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AP: Chinese researchers suggest lasers to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites steadily becoming a tool of U.S. military power

11:21 06.08.2025

AP: Chinese researchers suggest lasers to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites steadily becoming a tool of U.S. military power

Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’ s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Chinese government and military scientist...

NYT: Russia says “it will stop abiding” by Missile Treaty which does not exist

11:19 06.08.2025

NYT: Russia says “it will stop abiding” by Missile Treaty which does not exist

The United States has accused Russia of “violating” the pact, which expired in 2019, for more than a decade and does not exist now. What a mess?! Russia will no longer abide by a defunct treaty prohibiting the deployment of intermediate-range missiles, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, ‘The …

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service: UK secret services plotting maritime ecological disaster

11:24 05.08.2025

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service: UK secret services plotting maritime ecological disaster

The UK's secret services are planning to enlist NATO allies in a large-scale operation targeting the "shadow fleet," which could lead to an environmental disaster in international waters, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement obtained by TASS. "British secret services are planning …

NDT: Hundreds of Israel's ex-security officials urge Trump to help end Gaza war

11:24 05.08.2025

NDT: Hundreds of Israel's ex-security officials urge Trump to help end Gaza war

Signed by 550 people, including former chiefs of Shin Bet and the Mossad spy agency, the letter called on Trump to "steer" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu towards a ceasefire. The letter was signed by three former Mossad heads, New Delhi Television informs. Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials including former …

View from France: Europe’s vassalisation

11:22 05.08.2025

View from France: Europe’s vassalisation

The level of subordination revealed by the agreement between Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump has sparked awareness of the European Union’s (EU) economic, technological, and political impasse vis-à-vis the United States. This latest transgression by the European Commission President spells an existential crisis for the EU, writes Rémi …

Steve Bannon: “We’re adamantly opposed to the Ukraine war because it’s on the Eurasian landmass where we have no vital national security interest”

11:21 05.08.2025

Steve Bannon: “We’re adamantly opposed to the Ukraine war because it’s on the Eurasian landmass where we have no vital national security interest”

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former close aide Steve Bannon told ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ (Japan) that the United States should not intervene in the affairs of Europe and the Middle East. Bannon is referred to by CNN as the leader of the president’s Make America Great Again movement. The MAGA movement …

MFA statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles: “We are authorised to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”

0:17 05.08.2025

MFA statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles: “We are authorised to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”

Foreign Ministry statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles. After the United States has undertaken deliberate actions that led to termination of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) in 2019, the Russian Federation made proactive efforts to promote restraint in …

The Kremlin welcomes the idea of Putin meeting with Trump’s special envoy in Moscow

14:23 04.08.2025

The Kremlin welcomes the idea of Putin meeting with Trump’s special envoy in Moscow

Russia does not rule out a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff this week, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He emphasized that Washington’s ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine are important, including through direct negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. …

NYT: China is choking supply of critical minerals to U.S. defense

13:44 04.08.2025

NYT: China is choking supply of critical minerals to U.S. defense

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware. Without these magnets, the United States and its allies in Europe will struggle to refill recently depleted inventories of military …

SCO members in talks to establish a Centre to address security threats

12:01 04.08.2025

SCO members in talks to establish a Centre to address security threats

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is planning a security center. Member states are in consultation for this initiative. The aim is to address regional security threats. Focus areas include information security and transnational crime. A summit in Tianjin will discuss these plans, ‘India Times’ writes. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states …

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