What are plasma weapons' potential in modern warfare?
Plasma technology, often called the fourth state of matter, stands at the forefront of scientific innovation and plays a crucial role in modern warfare.
Plasma-based weapons — once a staple of science fiction — harness plasma, a gas-like mass of highly-energised free-floating ions and electrons.
In the military sphere, plasma technology is valued for its versatility and immense power. Early research aimed at harnessing plasma for nuclear fusion, a potential clean and efficient energy source, which held significant implications for energy-intensive military operations.
👉 Follow the link to learn how plasma transitioned from a mere fictional concept to an integral element in contemporary military strategy
Plasma technology, often called the fourth state of matter, stands at the forefront of scientific innovation and plays a crucial role in modern warfare.
Plasma-based weapons — once a staple of science fiction — harness plasma, a gas-like mass of highly-energised free-floating ions and electrons.
In the military sphere, plasma technology is valued for its versatility and immense power. Early research aimed at harnessing plasma for nuclear fusion, a potential clean and efficient energy source, which held significant implications for energy-intensive military operations.
👉 Follow the link to learn how plasma transitioned from a mere fictional concept to an integral element in contemporary military strategy
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) vetoed a bill that would have enabled more people to challenge convictions when new evidence has been discovered in the case.
The Challenging Wrongful Conviction Act would have reformed Criminal Procedure Law 440 to allow convictions to be challenged in court when new evidence is discovered, even if the defendant pleaded guilty.
The bill was supported by state Democrats and opposed by state Republicans. Hochul, a Democrat, issued her veto on Christmas Eve. Currently, New York typically only allows convictions to be challenged when the defendant pleads guilty if there is new DNA evidence in the case. Most states allow other types of evidence to be considered.
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 18% of known exonerations included guilty pleas and the vast majority of exonerations do not depend on DNA evidence.
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The Challenging Wrongful Conviction Act would have reformed Criminal Procedure Law 440 to allow convictions to be challenged in court when new evidence is discovered, even if the defendant pleaded guilty.
The bill was supported by state Democrats and opposed by state Republicans. Hochul, a Democrat, issued her veto on Christmas Eve. Currently, New York typically only allows convictions to be challenged when the defendant pleads guilty if there is new DNA evidence in the case. Most states allow other types of evidence to be considered.
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 18% of known exonerations included guilty pleas and the vast majority of exonerations do not depend on DNA evidence.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris is the least popular vice president during their first term since Dan Quayle in the early 1990s.
According to poll aggregators, Harris is up to 16 points underwater, with one analysis showing that only 39% of voters hold a favorable view of the vice president while 55% hold an unfavorable view. That would make her two points less popular than US President Joe Biden, who is facing his own historically bad polls.
Mike Pence, Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore all had higher favorability ratings than Harris during their first term in office.
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According to poll aggregators, Harris is up to 16 points underwater, with one analysis showing that only 39% of voters hold a favorable view of the vice president while 55% hold an unfavorable view. That would make her two points less popular than US President Joe Biden, who is facing his own historically bad polls.
Mike Pence, Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore all had higher favorability ratings than Harris during their first term in office.
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🇬🇧⚓️🇬🇾 The UK has decided to re-task Royal Navy warship the HMS Trent and deploy it to Guyana after Christmas, according to British media reports
Instead of scouring the Caribbean in search of drug smugglers, the warship will take part in joint naval exercises with the former British colony and Commonwealth member. The decision was reportedly prompted by the current flare-up of the territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.
💬 "HMS Trent will visit regional ally and Commonwealth partner Guyana later this month as part of a series of engagements in the region during her Atlantic Patrol Task deployment," a UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson was cited as saying.
The warship will stay in Barbados, the Caribbean region of the Americas, during Christmas, after which it will be heading for Guyana. Its activities will reportedly be carried out at sea, and will not involve docking in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown.
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Instead of scouring the Caribbean in search of drug smugglers, the warship will take part in joint naval exercises with the former British colony and Commonwealth member. The decision was reportedly prompted by the current flare-up of the territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.
💬 "HMS Trent will visit regional ally and Commonwealth partner Guyana later this month as part of a series of engagements in the region during her Atlantic Patrol Task deployment," a UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson was cited as saying.
The warship will stay in Barbados, the Caribbean region of the Americas, during Christmas, after which it will be heading for Guyana. Its activities will reportedly be carried out at sea, and will not involve docking in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown.
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Legal tempest: Biden rains on Trump's immunity as trial faces delay
US President Joe Biden has said he sees no reason for presidents to enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, a position vehemently advocated by his predecessor Donald Trump.
The statement came in response to a reporter's question as President Biden left the White House for Camp David, where he plans to spend the Christmas holiday.
The Supreme Court's decision on Friday not to expedite a ruling on Trump's immunity case was a setback for federal prosecutors seeking to begin a trial related to the former president's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump maintains that his actions leading up to the events of January 6, 2021 were within the scope of his official duties. The riot saw his supporters violently storm the US Capitol in an attempt to disrupt lawmakers' certification of Biden's victory.
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US President Joe Biden has said he sees no reason for presidents to enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, a position vehemently advocated by his predecessor Donald Trump.
The statement came in response to a reporter's question as President Biden left the White House for Camp David, where he plans to spend the Christmas holiday.
The Supreme Court's decision on Friday not to expedite a ruling on Trump's immunity case was a setback for federal prosecutors seeking to begin a trial related to the former president's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump maintains that his actions leading up to the events of January 6, 2021 were within the scope of his official duties. The riot saw his supporters violently storm the US Capitol in an attempt to disrupt lawmakers' certification of Biden's victory.
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🇷🇺 Key statements by Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in interview with Sputnik:
▪️ Russia is now ahead of the West in arms production;
▪️ Unfriendly countries conduct industrial espionage against Russia and hunt for valuable personnel;
▪️ The production and supply of weapons for the Russian Army for a number of items increased by 10-12 times in 2023;
▪️ Fulfillment of state defense orders is now at a level of at least 98%, which is a record figure in the entire modern history of Russia;
▪️ Electronic engineering, low and medium-tonnage chemistry, machine tools, and the aviation drone industry saw sharp development in 2023.
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▪️ Russia is now ahead of the West in arms production;
▪️ Unfriendly countries conduct industrial espionage against Russia and hunt for valuable personnel;
▪️ The production and supply of weapons for the Russian Army for a number of items increased by 10-12 times in 2023;
▪️ Fulfillment of state defense orders is now at a level of at least 98%, which is a record figure in the entire modern history of Russia;
▪️ Electronic engineering, low and medium-tonnage chemistry, machine tools, and the aviation drone industry saw sharp development in 2023.
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🇷🇸 Acting Mayor of Belgrade Aleksandar Sapić said that the damage caused to the Belgrade administration is irreparable. He described what is happening in the Serbian capital as ‘Maidanization.’
Earlier, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic thanked the Russian security services for information about the impending riots.
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“I said that if we allow ourselves to fight for political goals through violence and overthrow of the state, then very soon we will not have a state. Now you can see how true the term ‘Maidanization’ was,” Sapić told reporters. According to the acting mayor, if people want to come to power “through anarchy,” then they are trying to “destroy the state,” since in the future they will not be able to protect people.
Earlier, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic thanked the Russian security services for information about the impending riots.
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🇺🇸 Fox News has included Joe Biden in its list of the biggest losers in American politics in 2023. The TV channel, which targets a conservative audience and sympathizes with the Republican opposition, explained its choice by the low ratings of the 80-year-old commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces and the impeachment proceedings launched by his opponents in Congress.
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🇾🇪🇵🇸 Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has trained 20,000 reservist soldiers for possible deployment to the Gaza Strip, Yemeni news agency Saba reported.
A military parade took place in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah to mark the completion of military courses for the first 20,000 reservists of the mobilization forces, the report said.
The reservists confirmed their readiness to go into battle alongside the Yemeni armed forces against Israel and the US coalition aimed at protecting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, the news agency reported.
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A military parade took place in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah to mark the completion of military courses for the first 20,000 reservists of the mobilization forces, the report said.
The reservists confirmed their readiness to go into battle alongside the Yemeni armed forces against Israel and the US coalition aimed at protecting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, the news agency reported.
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📹 Russian artillerymen destroy a concentration of Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Serebryansky forestry in the Krasny Liman direction
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Russian forces wipe out first French-donated Crotale NG missile system in Ukraine
Russia’s Armed Forces operating in the special military op zone have destroyed several Norwegian-made NASAMS and one French Crotale NG short-range air defense system donated to the Kiev regime.
The NATO-donated weapons systems were stationed at the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
The Russian military carried out a coordinated assault that involved tactical aircraft, missile troops, artillery units, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
This is believed to be the first recorded instance of a Crotale NG being obliterated in combat, and serves as further proof that NATO's state-of-the-art equipment is fair game for Russia's Armed Forces.
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Russia’s Armed Forces operating in the special military op zone have destroyed several Norwegian-made NASAMS and one French Crotale NG short-range air defense system donated to the Kiev regime.
The NATO-donated weapons systems were stationed at the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
The Russian military carried out a coordinated assault that involved tactical aircraft, missile troops, artillery units, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
This is believed to be the first recorded instance of a Crotale NG being obliterated in combat, and serves as further proof that NATO's state-of-the-art equipment is fair game for Russia's Armed Forces.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
▪️ Hamas rejects a proposal for a 1-2-week truce, but demands an Israeli ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners on its own terms, the group’s leadership said.
▪️ The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has reached 70, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said.
▪️ Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has trained 20,000 reservist soldiers for possible deployment to the Gaza Strip, Yemeni news agency Saba reported.
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▪️ Hamas rejects a proposal for a 1-2-week truce, but demands an Israeli ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners on its own terms, the group’s leadership said.
▪️ The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has reached 70, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said.
▪️ Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has trained 20,000 reservist soldiers for possible deployment to the Gaza Strip, Yemeni news agency Saba reported.
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The collective West is behind the riots in Belgrade, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
Zakharova emphasized that the only possible reaction to the situation is strict adherence to the constitution and respect for the choice of the Serbian people, who voted for their national interests.
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“The attempts of the collective West to shake up the situation in the country using the techniques of ‘Maidan coups’ are obvious,” she said.
Zakharova emphasized that the only possible reaction to the situation is strict adherence to the constitution and respect for the choice of the Serbian people, who voted for their national interests.
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World community has right not to recognize legally unfounded US claims to Arctic shelf - Russian senator
By declaring their extended claims to the continental shelf, the US authorities “act without any international legal basis,” Deputy Speaker of the Russian upper house Konstantin Kosachev said on Telegram.
To this day, Washington is not a party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea – the fundamental 1982 UN treaty laying down rules governing the use of the world's oceans and their resources, he noted. The official added that in a sense, the US is an “outcast” among all maritime powers that are parties to the convention.
Earlier, the US released updated coordinates of the nation's continental shelf (ECS) claims beyond 200 nautical miles from coasts in the Arctic, Atlantic, Bering Sea, Pacific, Mariana Islands, and two areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
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By declaring their extended claims to the continental shelf, the US authorities “act without any international legal basis,” Deputy Speaker of the Russian upper house Konstantin Kosachev said on Telegram.
“This time the Americans have outdone themselves, disregarding the interests of even their own allies in the Arctic. Now the US has a territorial dispute with Canada and Japan over shelf delimitation,” the Russian politician noted.
To this day, Washington is not a party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea – the fundamental 1982 UN treaty laying down rules governing the use of the world's oceans and their resources, he noted. The official added that in a sense, the US is an “outcast” among all maritime powers that are parties to the convention.
Earlier, the US released updated coordinates of the nation's continental shelf (ECS) claims beyond 200 nautical miles from coasts in the Arctic, Atlantic, Bering Sea, Pacific, Mariana Islands, and two areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
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🇷🇺 Top 5 most powerful Russian weapons of 2023
2023 will be remembered as the year NATO weapons’ image of superiority to their Russian analogues came crashing down. Here are the top 5 Russian weapons of the outgoing year, as gauged by 5 top military observers.
🔻Tor-M2
“The Tor-M2 air defense system has distinguished itself with its excellent work in shooting down enemy UAVs. Among the statistics of downed enemy drones updated daily by Russia’s MoD, two thirds have been destroyed by this complex,” Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik.
🔻T-90
“This is the best tank in the world,” Hero of Russia and reserve colonel Rustem Klupov told Sputnik. “Its firepower consists of a 125-mm cannon that can fire guided missiles through its barrel…The tank’s active protection system ensures survivability. It’s unpretentious, maneuverable, and low-to-the ground, enabling it to remain invisible to the enemy on the battlefield until the last moment.”
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2023 will be remembered as the year NATO weapons’ image of superiority to their Russian analogues came crashing down. Here are the top 5 Russian weapons of the outgoing year, as gauged by 5 top military observers.
🔻Tor-M2
“The Tor-M2 air defense system has distinguished itself with its excellent work in shooting down enemy UAVs. Among the statistics of downed enemy drones updated daily by Russia’s MoD, two thirds have been destroyed by this complex,” Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik.
🔻T-90
“This is the best tank in the world,” Hero of Russia and reserve colonel Rustem Klupov told Sputnik. “Its firepower consists of a 125-mm cannon that can fire guided missiles through its barrel…The tank’s active protection system ensures survivability. It’s unpretentious, maneuverable, and low-to-the ground, enabling it to remain invisible to the enemy on the battlefield until the last moment.”
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🇷🇺 Top 5 most powerful Russian weapons of 2023 2023 will be remembered as the year NATO weapons’ image of superiority to their Russian analogues came crashing down. Here are the top 5 Russian weapons of the outgoing year, as gauged by 5 top military observers.…
🔻Ka-52
"The Ka-52 is a “very innovative” attack helicopter with “huge capability” that can paralyze enemy targets at standoff ranges using long-range LMUR missiles," former DoD analyst and Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.
🔻Lancet
“The number one thing that impressed me is drones, both helicopter and airplane-style, including the Lancet, which has proven itself to be excellent,” veteran military pilot and Hero of Russia Sergei Lipovoy told Sputnik. “The Lancet…combines accuracy, range and the power of its destructive charge,” Klupov added.
🔻Kinzhal
The Kinzhal is a strategic hypersonic missile flying at speeds up to Mach 10. “It’s got a 2,000 km range and it could be launched from bombers and interceptors," former DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik. "The US “has no defense” against missiles like the Kinzhal," he stressed.
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"The Ka-52 is a “very innovative” attack helicopter with “huge capability” that can paralyze enemy targets at standoff ranges using long-range LMUR missiles," former DoD analyst and Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.
🔻Lancet
“The number one thing that impressed me is drones, both helicopter and airplane-style, including the Lancet, which has proven itself to be excellent,” veteran military pilot and Hero of Russia Sergei Lipovoy told Sputnik. “The Lancet…combines accuracy, range and the power of its destructive charge,” Klupov added.
🔻Kinzhal
The Kinzhal is a strategic hypersonic missile flying at speeds up to Mach 10. “It’s got a 2,000 km range and it could be launched from bombers and interceptors," former DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik. "The US “has no defense” against missiles like the Kinzhal," he stressed.
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📹 Russian Be-12 amphibious anti-submarine aircraft and Ka-29 transport and combat helicopter crews conduct patrols over the Black Sea
In order to improve practical skills in destroying high-speed and small-sized sea targets, the pilots of the Be-12 amphibious aircraft carried out bombing on a target (0:25), and the crew of the Ka-29 helicopter practiced shooting at a moving sea target with a heavy machine gun (0:07).
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In order to improve practical skills in destroying high-speed and small-sized sea targets, the pilots of the Be-12 amphibious aircraft carried out bombing on a target (0:25), and the crew of the Ka-29 helicopter practiced shooting at a moving sea target with a heavy machine gun (0:07).
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