policeman and infiltrate a NATO base on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was able to get in close to a [...]