Watch: Russia Develops World’s Smallest Grenade Launcher
Russia's anti-terror units have received the most compact multi-shot grenade launcher in the world. This grenade launcher, called The Bur, is just 74.2 centimeters...
One Monitor Instead of Five: New Security Technology
In a tense election year and a summer of protests, ensuring the safety of people in and around the political conventions is crucial.
To help...
AUS&R 2016 – Great Interest in Autonomous Systems Field
AUS&R 2016 focused the attention to the unmanned systems role both in the battlefield and in the homeland security sphere.
The convention was a remarkable...
Marine deployment exercise for detecting and handling radiation and nuclear materials...
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), U.S. Coast Guard in New York, law enforcement and rescue officials of all kinds, performed an exercise in which...
The Al Qaeda undetected bomb
Al Qaeda engineers have been working on designing a sophisticated bomb powerful enough to bring down passenger planes, designed to avoid detection.
John Pistole, head...
Drone Strikes Effective for Counterterrorism, but Not Counterinsurgency
As a tool against counterinsurgency, air strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles have limited effectiveness--but there's reason to think that drone strikes "might achieve their...
Russia, Canada, U.S. to Hold Anti-Terror Drill
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iHLS TV Special Edition – Interview with Smadar Perry about ISIS...
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ISIS: Main developments in Syria in the Second half of January...
The intensity of the fighting in Syria was low this week as well, probably due to the poor weather conditions.
Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)
During the week,...
“Movie-Style” Surveillance and Operations vehicles
You are standing by a white, shiny, family car. This car looks just like the car next door.
You are going past a new SUV,...
Defending Encryption? In France, It Could Start Costing you
A new French law would impose penalties and fines on smartphone manufacturers who refuse to hand over encrypted information to law enforcement in terrorism...
Russian Air Force Deploys in Syrian Base
Russia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. The air base began operations in...
Thermal Cameras – Will They Prevent Shootouts in Public Places?
Over the backdrop of the shootout attack carried out in a public domain, the city of New Orleans has been considering the use of...
Budget Cuts in US Airport Security Programs
The proposed wall along the US-Mexico border has been causing budget cuts in other crucial areas. Three airport security programs put in place after...
UAV and UGV Teaming – an Advantage in Battlefield
Operating as a team, an autonomous vehicle with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying overhead as surveillance could go deep into complex and unfamiliar...
Searching for threats on the web
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ICT Bi-weekly Report – Jihadi Forums
By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group
Sheikh Sheikh Adam Gadahn, a senior leader of Al-Qaeda, called on jihadists and Muslims to attack American diplomats in...
Syria: Terror University for U.S. Gangs
Two Los Angeles gang members are taking part in the Syria’s civil war, raising security worries on the West Coast
ABC News reports that a...
Multiple intelligence agencies: a blessing or a recipe for failure? Part...
The US, the most powerful country on earth, has an intelligence community comprising 17 major intelligence agencies: CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau...
Mini and micro BlueBird UAVs: Eye in the sky
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Natural disasters, e.g. a flood, an earthquake,...
The unmanned aerial sentries of the U.S.-Mexican border
Unmanned air systems (UAS) are very active in controlling the border between the U.S and Mexico
Since 2000, the number of Border Patrol agents on...
Iranian plan for EMP attack on the US
According to WND news site a “secret” Iranian military handbook confirms that Iran is including among its arsenal of plans, to launch a nuclear...
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