North Korea missiles: US warships deployed to Korean peninsula 3 hours ago From the section Asia Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Carl Vinson is now heading towards the Korean peninsula The US military has ordered a navy strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula, amid growing concerns about […]
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THIS IS FROM MY MSN FEED THIS MORNING, NO AUTHOR ATTRIBUTION: The cruise missiles struck, and many in the mainstream media fawned. “I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night,” declared Fareed Zakaria on CNN, after firing of 59 missiles at a Syrian military airfield late […]
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WASHINGTON – President Trump unleashed airstrikes on Syria on Thursday to punish its strongman, Bashar Assad, after a chemical attack this week that killed dozens of civilians, including children. The barrage amounted to the most significant military operation ordered by Trump, a newcomer to governing who had warned, before taking […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday the deadly chemical attack in Syria crossed “many, many lines” and abruptly transformed his thinking about Syrian President Bashar Assad. Still, he pointedly refused to say what action the U.S. might take in response. Facing one of his first global crises, Trump blamed […]
What’s old is unfortunately new again: Recently, two US military officials said that America should be getting ready for a war in space, a sentence I am ashamed to write in the year 2017. Their advice was seemingly bolstered by a Hill article penned by two US national security experts […]
China has largely completed three major military bases in the South China Sea that have naval, air, radar and missile-defence facilities, according to a US thinktank. Related: South China Sea images reveal impact on coral of Beijing’s military bases “Beijing can now deploy military assets, including combat aircraft and mobile […]
Personally I’d call this propagandist saber – rattling, or at least Russia simply evening out the playing field. Scramjet technology and hypersonic ramjets have been around for decades in the West. Nevertheless, I thought this worthy of interest from a military/Defence point of view: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/russia-builds-unstoppable-4600mph-missile-that-could-destroy-royal-navys-new-carriers/ar-BByM2ON?li=BBqdg4K&ocid=SK2MDHP Russia has developed an “unstoppable” hypersonic missile […]
Causing a stir in the MSM right now: New Hager book is Hit & Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-03-2017/new-hager-book-is-hit-run-the-new-zealand-sas-in-afghanistan-and-the-meaning-of-honour/ By The Spinoff March 21, 2017 Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson have just published Hit & Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan […]