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Trident and other nuclear-powered submarines hit by Royal Navy spare parts shortage

11:06 14.11.2023

Trident and other nuclear-powered submarines hit by Royal Navy spare parts shortage

Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines, including those forming Trident, and military ships have been hit by spare part shortages and repair issues, writes INews. Some of the suppliers tasked with providing parts and replacement equipment to the Royal Navy recently missed their targets, with the Government rating their performance as inadequate, according …

NYT: Can America support two wars and still handle China?

11:06 14.11.2023

NYT: Can America support two wars and still handle China?

America’s long-promised pivot to Asia was finally gathering momentum — new security deals with the Philippines and India, expanded military exercises, and plans with allies to stay ahead of Chinese technology. But the Middle East, like a vortex, has pulled Washington back in, notes ‘The New York Times’. And for …

Global Times: “Why can't US and G7 even utter the word 'ceasefire'?”

11:05 14.11.2023

Global Times: “Why can't US and G7 even utter the word 'ceasefire'?”

Faced with the heartbreaking humanitarian catastrophe occurring in Gaza every day, confronted with the cruel reality of over 100 Palestinian children losing their lives to the ravages of war each day, and in the wake of the increasingly urgent international calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, it's quite perplexing that …

The Western alliance can't fight on two fronts: Israel’s mixed blessing for Ukraine

11:46 13.11.2023

The Western alliance can't fight on two fronts: Israel’s mixed blessing for Ukraine

In the month since Hamas’s attack, the reduced coverage of the Ukraine war has been a mixed blessing for Zelenskyy and his international backers, notes ‘UnHerd’. Perhaps most obviously, it has caused Ukraine to plummet among the West’s priorities, at a time when political support for continued military aid was …

View from Washington: The Hill is particularly responsive to the arms lobby

11:45 13.11.2023

View from Washington: The Hill is particularly responsive to the arms lobby

In actual fact, the military-industrial complex, which includes the arms lobby, the weapons manufacturers, and the Congress, is far more influential than it was 60 years ago. Global defense spending is around $2.2 trillion, with the United States spending half of that amount, writes at ‘Counter Punch’ Melvin A. Goodman, …

Larry Johnson: “Biden Administration hides U.S. casualties”

11:44 13.11.2023

Larry Johnson: “Biden Administration hides U.S. casualties”

While the world’s attention is focused on the war raging between Israel and Hamas, the military confrontation between the United States and Hezbollah is heating up, writes Larry Johnson, an American blogger and former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Since the Hamas attacks on 7 October and the …

CNN: A new Russian widebody passenger airplane could replace Western aircraft

11:43 13.11.2023

CNN: A new Russian widebody passenger airplane could replace Western aircraft

Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new widebody passenger airplane that it claims could replace Western aircraft in the country’s skies, CNN recognizes. The United Aircraft Corporation said a prototype of its IL-96-400M long-haul airplane (photo) has taken off for the first time …

View from Washington: “It's time to get out of Syria”

10:41 12.11.2023

View from Washington: “It's time to get out of Syria”

U.S. Military deployments in this troubled country put lives at risk for little strategic benefit, stresses at ‘The National Interest’ Lora Karch Dulgarian, an independent analyst focusing on national security, social, political, and economic issues in the Middle East and Europe in Washington, D.C. The United States military presence in …

Arab American support for Biden plummets over Gaza ahead of 2024 election

10:40 12.11.2023

Arab American support for Biden plummets over Gaza ahead of 2024 election

As protests across the U.S. denounce President Biden for refusing to support a ceasefire in Gaza while arming Israel’s deadly bombardment of Palestine, polls conducted by the Arab American Institute reveal Biden’s support among Arab American voters is plummeting, dropping from 59% to 17% since the 2020 presidential election, notes …

Green energy vs US Nukes: Air Force asks Congress to shield nuclear launch sites from wind power

10:39 12.11.2023

Green energy vs US Nukes: Air Force asks Congress to shield nuclear launch sites from wind power

As the nation's energy needs have increased, turbines have grown in size and number, and are being placed closer to the underground silos where Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles are kept ready to fire. The Air Force is concerned that the turbines are making it dangerous for their helicopter crews …

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