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The main goal of those behind the bloody and terrible terrorist attack in Moscow was to damage our unity, President Vladimir Putin said, adding that there could be no other goal, as Russia could not be a target for terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.
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"We have a country that shows a unique example of interfaith harmony and ethnic unity," Putin said.
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The Ukrainian involvement in the terrorist attack at Moscow's Crocus City Hall is clear, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said, mentioning Ukraine's involvement in many other terrorist attacks on Russian territory.
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Genuine jihadist group or Israeli proxy? What's known about Jaish al-Adl terrorists with suspected Mossad ties
The IRGC has announced the liquidation of 15 Jaish al-Adl fighters responsible for Thursday’s deadly attack on two police stations in Rask and Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, in which five police officers were killed.
Mostly hiding out in neighboring Pakistan to avoid a crackdown by Iran’s security forces, Jaish al-Adl (lit. “Army of Justice”) is a Sunni Salafist separatist group with links to al-Qaeda* that has waged a campaign of low-intensity guerrilla warfare and terrorism against the Iranian state since its founding in 2012.
🔺The group has targeted IRGC troops, border guards, police, and civilians in armed attacks, kidnappings, and suicide bombings – including a major run and gun attack in mid-December in Rask in which 11 police officers were killed.
🔺Jaish al-Adl has been accused of cooperating with Western intelligence services and the Israeli Mossad as a means of destabilizing the Islamic Republic. The US and Israel have denied such charges.
The group has been accused of drug smuggling, with the Baluchestan region – administratively divided between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, serving as a crossroads of the international drug trade from Afghanistan to Europe, particularly prior to the Taliban** crackdown on opium poppy cultivation after the collapse of the US puppet government in 2021.
🔺Iran’s security forces have waged an uncompromising war against Jaish al-Adl, even launching missile strikes into Pakistan in January 2024 targeting the group’s home base of operations. The incident caused a temporary downturn in relations between Tehran and Islamabad, but ties were quickly restored, and the countries have even announced an ambitious new gas pipeline project, which the US has decried.
* A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
** A group under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.
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The IRGC has announced the liquidation of 15 Jaish al-Adl fighters responsible for Thursday’s deadly attack on two police stations in Rask and Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, in which five police officers were killed.
Mostly hiding out in neighboring Pakistan to avoid a crackdown by Iran’s security forces, Jaish al-Adl (lit. “Army of Justice”) is a Sunni Salafist separatist group with links to al-Qaeda* that has waged a campaign of low-intensity guerrilla warfare and terrorism against the Iranian state since its founding in 2012.
🔺The group has targeted IRGC troops, border guards, police, and civilians in armed attacks, kidnappings, and suicide bombings – including a major run and gun attack in mid-December in Rask in which 11 police officers were killed.
🔺Jaish al-Adl has been accused of cooperating with Western intelligence services and the Israeli Mossad as a means of destabilizing the Islamic Republic. The US and Israel have denied such charges.
The group has been accused of drug smuggling, with the Baluchestan region – administratively divided between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, serving as a crossroads of the international drug trade from Afghanistan to Europe, particularly prior to the Taliban** crackdown on opium poppy cultivation after the collapse of the US puppet government in 2021.
🔺Iran’s security forces have waged an uncompromising war against Jaish al-Adl, even launching missile strikes into Pakistan in January 2024 targeting the group’s home base of operations. The incident caused a temporary downturn in relations between Tehran and Islamabad, but ties were quickly restored, and the countries have even announced an ambitious new gas pipeline project, which the US has decried.
* A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
** A group under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.
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NATO is waiting for tsunami that may send it to the bottom
After the collapse of the USSR, the North Atlantic alliance appeared to be a thing of the past. But the US stepped in to save and repurpose NATO, according to Gilbert Doctorow, an international relations and Russian affairs analyst.
The invasion of Yugoslavia was followed by the military bloc's campaigns in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
According to Doctorow, the bloc's involvement in the Ukraine conflict marked the return to first NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay's concept: To keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. However, today the bloc appears to be a colossus with feet of clay.
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After the collapse of the USSR, the North Atlantic alliance appeared to be a thing of the past. But the US stepped in to save and repurpose NATO, according to Gilbert Doctorow, an international relations and Russian affairs analyst.
"During the 1990s, NATO turned from a conceptually defensive organization into an openly aggressive organization when it entered the Yugoslav Wars and waged a massive bombing campaign there," Doctorow told Sputnik.
The invasion of Yugoslavia was followed by the military bloc's campaigns in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
"These out-of-region NATO operations were one disaster after another, ending in the withdrawal from Afghanistan after participation in a 20-year-long war directed by Washington," the analyst stressed.
According to Doctorow, the bloc's involvement in the Ukraine conflict marked the return to first NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay's concept: To keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. However, today the bloc appears to be a colossus with feet of clay.
"NATO is treading water, waiting for the tsunami that will send it to the bottom. That tsunami will either take the shape of a Trump victory in November, or it will take the shape of an imminent collapse of the Ukrainian army, or both phenomena simultaneously," Doctorow concluded.
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NATO countries have decided to establish a mission in Ukraine, as the Polish Foreign Minister stated, emphasizing that the establishment of the mission does not imply direct involvement in the conflict.
He explained, in particular, that the majority of Ukrainian militants will be trained in Poland.
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"But this means that we will now be able to use NATO's coordination, training, planning capabilities to support Ukraine in a more coordinated way."
He explained, in particular, that the majority of Ukrainian militants will be trained in Poland.
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NATO at 75: Western military bloc now struggling with conflicts caused by its own existence
Exactly 75 years ago, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded by the US, Canada and their Western European allies as part of the Cold War-era push against the USSR. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the alliance de facto lost its reason for existence.
💬 "After the Cold War, we developed the format for a new inclusive security system," Glenn Diesen, professor of international relations at the University of South-Eastern Norway, told Sputnik. "The Charter of Paris for a New Europe in 1990 and the establishment of the OSCE in 1994 were both based on the Helsinki Accords, and embraced the principles of sovereign equality, indivisible security, and ending the dividing lines in Europe," the scholar stated.
The US viewed the new political landscape as its own unipolar moment and reinvigorated NATO to ensure its hegemony, thereby effectively cancelling the pan-European security architecture, according to the professor.
After the Cold War, US-led NATO invasions and seven waves of expansion triggered conflicts and spawned hotbeds of instability in different parts of the world, including today’s Ukraine.
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Exactly 75 years ago, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded by the US, Canada and their Western European allies as part of the Cold War-era push against the USSR. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the alliance de facto lost its reason for existence.
The US viewed the new political landscape as its own unipolar moment and reinvigorated NATO to ensure its hegemony, thereby effectively cancelling the pan-European security architecture, according to the professor.
"NATO required a new purpose, which became 'out-of-area' military interventionism and expansionism,” the academic noted.
After the Cold War, US-led NATO invasions and seven waves of expansion triggered conflicts and spawned hotbeds of instability in different parts of the world, including today’s Ukraine.
"Reviving the bloc-approach to security and competing over where to draw the new dividing lines has been the primary source of conflicts in Europe for the past three decades and eventually resulted in the Ukraine War. The purpose of NATO today is therefore to respond to the security conflict caused by its own existence," Diesen underscored.
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Find out which Western nations are mired knee-deep in the Ukraine proxy conflict. Pt.1
On NATO’s 75th anniversary, State Department consultant Edward Luttwak wrote that the alliance’s countries “will soon have to send soldiers to Ukraine, or else accept catastrophic defeat.” In actual fact, the presence of foreign military personnel in Ukraine has long been an open secret.
Here are some important facts and figures regarding the situation in Ukraine:
🔺In 2023, a leak from the Pentagon exposed that 97 NATO special forces, with 14 of them being American, were actively working in Ukraine. The Biden administration had intended to send military "weapons experts" to Ukraine in November 2022. Subsequent reports from the US press indicated that the Pentagon was planning on deploying commandos as "control teams" in Ukraine. As of March 14, 2024, a total of 1,113 US mercenaries had been deployed to Ukraine, with 491 of them reportedly killed in action.
🔺UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed earlier this year that a "small number" of British army personnel are assisting Ukrainian forces. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers are receiving training at a clandestine camp in East England. Approximately 822 UK mercenaries have been deployed to Ukraine, with 360 casualties reported by mid-March.
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On NATO’s 75th anniversary, State Department consultant Edward Luttwak wrote that the alliance’s countries “will soon have to send soldiers to Ukraine, or else accept catastrophic defeat.” In actual fact, the presence of foreign military personnel in Ukraine has long been an open secret.
Here are some important facts and figures regarding the situation in Ukraine:
🔺In 2023, a leak from the Pentagon exposed that 97 NATO special forces, with 14 of them being American, were actively working in Ukraine. The Biden administration had intended to send military "weapons experts" to Ukraine in November 2022. Subsequent reports from the US press indicated that the Pentagon was planning on deploying commandos as "control teams" in Ukraine. As of March 14, 2024, a total of 1,113 US mercenaries had been deployed to Ukraine, with 491 of them reportedly killed in action.
🔺UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed earlier this year that a "small number" of British army personnel are assisting Ukrainian forces. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers are receiving training at a clandestine camp in East England. Approximately 822 UK mercenaries have been deployed to Ukraine, with 360 casualties reported by mid-March.
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🔺Canada has also maintained a "small" military presence in Ukraine for diplomatic protection and had been conducting training missions like Operation Unifier starting from 2014, up until 2022. Minister of National Defense, Bill Blair, has suggested that instructors may return "when conditions allow." It is reported that about 1,005 mercenaries from Canada have been sent to Ukraine, with 422 casualties reported by mid-March.
🔺France plans to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine, according to Russian intelligence. Out of the 356 French mercenaries who have been deployed, 147 have been killed.
🔺Poland has been supporting the Kiev regime by providing military aid and hosting international training efforts. On March 10, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski suggested that NATO troops already had a presence in Ukraine. Additionally, approximately 2,960 Polish mercenaries have traveled to fight for Ukraine, with 1,497 of them having been killed.
🔺Germany's Bundeswehr has trained over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers on a range of equipment, from Leopard A1 tanks to the Patriot missile system. Furthermore, around 235 German mercenaries have gone to Ukraine, resulting in 88 casualties.
🔺Romanian mercenaries from the "Getica" Battlegroup reportedly joined attacks on the Russian border regions together with the Russian Volunteer Corps. Out of 784 Romanian mercenaries, 349 have been killed, according to the Russian MoD in March.
🔺Spain has been providing training for Ukrainian servicemen at its Toledo Training Command center. Additionally, Lithuania has plans to train 3500 Ukrainian troops in 2024. Officials from the Baltic nation are weighing the option of sending Lithuanian troops to Ukraine for this purpose, according to presidential adviser Kestutis Budrys.
🔺Latvia plans to train 2,000 soldiers from various levels of the Ukrainian Armed Forces this year, which is double the amount trained in 2023. In Denmark, Danish military experts have been providing training to Ukrainian technicians and pilots at the Nordic country’s Skrydstrup Air Base to operate the F-16 fighter jets that the Kiev regime is aiming to acquire.
🔺The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on April 3 that Moscow is aware of the involvement of Swedish military personnel in the conflict on the side of the Kiev regime. Russia stated that up to 90 Swedish mercenaries have served in Ukraine, with 25 of them getting killed in the hostilities.
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🔺Canada has also maintained a "small" military presence in Ukraine for diplomatic protection and had been conducting training missions like Operation Unifier starting from 2014, up until 2022. Minister of National Defense, Bill Blair, has suggested that instructors may return "when conditions allow." It is reported that about 1,005 mercenaries from Canada have been sent to Ukraine, with 422 casualties reported by mid-March.
🔺France plans to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine, according to Russian intelligence. Out of the 356 French mercenaries who have been deployed, 147 have been killed.
🔺Poland has been supporting the Kiev regime by providing military aid and hosting international training efforts. On March 10, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski suggested that NATO troops already had a presence in Ukraine. Additionally, approximately 2,960 Polish mercenaries have traveled to fight for Ukraine, with 1,497 of them having been killed.
🔺Germany's Bundeswehr has trained over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers on a range of equipment, from Leopard A1 tanks to the Patriot missile system. Furthermore, around 235 German mercenaries have gone to Ukraine, resulting in 88 casualties.
🔺Romanian mercenaries from the "Getica" Battlegroup reportedly joined attacks on the Russian border regions together with the Russian Volunteer Corps. Out of 784 Romanian mercenaries, 349 have been killed, according to the Russian MoD in March.
🔺Spain has been providing training for Ukrainian servicemen at its Toledo Training Command center. Additionally, Lithuania has plans to train 3500 Ukrainian troops in 2024. Officials from the Baltic nation are weighing the option of sending Lithuanian troops to Ukraine for this purpose, according to presidential adviser Kestutis Budrys.
🔺Latvia plans to train 2,000 soldiers from various levels of the Ukrainian Armed Forces this year, which is double the amount trained in 2023. In Denmark, Danish military experts have been providing training to Ukrainian technicians and pilots at the Nordic country’s Skrydstrup Air Base to operate the F-16 fighter jets that the Kiev regime is aiming to acquire.
🔺The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on April 3 that Moscow is aware of the involvement of Swedish military personnel in the conflict on the side of the Kiev regime. Russia stated that up to 90 Swedish mercenaries have served in Ukraine, with 25 of them getting killed in the hostilities.
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Remilitarization of Asia: US eyes joint weapons production with Japan
The US and Japan will soon announce joint development and production of critical military systems, partially in response to the growing defense cooperation between Russia and China, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell disclosed at a think-tank discussion in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Although the American diplomat didn’t elaborate what weapons systems are under consideration, Japanese media reported that some potential options are planes, ships, and munitions. The announcement is expected at the US-Japan-Philippines summit next week, which Campbell said will unveil a “historic” upgrade in the US-Japan security partnership.
Campbell also stated that Australia’s nuclear submarine program, currently being developed as part of the AUKUS military technology pact, would have “enormous implications” in a potential crisis over Taiwan. This is the first time that a high-ranking US official has confirmed that AUKUS nuclear submarines could potentially be used in a war with China over Taiwan.
Japan has been militarizing in recent times, including inking an individualized plan to extend collaboration with NATO into cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications. It also invited NATO militaries to the region, participated in the largest deployment in NATO’s history, and discussed a dedicated line for intel-sharing with the bloc.
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The US and Japan will soon announce joint development and production of critical military systems, partially in response to the growing defense cooperation between Russia and China, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell disclosed at a think-tank discussion in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Although the American diplomat didn’t elaborate what weapons systems are under consideration, Japanese media reported that some potential options are planes, ships, and munitions. The announcement is expected at the US-Japan-Philippines summit next week, which Campbell said will unveil a “historic” upgrade in the US-Japan security partnership.
Campbell also stated that Australia’s nuclear submarine program, currently being developed as part of the AUKUS military technology pact, would have “enormous implications” in a potential crisis over Taiwan. This is the first time that a high-ranking US official has confirmed that AUKUS nuclear submarines could potentially be used in a war with China over Taiwan.
Japan has been militarizing in recent times, including inking an individualized plan to extend collaboration with NATO into cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications. It also invited NATO militaries to the region, participated in the largest deployment in NATO’s history, and discussed a dedicated line for intel-sharing with the bloc.
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Looking back at 75 years of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is celebrating its 75th anniversary today.
Founded in 1949, NATO's expansion has come in waves, creeping toward Russia's borders.
Originally a 12-nation military bloc led by the United States, the alliance now consists of 32 countries.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is celebrating its 75th anniversary today.
Founded in 1949, NATO's expansion has come in waves, creeping toward Russia's borders.
Originally a 12-nation military bloc led by the United States, the alliance now consists of 32 countries.
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How Iran can avoid falling into Netanyahu’s trap as Israel escalates ‘shadow war’
“Israel wants Iran to fire missiles into Israeli towns, causing massive carnage. Then it would feel free to use its US 2,000 pound bunker buster bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities and cities and persuade the US to join in. Netanyahu wants to cause mayhem to stay in power and avoid jail, to destroy Iran as a threat once and for all,” Dr. Hossein Askari, professor emeritus at the GW School of Business in Washington, DC, told Sputnik, commenting on the dramatic escalation of Israeli operations against Tehran this week.
The two countries have waged a decades-long “shadow war,” but this week’s events, including the targeting of the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus in a missile strike, and terror attacks in southeastern Iran by a suspected Mossad proxy, will strain Tehran’s “strategic patience” vis-à-vis Tel Aviv, Dr. Marco Carnelos, an Italian former diplomat specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, told Sputnik.
For his part, Dr. Askari believes Iran could respond using tools of asymmetric warfare, from cyberattacks inside Israel to tit-for-tat attacks targeting Israeli and US interests around the world.
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“Israel wants Iran to fire missiles into Israeli towns, causing massive carnage. Then it would feel free to use its US 2,000 pound bunker buster bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities and cities and persuade the US to join in. Netanyahu wants to cause mayhem to stay in power and avoid jail, to destroy Iran as a threat once and for all,” Dr. Hossein Askari, professor emeritus at the GW School of Business in Washington, DC, told Sputnik, commenting on the dramatic escalation of Israeli operations against Tehran this week.
The two countries have waged a decades-long “shadow war,” but this week’s events, including the targeting of the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus in a missile strike, and terror attacks in southeastern Iran by a suspected Mossad proxy, will strain Tehran’s “strategic patience” vis-à-vis Tel Aviv, Dr. Marco Carnelos, an Italian former diplomat specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, told Sputnik.
“The least that I can say is that Netanyahu is trying to package a trap for Iran, and the latter’s leadership should be smart enough not to fall into it,” Dr. Carnelos urged. “It’s quite difficult to predict what the Iranian leadership might be thinking at this moment,” the observer admitted, noting that his advice is for Tehran to “try to minimize tensions and work tirelessly with its Arab neighbors to show who is really stirring tensions in the region.”
For his part, Dr. Askari believes Iran could respond using tools of asymmetric warfare, from cyberattacks inside Israel to tit-for-tat attacks targeting Israeli and US interests around the world.
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Frontline Su-34 bombers attacked the Ukrainian military with ODAB-500 aerial bombs, which cannot be hidden from in trenches or dugouts, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. The strike was delivered against an enemy strong point and manpower. The bombs were…
ODAB-500: What’s known about Russia’s terrifying air-dropped vacuum bomb
The Russian Aerospace Forces have begun using some of their heaviest-available conventional firepower against Ukrainian positions, among them the deadly ODAB-500 thermobaric/vacuum bomb equipped with a new universal glide and course correction kit.
These upgraded ODAB-500s are a force to be reckoned with, says veteran Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov. “Everything on the surface is damaged. If living forces are present, they are destroyed.”
The ODAB-500 operates as follows: dropped over the target area, it ejects an explosive liquid, creating a thick aerosol cloud. A fuse then triggers ignition at a pre-set time or elevation, with the resulting explosion sucking in air from the surrounding environment and generating immense force equivalent to up to 1 ton of TNT, paralyzing troops, equipment and entrenchments in a 25-30 meter radius.
The ODAB-500 is 2.38 meters long, has a 0.5 meter diameter, and an operational envelope between 200 meters and 12 km. The weapon is armed with 190-193 kg of volatile high-energy fuel-air explosive, exact recipe unknown.
The original ODAB-500 was developed in the mid-1980s, and upgraded in the 1990s and 2000s, its latest variant equipped with the ‘Universal Planning and Correction Module’, which transforms Russian ‘dumb’ munitions into wing and rudder-equipped, laser and satellite-guided, glide-assisted weapons that can be fired from standoff ranges.
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The Russian Aerospace Forces have begun using some of their heaviest-available conventional firepower against Ukrainian positions, among them the deadly ODAB-500 thermobaric/vacuum bomb equipped with a new universal glide and course correction kit.
These upgraded ODAB-500s are a force to be reckoned with, says veteran Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov. “Everything on the surface is damaged. If living forces are present, they are destroyed.”
“The ODAB-500 has a conical shape, allowing it to penetrate into certain hangers and create explosions there. Characteristics regarding how many meters of reinforced concrete a modern ODAB-500 can pierce are unknown. But here penetration occurs due to weight and initial force – that is, the speed which the ODAB gains when falling. And then, if it is blown up in an enclosed space, nothing living will remain inside. Equipment will be damaged, equipment will burn up, manpower will be killed,” Leonkov told Sputnik.
The ODAB-500 operates as follows: dropped over the target area, it ejects an explosive liquid, creating a thick aerosol cloud. A fuse then triggers ignition at a pre-set time or elevation, with the resulting explosion sucking in air from the surrounding environment and generating immense force equivalent to up to 1 ton of TNT, paralyzing troops, equipment and entrenchments in a 25-30 meter radius.
The ODAB-500 is 2.38 meters long, has a 0.5 meter diameter, and an operational envelope between 200 meters and 12 km. The weapon is armed with 190-193 kg of volatile high-energy fuel-air explosive, exact recipe unknown.
The original ODAB-500 was developed in the mid-1980s, and upgraded in the 1990s and 2000s, its latest variant equipped with the ‘Universal Planning and Correction Module’, which transforms Russian ‘dumb’ munitions into wing and rudder-equipped, laser and satellite-guided, glide-assisted weapons that can be fired from standoff ranges.
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US rushes to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Asia
In direct provocation of China, US Army Commanding General Charles Flynn yesterday reiterated the US’ plan to deploy a “long-range precision fire capability” in the Asia Pacific region.
The deployment would be the first since Washington and Moscow concluded the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 1987.
The treaty collapsed in 2019 when the US withdrew to pursue its Indo-Pacific Strategy, which includes erecting a “missile wall” in the First Island Chain, spanning Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
Japan and Guam have been floated as potential hosting sites.
Flynn did not disclose the type of system, but it was reportedly the ground-based Typhon system capable of launching the Tomahawks with a range of between 1,250 km to 2,500 km, and the new SM-6s, with a range of 500 km to 2,700 km.
The system might turn out to be the Long-Range Fires Launcher, which lacks the mobility hindrances that the Typhon encounters.
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In direct provocation of China, US Army Commanding General Charles Flynn yesterday reiterated the US’ plan to deploy a “long-range precision fire capability” in the Asia Pacific region.
The deployment would be the first since Washington and Moscow concluded the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 1987.
The treaty collapsed in 2019 when the US withdrew to pursue its Indo-Pacific Strategy, which includes erecting a “missile wall” in the First Island Chain, spanning Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
Japan and Guam have been floated as potential hosting sites.
Flynn did not disclose the type of system, but it was reportedly the ground-based Typhon system capable of launching the Tomahawks with a range of between 1,250 km to 2,500 km, and the new SM-6s, with a range of 500 km to 2,700 km.
The system might turn out to be the Long-Range Fires Launcher, which lacks the mobility hindrances that the Typhon encounters.
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❗️Ukraine’s terrorist attacks against Russia are a sign of growing desperation
“I think it's very clear that there is nothing that the globalists or NATO or the West can throw at Russia to change the situation on the battlefield. I think that's why we've seen a recent spur of below the belt attacks, attacks that wouldn’t be considered in a normal situation to be fit and proper ” Sputnik contributor Simeon Boikov (@AussieCossack) said.
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“I think it's very clear that there is nothing that the globalists or NATO or the West can throw at Russia to change the situation on the battlefield. I think that's why we've seen a recent spur of below the belt attacks, attacks that wouldn’t be considered in a normal situation to be fit and proper ” Sputnik contributor Simeon Boikov (@AussieCossack) said.
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The recent spike in tensions between Israel and Iran can backfire on the global economy, Marc Ayoub, a Lebanese energy policy researcher, and Rodney Shakespeare, a professor of binary economics, told Sputnik.
🔺The oil market may see the increase in crude prices up to $150 per barrel, especially if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow channel between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Oil tankers carry around 17 million barrels of oil each day through the Strait.
🔺Yemen’s Houthi-led government, part of Iran's Axis of Resistance, are likely to be part of this "closing" the Red sea and creating further logistics problems for global trade.
🔺The potential conflict is likely to rock the economies of regional players and beyond hitting highly indebted nations of the Global South. A Minsky moment – a sudden, major collapse of asset values – may affect huge areas of the global economy due to high levels of debt – personal, corporation, governmental.
🔺The price of gold may double.
🔺Governments are likely to resort to money-printing in order to stabilize the situation thus fanning inflation. The spike in prices and slowing demand could exacerbate matters further.
International foreign affairs experts are split on what kind of response Iran will resort to: some say that Tehran will respond asymmetrically; others insist that Iran may be forced to retaliate in order to deter Tel Aviv from further provocations.
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