Counter Terror

Issues and articles mentioned in this episode: U.S. company develops new drones for pipe inspection U.S. Army develops new surveillance balloons Obama administration asks allies to improve...

A new and disturbing trend has popped up which a few journalists have followed; terrorists using social media to their advantage. Twitter is their...

ISIS, ISIL, Islamic Nation and so on have become synonymous with horrors, mass executions and rivers of blood which have all been featured on...

In the escalation that precipitated the 2014 Gaza War (Operation Protective Edge) and during the war, Israel was subjected to the fiercest and longest...

Cyber warfare waged by ISIS-affiliated hackers On February 13, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account posted the claim that ISIS-affiliated hackers had hacked into the websites...

The United States Secret Service (USSS) and National Park Service (NPS) have begun implementing a series of new, temporary security enhancements and aesthetic improvements...

Google announces the formation of Sidewalk Labs, whose goal is finding technological solutions to issues rising in urban living such as living expenses, transportation...

By ARIE EGOZI The growing Russian presence in Syria, which includes very advanced fighter aircrafts, is a reminder to some European countries that they have...

The House Homeland Security Committee has released its Terror Threat Snapshot for November, and it paints an increasingly alarming picture. The November snapshot focuses on homegrown...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s very own jihadi menace, has announced that it is willing to release the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped two years ago for...

By ARIE EGOZI The agreement reached yesterday between the U.S and Israel will allow Israel to improve its anti ballistic missiles defenses. According to the agreement...

By ARIE EGOZI With the rising cost of maritime security, government agencies are interested in smaller, highly versatile boats that can be called upon to...

iHLS sums up 2016 and wishes you a happy new year! Another successful and active year, productive and full of innovations, changes and a variety...

  Environmental Tectonics Corporation’s (ETC) Simulation business unit has been awarded a contract from the Netherlands Defense Materiel Organization for the delivery and support of...

"'Masada" is an elite takeover unit of the Prison Service and is classified as a special national unit. Among its primary functions are the...

An Islamist plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and a nuclear power plant has been foiled according to French police. Officers stumbled...

ISIS is implementing its expansion plans.Since the rise of ISIS last year and its rapid seizure of Syrian and Iraqi territory—including the stunning takeover...

By ARIE EGOZI Technology moves both ways. Sometimes it moves from air to ground and sometimes from ground to air. The direction is not important. What...

The growing threat of ISIS is not stemming from the extremists themselves, but from the terror group’s propaganda machine. The boastful jihadi group has neither...

Paz Shabtai While around 250 Jihadists have returned to France from Syria, England is reported to expect almost double that. As of now, MI5 and...

The European Union is increasing efforts to understand and combat terrorism and extremism. To this end, the EU has sent intelligence and security experts...

The more popular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) become, the more of a nuisance can they be to some. Sometimes, they can even pose a...