Archive for the 'War' Category
Energy At The End Of The World – Peter Zeihan
June 6th, 2022Some interesting perspectives, but his assertion that China is going to collapse within a year doesn’t seem very likely to me. Via: Naval Postgraduate School: Research Credit: DF
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Has a Secret Weapon Even Its Makers Didn’t Know About: A Great and Timely Villain (Hint: It’s Russia)
June 5th, 2022Oh sure. It’s all just a coincidence. Via: Variety: The Top Gun team is on a mission to protect NATO. That seems — or must have seemed, when “Maverick” started shooting four years ago — like a relatively safe sphere of actuality for the movie to invoke. But the meaning of NATO, since the war […]
U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones
June 2nd, 2022Via: The Warzone: While authorizing another $700 million in military aid to Ukraine, the Biden administration also is planning on selling the invaded nation MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones to attack Russian forces, according to a story from Reuters. The president will likely notify Congress of the proposed sale within days followed by a public announcement, […]
NSA Director: U.S. Engaged In “Offensive” Cyber Ops Against Russia In Ukraine
June 2nd, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: The US military has issued a stunning but perhaps not entirely unexpected admission that it has been conducting offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine. It marks the first ever such acknowledgement, and suggests – as many observers have long suspected – a deeper Pentagon and US intelligence role in Ukraine against the […]
The Outrageous Prosecution of Julian Assange
May 27th, 2022Via: WikiLeaks: Julian Assange's wife on the CIA plan to murder the WikiLeaks publisher and the fight to free him | @DoubleDownNews #FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/8LTjMwyRQX — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 27, 2022
Ukraine: English Speaking Fighters Engage Russian BTR
May 27th, 2022I hear British and American accents. Besides the anti-armor rockets, they are armed with FN SCAR rifles with optics. The Ukraine International Legion forces I’ve seen are typically equipped with (far less expensive) AK-type rifles without optics. Who are these people? Is this some sort of mercenary group?
Russia Deploys 50-Year-Old T-62 Tanks To Ukraine
May 26th, 2022Via: The Warzone: Numerous Cold-War era Russian T-62 tanks have been photographed at Melitopol railway station in southeastern Ukraine near the current front lines of the three-month-old conflict in the country. Whether the tanks will be used by Russian forces or turned over to local separatist groups is currently unclear, but their presence can only […]
Chinese Scientists Develop Plan to Destroy Starlink Satellites
May 26th, 2022Via: Newsweek: A team of Chinese researchers has reportedly published a study calling for anti-satellite capabilities that could disable Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites if deemed necessary. The study was led by Ren Yuanzhen, a researcher with the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications, and co-authored by scientists within China’s defense industry according to the South […]
U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Approves $40 Billion for Ukraine
May 19th, 2022Via: Reuters: The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law as Washington races to keep military assistance flowing nearly three months after Russia’s invasion. The Senate voted 86-11 in favor of the emergency […]
Dubya: Wholly Unjustified Invasion of Iraq
May 19th, 2022This captures the absurdity and deceit of our current discourse so completely and fully that it's hard to believe it actually happened. It's so rare for perfection this pure to materialize. The universe is speaking loudly here. Appreciate what it just provided: https://t.co/bWxQ8SEvC3 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 19, 2022
