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Insurgency in Mozambique, 1971
Here is the CIA's sanitized copy of the Weekly summary on the insurgency in Mozambique, FRELIMO and its leaders-founders.
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Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomenon and their implications on military and Paramilitary Operations in the Congo, 1965
This report has been prepared in response to a query posed by ODCS/OPS,Department of the Army, regarding the purposed use of witchcraft, sorcery, and magic by insurgent elements in the…
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Russian Contractors in the Service of the Kremlin, 2019
This is the analytic paper by the Warsaw Institute. Over the past years, the Russian Federation has expressed a growing interest in contracting private military personnel, seen until now as…
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Understanding Russian Subversion: Patterns, Threats, and Responses, 2020
This report is part of the RAND Corporation perspective series. RAND perspectives present informed perspective on a timely topic that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All…
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Iran and the Strait of Hormuz : Varying Levels of OF Interdiction, 1997
Here is Thesis by James M. Esquivel from Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California. This thesis undertakes an accurate assessment of Iran's military capability adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's…
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Iran Military Power, 2019
This report by U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency is Part of unclassified Defense Intelligence overviews of the major foreign military challenges facing the United States. This volume provides details on Iran’s…
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Iran’s military build-up in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran is preparing to strengthen its strategic leverage over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions around the Persian Gulf. Tehran is seeking for greater Iranian influence around the strait by…
Russian air defense systems fail technologically in target recognition
Russian air defense systems are ineffective and fail technically, jeopardizing civilian aircraft. On January 8, Russian Tor-M1 operated by Iran brought down UAI civil Boeing 737-800 flying from Tehran to…
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PS752 flight could not come as unexpected and cause the inability to identify the target
The Tor missile launch against UIA PS752 flight from Tehran to Kiev on January 9, killing all passengers and crew has signs of deliberate action of the operator. The Iranian Aerospace Forces claim that "during the flight, the aircraft appeared to…