Japan to set up DARPA-style institute to tackle evolving threat of cyber warfare
Japan’s Ministry of Defense is devoting government-level effort and funding to tackling the growing problem of cyber warfare.
Central European special ops command under way
Special operations forces from across Central Europe could soon be operating under a Regional Special Operations Component Command (R-SOCC), according to a NATO announcement published on 13 February.
A letter of intent (LoI) regarding the establishment of the R-SOCC was signed by the respective defence ministers of Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels. A NATO spokesperson also confirmed Austria would be signing the LoI at a later date.
The initial development of the R-SOCC will be led by Hungary, with defence sources confirming to Shephard plans to establish a ‘deployable R-SOCC for small
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