Washington says a Russian fighter jet deployed a flare that made contact with an American MQ-9 Drone in the skies above Syria over the weekend. The White House and Kremlin have traded accusations that the other is conducting dangerous operations in Syria during the...
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Russia Accuses US Drone of Nearly Causing ‘Mid-Air Collision’ with Russian Jet
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 24, 2023 | News
Moscow said an American drone dangerously approached a Russian fighter jet in Syria and could have caused a collision. The White House and the Kremlin have issued a sequence of statements claiming the other is engaging in confrontational behavior over Syria. In...

News Roundup 7/20/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 20, 2023 | News Roundup
US News On Wednesday, the Czech parliament ratified a treaty that paves the way for a US troop presence on Czech soil as the US is looking to further beef up its military posture in Europe. AWC The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024...

US, South Korea, and Japan Hold Joint Military Exercises After North Korea’s ICBM Launch
by Connor Freeman | Jul 16, 2023 | News
Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo held joint naval drills testing missile defense in international waters between Japan and South Korea on Sunday. Following Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, an envoy from the Democratic People’s Republic...
US Accuses Russia of ‘Harassing Our Drones’ Over Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 6, 2023 | News
The Pentagon has released footage showing a Russian fighter jet flying near an American drone above Syria, as Moscow and Washington continue to trade accusations over unsafe aerial operations.
US Intel Community Hypes North Korean Nuke Threat, Concedes Pyongyang Will Not Use Weapons For Offensive Purposes
by Connor Freeman | Jun 26, 2023 | News
A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) written in January which discusses Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons policy for the remainder of this decade was declassified by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines earlier this month. The document looks at a variety of...
Israel Launches Drills Simulating ‘Multi-Front War’ as US CENTCOM Chief Observes
by Connor Freeman | Jun 1, 2023 | News
Israel launched major military drills preparing for war with Hezbollah, Syria and Iran on Monday. The exercises, Israel’s largest since “Chariots of Fire” in May 2022, aim to simulate a conflict which begins with fighting in the north and then spreads to other fronts, namely Iran.
Czech General Warns NATO is on Course for Conflict with Russia
by Kyle Anzalone | May 31, 2023 | News
The commander of the Czech Republic’s armed forces said the North Atlantic alliance and Russia are on the path to a direct war. The general described the potential war as the “worst-case scenario” but emphasized that it remains a distinct possibility.
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F35 Follies: Fat Amy Fails Again and Again
The F35 is in trouble in Europe. NATO observed the U.S. cut off its vital military aid deliveries to Ukraine, and choke Kyiv's access to American-derived intelligence in a bid to bend Ukraine to its will, namely to sit down at the negotiating table for ceasefire...
New Chasing Ghosts Podcast Episode is Live Monday 5 May 2025.
Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War" Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place...
Italian Navy Wins the Gold for Patrol Vessels
ITS Giovanni Delle Bande Nere arrived in Faslane and came alongside at Garelochhead yesterday. Italian shipbuilding bookends just how ghastly and horrendous US Navy procurement is. In roughly the same time it took the US to fight over and fail to build the...
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A Review of Sinners (2025)
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New Episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show — James W. Carden : Europeanization Then Normalization
Former State Department official James Carden explains how Trump should approach Russia and end the war in Ukraine.
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