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Thomas Cooper

Thomas Cooper

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Vienna, Austria
<p>Tom Cooper is a Vienna-based independent military analyst, historian, and author specializing in post-Cold War air warfare, Middle Eastern conflicts, and the armed forces of Central and Eastern Europe. With over 25 years of field research and analysis, he is a frequent contributor to specialized publications like Jane&#39;s Intelligence Review, Combat Aircraft Magazine, and the Central European Journal of Strategic Studies. A former Austrian Army reservist (military intelligence), Cooper combines boots-on-the-ground technical intelligence (TECHINT) collection&mdash;photographing and analyzing equipment&mdash;with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and deep archival research. He is renowned for his meticulous &quot;order of battle&quot; analyses, tracking the deployment and attrition of military units in conflicts from the Balkans to Syria and Ukraine.</p>

Articles by Thomas Cooper

BREAKING: Major Shift in Middle Eastern Alliances as US Hails Mecca Joint Defence Agreement

Virtual Reality August 17, 2026

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump welcomes the signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreemen... August 16, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

BREAKING: Jared Kushner Engages Egypt's President Sisi to Advance Gaza Ceasefire

Virtual Reality August 16, 2026

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump&#039;s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke with Egypt&#039;s ... August 16, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

FACT CHECK: Fake News Alert - RT @DocUsmankhan: One of the best analysis on Pakistan’s t...

News August 16, 2026

🚫 FACT CHECK: This Tweet Contains Misinformation Claim: RT @DocUsmankhan: One of the best analysis on Pakistan’s troubled existence I have ever come across, But the crux of ...

Pakistan Celebrates 79th Independence Day at the United Nations with a Commitment to Multilateralism

pakistan August 16, 2026

Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, attended t... August 15, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Indian Navy Strengthens Presence on Western Coast: Implications for Regional Security

Virtual Reality August 15, 2026

Indian Navy has forward deployed 7 of its 13 destroyers at Mumbai & Karwar on the western coast .... August 15, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Lebanon's Air Force Dilemma: A Look at Regional Capabilities and Pakistan's JF-17 Triumph

Technology August 15, 2026

How ironic for a LebaneseWell, that&#039;s just for display not an aircraft but Lebanon must find a ... August 15, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Balochistan Security Forces Achieve Major Milestone in Counter-Terrorism Operations

Virtual Reality August 15, 2026

Balochistan Security forces conducted a successful intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the mountai... August 15, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Tragedy in Gaza: Baby Waleed al Ghoola's Fight for Survival Amidst Ongoing Aggression

Virtual Reality August 15, 2026

Gaza baby Waleed al Ghoola was shot and wounded by Israeli occupation forces a month ago.. Since then,... August 15, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Unrealized Potential: What If Pakistan's A-7 Deal Had Gone Through?

Technology August 15, 2026

When PAF Looked for A-7 Rather F-16:During the mid-1970s, Pakistan was urgently looking for a replac... August 14, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...

Major Breakthrough: Pakistani Security Forces Eliminate Notorious Killer of Police Officers

Virtual Reality August 14, 2026

: Pakistani security forces have killed Rehan Butt the killer of 3 police officers, in a high intensit... August 14, 2026 Reporting: News Desk ...