Archive for the 'War' Category
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
April 23rd, 2024Via: Brown University: Over the past decade, the center of America’s military-industrial complex has been slowly shifting from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s $886 billion budget is spent on conventional weapon systems, and goes to well-established defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing, and […]
U.S. House Passes $95bn in Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
April 22nd, 2024Meanwhile… Via: Al Jazeera: The United States House of Representatives has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The long-awaited bill, which passed on Saturday, saw broad bipartisan support and could be signed into law as early as next week after it passes through the Senate and lands on […]
US Fentanyl Crisis Is A ‘CCP-Run Operation’, Says Peter Schweizer
April 20th, 2024Via: Epoch Times: In a recent interview with EpochTV’s American Thought Leaders (ATL), investigative writer Peter Schweizer cited Mr. Wan’s case as an example of the CCP’s take on the United States’ fentanyl crisis. “The notion that ‘oh, China’s trying very hard, but they can’t fix this’ is an absolute joke in my mind,” he […]
Pentagon Speeding Up Work On First New Nuclear Warhead In 40 Years
April 19th, 2024I feel safer already. Via: Washington Times: The United States is building the first new nuclear warhead in 40 years but will do so without nuclear testing, Energy Department officials told Congress on Wednesday. The W93 warhead will be used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and is being built with $19.8 billion requested by the National […]
National Security Implications of Baltimore Bridge Catastrophe
April 19th, 2024In short, coal. Via: Real Clear Defense: Domestically, the impacts of these hiccups in the energy supply chain are already being felt. CSX’s Curtis Bay Piers in particular – heavily impacted by the bridge collapse – supplies coal to power the Maryland electric grid and provides metallurgical coal critical for the steel industry. The inability […]
ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN
April 18th, 2024Update: Oil, Markets Shrugging Off Attack There is remarkably little solid information about what, precisely, has happened. After an initial move higher, oil is pulling back at this time. SP500, Dow, Nasdaq futures all down less than 1% (0500UTC). Standing by to see if Iran retaliates. Oil shrugging off Israel's attack on Iran at this […]
“It’s Not an Accident What’s Happening on the Border… That Is What They Want… The Country Is Being Undone Now”
April 18th, 2024In, Chinese Migrants Are Fastest Growing Group Crossing Into U.S. from Mexico, “We Can ‘Soft Control’ Users… To Drive Them Where We Want Them”, I wrote: This is a military operation against the United States, no doubt about it. The part that will be difficult for most people to comprehend is that the the U.S. […]
Gaza: Israel Attacked Palestinian Fertility Clinic
April 17th, 2024Via: Reuters: When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit. As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized […]
Russia’s Military Is Bigger Than Before Ukraine Invasion
April 16th, 2024Via: Antiwar: A top US general told Congress last week that Russia’s military is 15% bigger today than it was before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, an acknowledgment that the goal of “weakening” Russia has failed. “The army is actually now larger — by 15% — than it was when it invaded Ukraine,” Gen. […]
Lockheed Martin Wins $17BN Interceptor Contract
April 16th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: With one massive war in Eastern Europe grinding past two years and with another potential major war brewing in the Middle East, Western defense contractors are perhaps the only ones with a smile on their faces while much of the rest of humanity suffers. On Monday the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced […]
