Saturday, April 10, 2021

10 April - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 5

 10 pm MDT

The King's Library
As depicted in Assyrian palace wall reliefs in the royal "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal," the power and might of King Ashurbanipal was portrayed. ( Carole Raddato, Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.
FBI Arrests Texan for “Intent to Attack [Amazon] Data Centers” After Providing Him Fake Explosive Devices & Teaching Him How to Use Them
FBI undercover employee (UCE) provides fake explosive devices to blow up Amazon servers; teaches Pendley how to use them; arrests him. If you are a Trump supporter, who threatens an Amazon data center (servers), you are in deep sh*t. What used to be called property crime is now called violence (against property). Condone and incite […]
How World War II Helped Create The Modern U.S. Army
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 20 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* World War II changed the way the Army's combat units were organized and shaped the future of America's armed forces. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *As the course of the war became clearer, a decision was made in early 1943 on the number of Army divisions needed to win the war. It was called the “90-division gamble.” The Philippine Division had surrendered in 1942. The 2nd Cavalry Division was later to be deactivated, reducing the total of Army divisions to 89. The last Army division was activated in August 1943 and deployed at the...
How Would China's Navy Fare In a War with the U.S.?
James Holmes, The National Interest - 20 minutes ago
*James Holmes* *Aircraft Carriers, Asia* Fortress China is festooned with airfields and mobile antiship weaponry able to strike hundreds of miles out to sea. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The U.S. Navy isn’t without options in naval war. Ah, yes, the “carrier-killer.” China is forever *touting* the array of guided missiles its weaponeers have devised to pummel U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). Most prominent among them are its DF-21D and DF-26 antiship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), which the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has made a mainstay of China’s *anti-a...
The Story of How the Aircraft Carrier Was Born
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 20 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* Several countries experimented with ways to launch aircraft off naval vessels prior to World War I. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *It would be the Langley and the Argus that would take the first significant steps towards improving naval aviation. The interwar period would facilitate a technological arms race over carrier development, setting the stage for carriers as an offensive weapon and their tactical domination in World War II. In 1898, Samuel P. Langley’s first flying prototype sparked interest from the U.S. Navy, which i...
Amphibious Assault Ships Can Do What Aircraft Carriers Can’t
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 20 minutes ago
*Peter Suciu* *Aircraft Carriers, * With its long flight deck and the ability for aircraft to take off and land, it would be easy to think that vessels such as the USS America (LHA-6) are “aircraft carriers.” *Here's What You Need To Remember: *However, while these warships are similar – similar doesn't mean the same. There are jobs that only a carrier can do, and there are jobs that the LHA can do. That is why both will likely remain floating runways for the foreseeable future and likely beyond. With its long flight deck and the ability for aircraft to take off and land, it wou...
A Look At Russia's Robot Tank Army
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Daily Mail:* *Vladimir Putin’s fearsome special unit of TANK ROBOTS will go into action 'soon' in the Russian Army amid fears of war in Ukraine* * Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu attended a firepower demonstration * He witnessed Russia's unmanned Uran-9 robot tanks operating remotely * Russia is preparing to deploy its first unit of five Uran-9 in the near future The first special unit of tank robots is to be established 'soon' in the Russian army amid new strains of a war with neighbour Ukraine. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected his unmanned firepower thi...
Russia - Ukraine Crisis -- News Updates April 10, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits positions of armed forces near the frontline with Russian-backed separatists during his working trip in Donbass region, Ukraine April 8, 2021. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS *Daily Mail:* *'Ready for conflict': Putin's threat to the West is laid bare in new footage showing build-up of troops and military convoys on Ukraine's border as Kiev warns it could be provoked by Russian 'aggression'* * New footage claims to show inside of Russia's massive deployment on border * Ukraine estimates there are now a s...
Myanmar in a spiral of death without any plan B
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 2 hours ago
Myanmar in a spiral of death without any plan B Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The spiral of death in Myanmar that followed the military coup against State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is beyond rationality. After all, is this what the military coup leaders wanted? Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief […] The post Myanmar in a spiral of death without any plan B first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times.
The U.S. Military Is Drooling: Directed-Energy Weapons are Coming
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Direct Energy, Americas* The current focus of DEWs has been to use the technology in a defensive capability, such as protection of critical infrastructure as well as military vehicles and platforms. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The technology behind DEWs could also be crucial in addressing threats from other advanced weapon systems, notably hypersonic missiles and the aforementioned drones. DEWs could also be used in non-lethal applications such as crowd control or disabling machinery. The concept of a “directed-energy weapon” is one that was conceived by ...
How B-2 Stealth Bombers Keep Flying High
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *B-2 Stealth Bomber, Americas* 3D printers can create expensive materials for far less. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Instead of a complete redesign of the panel, which could have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, each of the 20 new additively manufactured covers costs just $4,000 and these can be delivered to the fleet by the end of 2020 or in early 2021. In what might sound like a bit of alphabet soup, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) B-2 Program Office is utilizing 3D printing to keep the stealth bombers flying. Also k...
Wanna Waste Billions of Dollars? Easy, Build Some Aircraft Carriers.
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Aircraft Carriers, Americas* The vulnerabilities of the big carriers are real, and the U.S. needs to either remedy those problems, or consider an alternative means of delivering ordnance. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Plenty of world-beating weapons quickly become obsolete. The United States has decided to spend many billions of dollars on the CVN-78 (“Ford”) class of aircraft carriers to replace the venerable Nimitz class. The latter has served the U.S. Navy since 1975, with the last ship (USS George H. W. Bush) entering service in 2009. The Fords could be ...
The Marines Are All in on Killing Submarines
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Submarine Warfare, * Of particular concern is how Moscow’s increasingly capable Russian submarine force is catching up to the U.S. Navy’s previously unparalleled underwater advantage. *Here's What You Need to Know*: In addition to dropping hardware like sonobuoys in anticipated high-traffic locations, Marines pilots could fire anti-submarine torpedoes from the air, or ASW missiles from EABs. Not limited to anti-submarine warfare, Marine EABs could also deploy long-range anti-ship missiles from land to push a Russian presence further out at sea. In *Proceedings*, ...
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Atmospheres"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 2 hours ago
Full screen, and relax... beautiful. *Deuter, "Atmospheres"* 00:00​ ⋄ Uno 05:45​ ⋄ Deux 11:58​ ⋄ Drei 18:27​ ⋄ Four 25:15​ ⋄ Cinque 31:58​ ⋄ Sei 36:33​ ⋄ Sieben 42:22​ ⋄ Huit 50:55​ ⋄ Nine 57:27​ ⋄ Dieci
Your Weekend Open Thread
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 2 hours ago
Your Beloved Blog Editrix Turns Things Over to You, the Readers.You May Talk Among Yourselves.
A Rebel With a Cause, The Battle of Tinhorn Flats
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Friend of the Treehouse, Peter Duke, introduced me to this story and it is blood-boiling, yet awesome. A young man named Lucas Lepejian is in a battle with Burbank authorities who are trying to run him out of business. Lucas is the 20-year-old son of Baret Lepejian the proprietor of a long-standing western-themed restaurant called […] The post A Rebel With a Cause, The Battle of Tinhorn Flats appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Brazil records 2,616 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, more than 71,000 cases (April 10)
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 2 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil on Saturday recorded 2,616 new COVID-19 deaths and 71,832 new coronavirus cases, the Health Ministry said. Brazil, which has become the latest epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with the second-highest death toll after the United States, has recorded 13.45 million cases and more than 350,000 deaths, official data show […] The post Brazil records 2,616 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, more than 71,000 cases (April 10) appeared first on The Rio Times.
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
“Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Unlike other ...
"A Lot Of People..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
“When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.” - Bernard Baily
How we fool ourselves. Part II: Scientific consensus building
HiFast, Climate Collections - 3 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry “Like a magnetic field that pulls iron filings into alignment, a powerful cultural belief is aligning multiple sources of scientific bias in the same direction. – policy scientist Daniel Sarewitz Statistician Regina Nuzzo summarizes the problem: “This is the big problem in science that no one is…
How the SR-71 Was Retired for Good (Even It Was the Fastest Plane Ever)
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *SR-71 Blackbird, * It could cross continents in just a few hours, and at 80,000 feet, the Blackbird could survey 100,000 square miles of the ground below per hour. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* No other U.S. Air Force aircraft could fly faster or higher than the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird," and on its final flight, it set a truly impressive record . The reconnaissance aircraft flew from the west coast of the United States to the east coast – some 2,404 miles – in just 68:17 minutes. During that flight, it traveled from St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati, Ohio...
Aspire To Greatness (The Real Kind)
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 2 hours ago
Aspire to greatness, but not the kind they teach you about in school. Not the kind where you can all be astronauts and presidents when you grow up so long as you “apply yourself” (whatever that means) and other such nonsense. Not the kind where […]
How Many Minds Did They Break?
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 3 hours ago
A lot. Nate Silver 54% of people who *have already been vaccinated* are still very or somewhat worried about catching COVID. But only 29% of people who *refuse to get vaccinated* are very or somewhat worried about catching COVID. Great job, everyone. Some are really messed up and the laughing henas who caused the mess… Continue reading →
Is The U.S. And NATO Pushing For A Russia - Ukraine War?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits positions of armed forces near the frontline with Russian-backed separatists during his working trip in Donbass region, Ukraine April 8, 2021. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS *Pepe Escobar, The Asia Times:* *Ukraine Redux - War, Russophobia, & Pipelineistan* The deep state/NATO combo's using Kiev to start a war to bury Nord Stream 2 and German-Russian relations... Ukraine and Russia may be on the brink of war – with dire consequences for the whole of Eurasia. Let’s cut to the chase, and plunge head-on int...
The pandemic made a lot of people rich
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 3 hours ago
The Pandemic has been VERY lucrative for some. I'm not surprised some want to keep that horse in the race. The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented 2,755--660 more than a year ago. Of those, a record high 493 were new to the list--roughly one every 17 hours, including 210 from China and Hong Kong. My. Goodness. 210 of 493 from China and Hong Kong. Imagine that. https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ "Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest for the fourth year running, worth $177 billion, while Elon Musk rocketed into the ...
The mass shooting in South Carolina
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 3 hours ago
I watched the news yesterday morning expecting to hear something about Thursday's mass shooting in SC, but it wasn't even mentioned. I think there was brief mention about the shooting in Texas. So I checked. I didn't even know there was a 6th victim. Noticed this victim in a USAToday article, race isn't mentioned, nor the name of the shooter, or his former profession. "Robert Shook of Cherryville was working at a rural home in York County, South Carolina, when a gunman, yielding 9mm and .45-caliber handguns, shot him and five other people. Everyone at the home, including his work...
Russian MiG-31 Fighter Jet Intercepts US Air Force RC-135 Spyplane Over The Pacific
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
#ВМФ #ТОФ Идентификация RC-135V 64-14848 истребителем МиГ-31 морской авиации Тихоокеанского флота. https://t.co/S7cR472wjQ pic.twitter.com/IPAPT9bL76 — Иван (@ilax200) April 10, 2021 *Sputnik:* *Russian MiG-31 Fighter Jet Intercepts US Aircraft Over Pacific - Video* MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet took off to intercept a US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, the Russian National Defence Control Centre said Saturday. *"To identify the air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-31 fighter from the air defence forces of...
Russia's Tsar Bomb Was Massive (As In a Massive Nuclear Dud)
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *Tsar Bomb, Russia* It's hard to deploy a doomsday bomb when it's literally too big to carry. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Some toys are best left in their boxes. On July 10, 1961 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev summoned the USSR's top nuclear weaponeers and told them to promptly resume nuclear testing. After roughing up America's young new President Kennedy at a Vienna summit in June, Khrushchev was in a mood, according to Andrei Sakharov, to “show the imperialists what we can do.” For two years while their country joined the United States and the United ...
"There Comes A Time..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
"Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency ask the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But, conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
Prineville, Oregon, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
"Restaurant Prices Soar; Small Business Not Rebounding; Debt Fueled Spending; Worst Trade Deficit"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
Jeremiah Babe, *"Restaurant Prices Soar; Small Business Not Rebounding; * *Debt Fueled Spending; Worst Trade Deficit"*
Gregory Mannarino, "Crypto And Decentralized Finance"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, *"Crypto And Decentralized Finance"* - https://traderschoice.net/
The Black Sea Boils: The US Moves Against Turkish/Russian Realpolitikal Cooperation
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
*Okay, after way too much computer difficulty for one non tech savvy gal- Grrrr....* * Finally the report I wanted to get to. A break from the the covidiocracy. The reality created for us through extreme media manipulation, heavy handed perception management and endless fear mongering all created to terrorize and subjugate the people while enriching the global corporate crowd. Especially big tech and big pharma. Though I will be back with Canada’s latest Covid vaccine death and injury report, tomorrow.Present time I want to get to touch on the remake the region- birth pangs ...
China Telecom's deep link to PLA hacking unit
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 5 hours ago
This 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is the headquarters of Unit 61398 of the People’s Liberation Army. China’s defense ministry has denied that it is responsible for initiating digital attacks. 2-18-2013 An unusually detailed 60-page study, to be released Tuesday by Mandiant, an American computer security firm, tracks for the first time individual members of the most sophisticated of the Chinese hacking groups — known to many of its victims in the United States as “Comment Crew” or “Shanghai Group”--to the doorstep of the military unit’s headquarters. The firm ...
End neo-liberal experiment: gutting of bureaucracy led to vaccine and aged care failures
Dr Sarah Russell, Michael West - 5 hours ago
[image: Outsourcing public services is failed model] The vaccine rollout debacle is further evidence that the federal Department of Health should not be in charge of reforming the aged care sector, as recommended by one of the Aged Care Royal Commissioners. And when will governments of all political persuasions finally wake up to the failed economic model that is neoliberalism? Dr Sarah Russell and Elizabeth Minter report.
in rivalries of Gog and Magog they required more and more forces
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 5 hours ago
Beloved hearts of light, the age-old conspiracy of Gog and Magog has been interpreted in many ways, but I would give to you an understanding of an ancient history of two rival forces representing, as it were, the king of the north and the king of the south--both anti-gods. These kings however, not located in the Earth (as noted in the prophecy of Daniel) but located beyond this solar system, sent their forces for the conquering of worlds. And they used every conceivable and inconceivable means to thwart the plan of Almighty God and to outsmart one another. Therefore you wil...
Bill Gates: The 2021 60 Minutes interview
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 6 hours ago
60 Minutes Feb 14, 2021 “Without innovation, we will not solve climate change. We won’t even come close,” Gates says. Anderson Cooper reports for 60... The post Bill Gates: The 2021 60 Minutes interview appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Massive Child Sex Ring Busted at State Youth Facility—Hundreds of Kids Tortured and Raped
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 6 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Concord, NH — According to a recent investigation by the state of New Hampshire’s attorney general’s office, a... The post Massive Child Sex Ring Busted at State Youth Facility—Hundreds of Kids Tortured and Raped appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
American protecting this business because the police won’t
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 6 hours ago
Dove Paige Anthony AKA dead language decoder Aug 25, 2020 a short interview that I did with this man in Kenosha the day before everything... The post American protecting this business because the police won’t appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Attorney Leigh Dundas Speaks At Orange County Board Meeting
Martin Hill, From the Trenches World Report - 6 hours ago
NoMask Info Human rights attorney Leigh Dundas speaks at the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors meeting, April 2021. She addresses the covid19 vaccine, informed... The post Attorney Leigh Dundas Speaks At Orange County Board Meeting appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Let Them Eat Taser
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 5 hours ago
Ezra Levant; 50 heavily armed police just raided the hotel where our Rebel News reporters were staying in Montreal. I told them they couldn’t come in without a search warrant. So instead they manhandled me. They handcuffed Keean Bexte. And They just put David Menzies in the back of a police car. Police… Continue reading →
Say 'Aircraft Carrier' To a Chinese Admiral and Watch Him Sweat
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *PLA Navy, Asia* [image: PLA Navy] Beijing has studied history and knows that it needs its own carriers, but also that it needs to be able to defeat enemy carriers as well. *Key point: *Aircraft carrier remain king and China knows it. Here is how Beijing has sped ahead with both anti-carrier missiles and their own flattop program. More than twenty years ago, a military confrontation in East Asia pushed the United States and China uncomfortably close to conflict. Largely unknown in America, the event made a lasting impression on China, especially Chinese military...
How Civil War Turned Syria Into a Russian Military Playground
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *, Middle East* As Syria was a ground war, its unsurprising the VKS workhorses in Syria have been tactical bombers and attack jets specifically designed for that task. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Overall, Russian aviation demonstrated improved technical and operational sophistication by 2018, including increasing adoption of some elements of Western-style network-centric warfare. However, high-altitude unguided bombing methods leaning on the SVP-24 system would be of limited applicability in a conflict against a foe with serious air defenses and satel...
Nuclear Doom: How the Cold War Nearly Became World War III
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Cold War History, World* [image: Cold War History] NATO helped deter the Soviets, but Moscow also set up the Warsaw Pact in response. *Key point: *NATO and the Warsaw Pact divided much of the world into two hostile, armed camps. How did the world avoid a catastrophe? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to oppose Soviet expansionism in Western Europe. The end of the war saw the Soviet Union solidify its gains in Eastern Europe, garrisoning countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. NATO was ...
Seawolf: How Cost Sunk the Stealthiest Submarine of All Time
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Cold War History, Americas* [image: Cold War History] The Navy ended up only buying a few of these submarines, but the Seawolf-class remains among the finest today. *Key point: *The Seawolf-class are incredibly silent and are one of the most advanced submarines ever concieved. However, they cost way too much in the context of the post-Cold War draw down. The Seawolf-class submarines were envisioned as the best submarines ever built. Designed to succeed the Los Angeles–class attack submarines and maintain America’s edge in the underwater domain, the class suffered...
The New Nuances of the Nuclear Export Market
Eunjung Lim, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Eunjung Lim* *Nuclear Export Market, Americas* The U.S. presence in the world nuclear market has declined significantly, whereas alternative producers such as Russia, China, and South Korea have loomed larger. The U.S.-South Korea nuclear relationship has recently drawn new attention as an area in which the two governments could deepen their cooperation. While their views are not identical, Washington and Seoul share concerns about climate change and non-proliferation; the two countries also share competitors. Their primary competition is Russia and, to a lesser extent, China, ...
Donald Trump and the Art of the Faustian Deal
Jorge González-Gallarza Hernández, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Jorge González-Gallarza Hernández* *Donald Trump, * Charles R. Kessler's Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline and Recovery of American Greatness is a conservative broadside that reads like a post-mortem on Trump. Charles R. Kessler, *Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline and Recovery of American Greatness* (New York, NY: Encounter Books). 488 pp; $29.95. When woke mobs spun the outrage at George Floyd’s killing in late May into carte blanche for widespread lawlessness, Charles Kessler took to the *New York Post* calling out the “1619 Riots.” Would lab...
Why a Rising China Creates a New Cold War Calculus
Jeremy Friedman, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Jeremy Friedman* *Security, Asia* The coming confrontation with China is one for which American history provides no exact parallels. “It is clear, absolutely clear,” said President Joe Biden at his first presidential press conference, “that this is a battle between the utility of democracies in the twenty-first century and autocracies.” Biden’s rhetorical flourish echoed a more famous one from his political idol, John F. Kennedy, who declared in his first inaugural speech in 1961 that “we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any fo...
Why North Korea Never Wants to Test the U.S. Navy Again
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *North Korea, Asia* North Korea’s coastal fleet played an important role in the early days of the Korean War in projecting force against its southern neighbor. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *As the UN solidified control of the seas surrounding the Sea of Japan, the gun-armed capital ships embarked on an extensive shore bombardment campaign. One tactic employed was to preemptively shell the cliffs overlooking coastal roads to create obstructing debris. The cruisers would then wait quietly at night with their running lights off for a North Korean convoy to a...
Why the Marines Doubled-Down on the F-35B Stealth Jet Fighter
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Marines, Americas* [image: U.S. Marines] The F-35B is a powerful warplane that is the future, but it is also not without its critics. *Key point: *The entire F-35 program has been under fire for its huge costs and development issues. Yet the Marines really do believe it will be the key to winning future wars. The U.S. Marine aviators known as “Bats” have been officially redesignated as their unit becomes the second F-35B squadron established in the Indo-Pacific Region. The unit was first Marine squadron in the region was formed during World War II, and it was...

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