Archive for the 'War' Category
U.S. Sinks Iranian Minelayers as Reports Say Tehran Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz
March 10th, 2026Via: CNBC: American forces on Tuesday sunk several Iranian ships, including 16 minelayers, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the U.S. Central Command, amid reports that Tehran was seeking to mine the waterway critical to global energy supplies. The U.S. announcement followed a post by President Donald Trump that said if Iran had put […]
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
March 10th, 2026Via: Wired: Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Monday it has raised more than $1 billion to develop AI world models. LeCun argues that most human reasoning is grounded in the physical world, not language, and that AI world models are necessary to […]
DARPA’s Newest X-Plane: X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft
March 10th, 2026Introducing our latest X-Plane, the X-76! ? Part of a joint effort with @USSOCOM on the SPRINT program, this experimental aircraft is being built by @BellFlight to demonstrate runway-independent, high-speed flight. pic.twitter.com/hBnDzjcHAO — DARPA (@DARPA) March 9, 2026 Via: The War Zone: Bell’s X-76 design centers on wingtip proprotors with blades that fold away after […]
Trump Sons Seek to Buy Ukrainian Drone Technologies for Manufacturing in U.S.
March 9th, 2026Via: RBC Ukraine: The sons of US President Donald Trump, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., have invested in the startup Powerus, which plans to acquire Ukrainian drone manufacturers. The company intends to license Ukrainian technologies to produce drones in the United States, according to The Wall Street Journal. Related: Trump sons trigger ‘corruption’ uproar […]
Non-Commissioned Officers Told Iran War Part of God’s Plan
March 9th, 2026In other news: Two Trump Cabinet Members Buying Nuclear Survival Bunkers Via: Military.com: More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress are requesting an internal investigation at the Department of Defense regarding claims from uniformed officers that commanders have painted the current war in Iran as one rooted in Christian biblical prophecy. A complaint shared […]
Two Trump Cabinet Members Buying Nuclear Survival Bunkers
March 9th, 2026Via: Modernity News: Meanwhile, in a related development, the Iran conflict has ignited a massive surge in demand for nuclear-proof bunkers across America, with even top Trump administration officials securing their own underground fortresses amid whispers of World War Three. Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters, reports being “inundated with calls” since the conflict […]
EMERGENCY: KUWAIT DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE, CUTS OIL PRODUCTION
March 7th, 2026Via: Bloomberg: Kuwait Petroleum declared force majeure — a legal clause allowing a company not to fulfill contractual obligations because of circumstances outside its control — on sales of oil and refinery products, according to a notice seen by Bloomberg. The country produced about 2.57 million barrels a day of oil in January, according to […]
IRAN DESTROYS U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE RADARS ACROSS MIDDLE EAST
March 7th, 2026Via: The War Zone: As expected, Iran has repeatedly targeted prized missile defense radars across the Middle East in retaliation for the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign that is ongoing. Iran’s attacks on high-value radars that enable the region’s missile defense capabilities appear to have succeeded on multiple occasions. The irony that lower-end long-range kamikaze drones […]
EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN’S OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
March 7th, 2026Perhaps this is also a war against China: China has emerged as the largest buyer of Iranian crude, importing more than 80% of Iran’s oil exports in 2025. This amounted to around 1.38 million barrels per day, roughly 13–14% of China’s total seaborne crude imports, according to Kpler. Tehran’s oil has limited buyers due to […]
U.S. Military-Industrial Complex Agrees To Quadruple Bomb Production As Operation Epic Fury Rages On
March 7th, 2026War Is A Racket, 2026 edition. Via: ZeroHedge: Dwindling supplies of critical munitions are being amplified by Ukraine’s continued need for interceptors amid relentless Russian missile and drone barrages, a major problem that likely prompted President Trump to host top U.S. defense manufacturers to discuss accelerating missile and bomb production. “We just concluded a very […]
