US News Two fifty-year old documents related to the coup in Chile were released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department last week. The democratically elected, left wing government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973 by the...
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Pentagon to Develop Drone Swarms for War with China
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2023 | News
The Department of Defense is developing the ability to launch thousands of drones at a time for use in a future war with China, according to top Pentagon officials. At a conference hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), Deputy Defense Secretary...
News Roundup 8/28/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2023 | News Roundup
US News Florida Governor Ron Desantis said on Wednesday night that he would send the military into Mexico to fight drug cartels on “day one” of his presidency if he wins the 2024 presidential election. AWC Russia The Pentagon will begin training Ukrainian pilots on...
News Roundup 8/24/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2023 | News Roundup
World News BRICS nations announced their intentions to expand their Group during a summit in South Africa. China seeks to grow BRICS to be a peer with the Group of 7 (G7). The Institute Russia Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is believed to be dead following the crash...
WaPo: Trump Plans Massive Tariffs If Re-Elected
by Connor Freeman | Aug 23, 2023 | News
Former President Doanld Trump privately met with his top economic advisors last week and discussed plans for major tariff increases, three people familiar with the meeting told the Washington Post. One of the ideas which was floated involves a “universal baseline...
News Roundup 8/23/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 23, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia On Sunday, Denmark and the Netherlands became the first countries to pledge they will provide Ukraine with US-made F-16 fighter jets following formal US approval of the transfer. AWC A Ukrainian military official suggested to The Washington Post that Ukrainian...
US Navy Destroyers Responded to Russian, Chinese Vessels Near Aleutian Islands
by Dave DeCamp | Aug 9, 2023 | News
The US deployed four Navy destroyers in response to Russian and Chinese vessels operating near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, which stretch far into the northern Pacific Ocean.
British Arms Industry Giant Reaps Huge Windfall, Amid West’s Tensions with Russia and China
by Connor Freeman | Aug 2, 2023 | News
Amid the surge in NATO members’ military spending as a result of the war in Ukraine, BAE Systems announced that - during the first half of this year - its net profits soared with a 57 percent increase. The British arms industry giant reported its huge windfall on...
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Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater
I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...
Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On
The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...
Blaming Freedom
Freedom is nearly always blamed for the bad consequences of unfreedom, that is, of government intervention. Take immigration. We hear these days that migrant gangs are killing, terrorizing, and stealing from Americans. Some immigrants without government papers have...
Insurrection of the Mind.
Star Trek Insurrection is not one of the better films in the series, but it seeks to address issues of humanity that sometimes only science fiction can. Immortality, the value of life and human relationships with technology. It is fitting that the film starts with the...
They Know the Truth
Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...
Bob Woodward Badly Misquotes Russian FM Lavrov
I emailed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward: Dear Bob, It appears that you have misquoted FM Lavrov on page 88 of your new book. Lavrov’s full quote was: “Those who mechanically repeat the points made in Bucharest and insist that ‘third countries’ have no right to...
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