Taliban suicide bombing shows Kabul still vulnerable to attacks
The suicide bombing on January 27th in Kabul is just one in a string of recent attacks which raises questions about the ability of the Afghan security forces to effectively protect high value targets and areas in the capital city.
SIGAR quarterly report paints bleak picture for Afghanistan
On October 30th, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released its quarterly report to the United States Congress. Among the key findings of the report was that the security situation continues to deteriorate in the country, with reconstruction significantly hampered by the Taliban’s expanding territorial control.
Arrest of British-Iranian woman highlights risks to dual-nationals in Iran
The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen who was arrested in April 2016 while visiting family in Iran and subsequently charged with conspiring to “topple the Iranian regime”, was recently returned to public attention due to a UN petition for her release – a request that was denied by the prosecutor general of Iran in October.
Long Range Electro Optical (EO) Surveillance – Part 2
In part 2 an indication of the performance achievable from various Long-Range EO surveillance sensors is considered. It is based on the UK Home Office Discrimination criteria, which is easier to assimilate than the Johnson Criteria. As the focal length of the Sensors increase the field of view decreases and the need to be able to position and control the sensor accurately becomes more critical.
