Readers think I am highly critical of Western military foibles and bad decisions (I am) but history is replete with mismanagement and poor planning planet-wide in military technology. Like the Indian nuclear submarine disaster from leaving a hatch open on the INS...
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News Roundup 6/3/2024
Russia Biden Gives Ukraine Permission To Strike Inside Russia With US Weapons AWC NATO Chief Asks Allies to Commit $44 Billion in Military Aid to Ukraine Annually The Institute Report: France May Soon Announce It’s Sending Troops To Ukraine for Training AWC...
Nearly 40% of Rafah Buildings Damaged Or Destroyed
Satellite imagery shows that 40% of the buildings in the southern region of the Gaza Strip have now been damaged or destroyed by the Israeli onslaught. Before Israel began its assault on the city, Rafah had served as a refuge for over 1 million Palestinians. ...
Wayback Snapshot: Japanese Invasion on American Soil
Yes, American soil has been invaded and occupied in the twentieth century. "In June 1942, the United States launched its first offensive in the Pacific, the Aleutian Campaign. From June 1942 to May 1943 Japan held the Island of Attu. The Battle of Attu took place May...
NATO Chief Asks Allies to Commit $44 Billion in Military Aid to Ukraine Annually
The secretary-general of NATO is asking its 32 members to commit $44 billion in military aid to Ukraine every year. The request is two times larger than an earlier proposal of $108 billion over five years, and the military aid would also be funneled through NATO...
News Roundup 5/30/2024
Ukraine Ukraine Targets Radars That Are Part of Russia’s Nuclear Warning System AWC Blinken Hints US Will Allow Ukraine To Strike Russian Territory With US Missiles AWC Israel Israeli Airstrike in Syria Kills Child, Wounds 10 Civilians AWC Amount of Aid Entering Gaza...
The US is the World Leader with No Pier
Yet another existential chaos avalanche in American foreign policy. The pier took two months and $350m to build, lasted 12 days, and delivered less than 60 trucks' worth of food (most of which was stolen after it reached Gaza) before it broke and had to be towed away...
Drone Detection Balloon Destroyed by Drone
Unpossible! 230 million dollars for a balloon. Then the vaunted IDF says this: “Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, Israel’s military spokesman, confirmed that a Hezbollah drone had scored a direct hit on Sky Dew but added there were no casualties and that it “had no impact...
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