Military & Security

30

Oct

China, hypersonic, ICBM, Missile, NASA, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, test, US missile defenses, USA

China’s new hypersonic missile test

PEJOURNAL - In August, a Chinese rocket carried a projectile into space. That projectile, reported by US intelligence agencies as a missile and by China as a reusable space vehicle, fell into an orbit, circled the globe, and then glided into a spot about 24 miles away from its original target. The launch represents a demonstration of a new capability for China, the revitalization of an old technology, and a complicated way to bypass existing missile defenses. While the speed and the gliding are notable parts of the system China launched, what most stands out is the specific trajectory it…

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27

Oct

Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Joe Biden, Kabul Airport, pejournal, Pooya Mirzaei, strategic absence, Taliban, the United States

US strategic absence in the Middle East to continue crisis; Taliban with the taste of al-Qaeda

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Today, the United States is pursuing a strategic absence to continue to destabilize the region. From the Obama era to the hasty bombing of Libya, where the United States has never been able to overcome the crisis of government formation and civil war since the fall of Gaddafi; He considered strategic absence in foreign policy so that the United States would no longer bear the direct cost of a war. Since the Libyan war, Washington has openly refused to play Europe and its allies in decisions made in the White House, but after Trump came…

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20

Oct

5G Internet, China, high-tech, Huawei, IoT, National Security, NSA, Quantum Key Distribution, the United States

China’s high-tech developments and US national security concerns

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - When examining serious US national security concerns towards China, it is clear that US concerns about China are not unfounded, and that these concerns have multiple contexts, especially in the high-tech sector. China has developed quantum supercomputers that perform one-year calculations in an hour or less. The development of advanced quantum computers has raised serious concerns in the United States about cybersecurity and espionage. The Chinese are also seeking to innovate to global standards for emerging technologies such as the 5G Internet, the IoT, artificial intelligence and other related fields. These activities set global standards…

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09

Oct

Asia-Pacific, AUKUS, China, Indo-Pacific, Russia, the United States, UK, USA

AUKUS; US effort to complete Asia-Pacific strategy

PEJOURNAL - The strategic development has started since the presidency of Barak Obama, has continued and fortified until now. The US strategy contains different economic, political, military and security aspects. Yet, within the past decade, the United states has achieved success in some of these areas. However, the strategy of the country has not been successful in other areas. AUKUS, the recent treaty among the United states, UK and Australia is considered to be the latest measure taken by the US in strategic prioritization over the Asia Pacific. In economic field, the most important measure of Obama Administration was to…

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19

Sep

AUKUS, Australia, China, EU, France, global insecurity, Israel, NATO, Non‑Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Pooya Mirzaei, Russia, South China Sea, the United States, UK

AUKUS: From breaking the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to the global insecurity

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The leaders of the United States, Britain and Australia signed a diplomatic, security and military co-operation agreement targeting the Indo-Pacific region, that is called AUKUS. The key point in AUKUS is that Australia's nuclear submarine program will be the first major project of this pact that will help Australia acquire nuclear submarines. Although the media and political circles claim that the purpose of AUKUS agreement is to counter China's growing influence in the world, a deep look at AUKUS reveals several important points: First; The agreement focuses on Australia's acquisition of a nuclear submarine in…

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06

Sep

Afghanistan, EU, GERMANY, Josep Borrell, NATO, Pooya Mirzaei, USA

Afghanistan’s important lesson for Europe

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who visited Slovenia in a statement welcomed by Germany, said: "Developments in Afghanistan have shown the need to create a common army and defense force of European countries." These positions, which can be considered a sign of Europe's disappointment with the United States and NATO, have been raised while since 1945, the end of World War II, the United States has ruled Europe under the NATO military umbrella and Marshall Plan. Now, given the Taliban developments in Afghanistan and the flight of the United States and NATO from this…

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27

May

Bab el-Mandeb, Eleonora Ardmani, ISPI, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Jeremy Binnie, Mayyun Island, mysterious air base, open-source intelligence, Perim Island, The UAE, Yemen

Which country has the mysterious air base in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The Associated Press has published a report on a "mysterious air base" that the news agency claims is being built on a volcanic island near Yemen.The report emphasizes that the construction site of this air base has been selected in one of the most important offshore parts of the world in terms of energy transportation and commercial cargo. Euronews also reported, citing the Associated Press, that no country has officially claimed responsibility for the construction of the mysterious air base on Perim Island (also called Mayyun in Arabic) in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but maritime…

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05

May

cyber attack, Haaretz, Israel, Net Worm, OP Innovate, Shay Pinsker

Widespread cyber attack on Israeli companies

PEJOURNAL - According to the Haaretz newspaper, a hacker group posted the logo of the Israeli company H&M and announced that the company had been hacked. This hacker group has announced its name as "Net Worm".According to this report, the logistics company "Veritas" has also been hacked by this group. The group claims that it will release 110 GB of H&M data and 9 GB of Veritas data. An Israeli computer company claims that Iranian hackers are behind the operation. "We believe this is an Iranian attacker, but he pretends to be a Russian," said Shay Pinsker of OP Innovate,…

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02

May

cyber attack, Israel, national cyber system

Israel’s fear of escalating cyber attacks

PEJOURNAL - The Zionist regime's national cyber system predicts that, as World Al-Quds Day approaches, anti-Israel elements intend to damage various systems. The Zionist regime's national cyber system announced: "Every year, on the occasion of World Al-Quds Day at the end of Ramadan and coinciding with the National Day of Jerusalem in Israel, anti-Israel elements are expected to take concerted action in cyberspace against Israel." "This activity is expected to take place around May 7 this year in an attempt to spread propaganda messages to destroy the website and distribute the messages, as well as attacks to produce public echoes,"…

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01

May

Future Wars, millitary, Technology, UAVs

Role of UAVs in Future Wars

PEJOURNAL - A military expert, speaking in an interview said that UAVs, which stands for unmanned aerial vehicles, have made significant progress in the past two decades, although for the past 20-30 years those aircraft have been present in the air force of some countries, especially the United States, but in the past three decades, especially in the past decade, extraordinary progress has been made in this area. He added: During this period, some countries were able to obtain great achievements in the field of UAV industry, and now in the world, countries such as the United States, Iran, the…

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