This House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing is an hour and a half. We will now call a hearing to order. This is a very important hearing in my opinion. Some of them are not nearly as important as others. This one is extremely important because greg and i, the Ranking Member, we are all concerned about the influence of iran in the entire region, also in the gulf region. So today we are here to discuss the expanding influence in the south caucasus, but were also talking about, i intend to talk about some of the problems in the Persian Gulf Region because thats a vital interest to us. The straits of hormuz, persian gulf, or the swiss canal are blocked in any way they could have devastating impact on the United States because we still get a large part of our energy from the region. I traveled to azerbaijan an armenian in early september. And i also stopped in georgia and met with the president. When i talked to these leaders, iran was one of the things that came up at the very beginnin
Algerian Army chief Gen. Said Chanegriha showed interest in purchasing special equipment from the Chinese Navy a few days after he expressed the desire of the Algerian Air Force to benefit from Beijing’s expertise in drone manufacturing. During his official visit to China that started a week ago, Chanegriha toured the Naval Base in Shanghai, where he was briefed on its tasks and the vessels and naval equipment, the Algerian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Starting in 2023, the Chinese People s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has been practising new means of drone warfare, including remote controlled takeoffs and landings and jointly operating with other military services and branches.
Remarkable footage was making the rounds at the end of last month detailing an encounter between a NATO-aligned Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and.