This old New Yorker piece about Curtis LeMay has some details about the Missile Crisis that I did not know and want to save here for someday. So we all already knew that 1: the USSR did already have operational short and medium range missiles in Cuba, but Khrushchev...
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News Roundup 7/26/2022
US News There have been over 1,000 fatalities on the US southern border since Biden took office. Reuters Lockheed Martin has experienced an increase in demand for its HIMARS systems after the US transferred several to Ukraine. Newsweek President Biden and Deputy...
News Roundup 6/22/2022
US News The Biden administration announced a change in US military policy that bans the use of anti-personnel land mines everywhere in the world, except for the Korean Peninsula. [Link] Almost 1,400 New York Army National Guard Soldiers are deploying to East Africa...
News Roundup 6/18/2022
Assange British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday signed an extradition order to send Julian Assange to stand trial in America. [Link] Julian’s wife Stella vowed to fight the order. "We're going to fight this. We're going to use every appeal avenue," Stella...
US, Chinese Officials Warn of Looming Conflict Over Taiwan
Tensions between China and the US continue to escalate as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned of a Ukraine-like crisis in Taiwan, accusing Beijing of pursuing “aggressive” foreign policies after trading threats over the disputed island with his Chinese counterpart.
News Roundup 6/14/2022
US News Reps Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan introduced a bill to cut $100 billion from the defense budget. [Link] The Pentagon's new AI and data chief says the Pentagon bureaucracy is so inefficient it took several days for him to receive his common access id. [Link] Abd...
News Roundup 5/29/22
US News The FBI claims to have foiled an ISIS attack on former President George W. Bush. [Link] Russia A US general offered to create military options for breaking the Russian blockade of Ukraine. [Link] The US awards Raytheon a nearly $700 million contract to...
UK Wants ‘Global NATO’ Capable of Defending Pacific
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said her government favors the creation of a “global NATO” that is able to guarantee the defense of Taiwan and the broader Pacific region, calling for preemptive action against would-be aggressors.
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