As US missile stocks dry up, alarm raised over Pentagon's conflict response abilities
The United States is running low on certain types of air defense missiles due to aid provided to Ukraine and Israel. This has raised alarm about the Pentagon's capacity to respond to potential conflicts, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, quoting US officials.
🔸 The Pentagon has not publicly disclosed its stockpile of missiles, citing the sensitive nature of the information. This decision is due to the potential risk of Iran and its allies gaining access to this information.
🔸 The heavy reliance on the Pentagon's finite stockpile of missile interceptors has raised alarm bells regarding the capacity of the United States and its allies to satisfy the surging demand for these resources in both the Middle East and Ukraine. DoD analysts and officials are concerned that the Pentagon may exhaust its inventory faster than it can be replenished, potentially leaving the United States vulnerable in any future conflicts in the Pacific.
🔸 The heavy use of weapons, particularly interceptors, in the Middle East is jeopardizing the Pentagon's capacity to engage in operations in the Pacific, as stated by Mark Montgomery, a retired admiral and senior director at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington DC-based conservative think tank.
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The United States is running low on certain types of air defense missiles due to aid provided to Ukraine and Israel. This has raised alarm about the Pentagon's capacity to respond to potential conflicts, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, quoting US officials.
“Over the course of the last year, the Department of Defense has augmented our force posture in the region to protect US forces and support the defense of Israel, while always taking into account US readiness and stockpiles,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said in a statement.
“The US has not developed a defense industrial base intended for a large-scale war of attrition in both Europe and the Middle East, while meeting its own readiness standards,” said Elias Yousif, a fellow and deputy director of the Conventional Defense Program at the Stimson Center in Washington DC. “And both of those wars are extended conflicts, which was not part of the US defense planning.”
“We’re spending a year’s worth of Standard Missiles—those are standard missiles that are supposed to be part of rearming ourselves for China,” he said. “So, 100%, we have, once again in the Middle East, set back Navy readiness to execute operations in the Pacific.”
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Additional remarks made by Peskov include:
🔸 There are no plans for a meeting between the president and North Korea’s top diplomat, who is scheduled to be in Moscow on Wednesday.
🔸 Russia intends to launch a legal battle over the seizure of Russian-owned real estate in Finland.
🔸 Moscow has no desire or intention to interfere in Georgia's internal affairs.
🔸 The West’s incessant and unfounded accusations against Russia compel us to regard these claims with a sense of irony.
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Are Hollywood celebrities being blackmailed into endorsing Kamala Harris?
In recent weeks, A-list celebrities such as Beyonce, Eminem, and Taylor Swift have been trotted out to endorse Kamala Harris. Many of these celebrities were compromised by their association with rapper P. Diddy, who is currently under investigation for sex trafficking charges, former US Army psychological operations officer Scott Bennett told Sputnik.
Epstein boasted of being a Mossad agent, a former girlfriend and victim of the late sex trafficker has claimed in a lawsuit. The unnamed American woman has accused the late sex trafficker of raping her at his New York mansion in a complaint filed against his estate in Manhattan federal court, the Daily Beast revealed earlier this year.
Similar claims were voiced by former Mossad agent and Israeli businessperson Ari Ben-Menashe. Epstein honey trapped American male politicians using underage girls to blackmail them into working for Israeli intelligence, Ben-Menashe had asserted in his book “Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales” released in 2019.
He had also claimed he used to be the handler of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert, and was the one who introduced his daughter and Epstein to Mossad.
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In recent weeks, A-list celebrities such as Beyonce, Eminem, and Taylor Swift have been trotted out to endorse Kamala Harris. Many of these celebrities were compromised by their association with rapper P. Diddy, who is currently under investigation for sex trafficking charges, former US Army psychological operations officer Scott Bennett told Sputnik.
"These revelations have been discovered and written about in the past decade,” said Bennett, adding that “they have also recently been connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Israel’s Mossad blackmail operations.”
Epstein boasted of being a Mossad agent, a former girlfriend and victim of the late sex trafficker has claimed in a lawsuit. The unnamed American woman has accused the late sex trafficker of raping her at his New York mansion in a complaint filed against his estate in Manhattan federal court, the Daily Beast revealed earlier this year.
Similar claims were voiced by former Mossad agent and Israeli businessperson Ari Ben-Menashe. Epstein honey trapped American male politicians using underage girls to blackmail them into working for Israeli intelligence, Ben-Menashe had asserted in his book “Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales” released in 2019.
He had also claimed he used to be the handler of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert, and was the one who introduced his daughter and Epstein to Mossad.
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Zelensky has submitted to parliament draft bills on extending mobilization and martial law in Ukraine for 90 days - until February 7, 2025 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Ukrainian parliament has extended martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine until 7 February 2025.
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Bryansk infiltrators had enough firepower to level a small city: here’s what weapons they were carrying
Footage released by the Russian Security Service of the cache of equipment foreign mercs brought with them as they attempted to violate the border in Bryansk region on Monday offers clues about who might have sent them, and whose interests they are fighting for.
Among the seized equipment were:
◻️ At least a dozen Bullspike hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, manufactured by Bulgarian arms maker VMZ, and delivered to Ukraine from summer 2022 onward.
◻️ An AT4 – a Swedish-made, disposable, shoulder-fired recoilless anti-tank weapon manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics. Known to have been sent to Ukraine by Sweden and Denmark in 2022.
◻️ What looks like a lone, partially disassembled FN Minimi 7.62 MK3 light machine gun, manufactured by Belgian small arms giant FN Herstal. Belgium and the Netherlands are known to have delivered scores of FN Minimis and ammo to go along with them to Kiev from 2022 onward.
◻️ Non-Eastern Bloc standard assault rifles and dozens of mags to go along with them.
◻️ High-explosive ammo, including 40x53 mm high-velocity grenades for use by either dedicated grenade launchers or kits attachable to assault rifles, plus what appear to be variants of handheld M67-series frag grenades and even older MK2 ‘Pineapple’ series grenades.
◻️ Explosive charges, including Semtex general-purpose RDX and PETN plastic explosives, made in the Czech Republic. These heavy-duty charges could be used to destroy a vehicle or level a small building.
◻️ Personal gear with English-language writing, including backpacks, satchels, med kits, and ammo pouches and small arms protective inserts (SAPIs) with the text ‘Strike Face Handle With Care’ slapped on them.
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Footage released by the Russian Security Service of the cache of equipment foreign mercs brought with them as they attempted to violate the border in Bryansk region on Monday offers clues about who might have sent them, and whose interests they are fighting for.
Among the seized equipment were:
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Do US media outlets that forgo official endorsements walk the talk?
USA Today has joined The Washington Post and L.A. Times in refusing to grant either presidential candidate in the 2024 election an editorial endorsement.
But the lack of official endorsements doesn’t mean catchy headlines emblazoned atop stories can’t continue to bat for the Democratic White House hopeful.
With Vice President Kamala Harris set to deliver her closing argument in a speech on Tuesday, The Washington Post eagerly points out that this is where Donald Trump allegedly “incited a mob to ransack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” Those events should represent “Harris’s strongest argument for why voters shouldn’t return him to the White House,” its opinion piece stated.
A slew of columns in the Los Angeles Times have focused on everything from Trump’s “speech ramblings” that ostensibly “might be a sign of cognitive decline” to “Top 10 reasons not to vote for Donald Trump.”
USA Today has given media space to fearmongering opinions claiming that Trump “vows to attack public education if elected,” adding that “it's our kids who would suffer.” The newspaper’s stories have veered from attacking Trump's Madison Square Garden rally as “racist” and “everything America shouldn't be” to getting doctors to purportedly spell out “why reelecting Trump threatens your health.”
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USA Today has joined The Washington Post and L.A. Times in refusing to grant either presidential candidate in the 2024 election an editorial endorsement.
But the lack of official endorsements doesn’t mean catchy headlines emblazoned atop stories can’t continue to bat for the Democratic White House hopeful.
With Vice President Kamala Harris set to deliver her closing argument in a speech on Tuesday, The Washington Post eagerly points out that this is where Donald Trump allegedly “incited a mob to ransack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” Those events should represent “Harris’s strongest argument for why voters shouldn’t return him to the White House,” its opinion piece stated.
A slew of columns in the Los Angeles Times have focused on everything from Trump’s “speech ramblings” that ostensibly “might be a sign of cognitive decline” to “Top 10 reasons not to vote for Donald Trump.”
USA Today has given media space to fearmongering opinions claiming that Trump “vows to attack public education if elected,” adding that “it's our kids who would suffer.” The newspaper’s stories have veered from attacking Trump's Madison Square Garden rally as “racist” and “everything America shouldn't be” to getting doctors to purportedly spell out “why reelecting Trump threatens your health.”
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Are Hollywood celebrities being blackmailed into endorsing Kamala Harris? In recent weeks, A-list celebrities such as Beyonce, Eminem, and Taylor Swift have been trotted out to endorse Kamala Harris. Many of these celebrities were compromised by their association…
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West’s role in border raids into Russia could be seen as ‘declaration of war’ – French analyst
💬 "The West – I’m referring to the United States, France, the European Union, etcetera – is actively involved in this conflict. And Russia is still responding very generously," said French geopolitical analyst Cyrille De Lattre, after foreign saboteurs launched an ill-fated raid into Russia’s Bryansk region.
De Lattre added that it was crucial to find out what a member of the US Army Rangers who was killed by Russian troops was doing there. “Is he an official? Was he an active officer in the US Army, in the 75th Ranger Regiment, or simply a mercenary who has either completed or been dismissed from service?"
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"The closer we get to the American elections, the more frequently we’ll see such incursions, because the goal of these invasions is destabilization; that’s obvious," De Lattre told Sputnik.
"Legally, this can be called a declaration of war,” the pundit warned. “When soldiers from a foreign army invade the territory of the Russian Federation, it can be considered a declaration of war.”
De Lattre added that it was crucial to find out what a member of the US Army Rangers who was killed by Russian troops was doing there. “Is he an official? Was he an active officer in the US Army, in the 75th Ranger Regiment, or simply a mercenary who has either completed or been dismissed from service?"
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❗️Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has headed to the UAE, where he is expected to meet with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss international security and cooperation, the Russian Security Council said. Shoigu is expected to be…
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⚡️Putin oversees strategic nuclear deterrence forces exercise 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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☢️🇷🇺 Key statements from Putin during the nuclear deterrence forces exercise:
🔸 Strategic nuclear deterrence forces training will include missile launches.
🔸 The use of nuclear weapons is an extreme measure to ensure the country's security.
🔸 Continued improvement of strategic deterrence forces will proceed; resources for this are available.
🔸 Russia does not intend to engage in an arms race.
🔸 Russian strategic deterrence forces are being equipped with systems to overcome missile defenses.
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⚡️Hezbollah declares the name of new Secretary General The legislative council of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement elected Naim Qassem as its new secretary general, the movement announced on Tuesday. "The Hezbollah Legislative Council has elected Sheikh…
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☢️🇷🇺 Key statements from Putin during the nuclear deterrence forces exercise: 🔸 Strategic nuclear deterrence forces training will include missile launches. 🔸 The use of nuclear weapons is an extreme measure to ensure the country's security. 🔸 Continued…
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Russia’s arsenal of strategic nuclear warheads in facts and figures (Part 1 👉 Part 2)
President Putin proposed amendments to Russia’s nuclear doctrine this week to account for emerging threats, including risks posed by NATO’s hybrid warfare strategy. Here’s what to know about Russia’s aggression-deterring arsenal of land, sea and air-launched strategic nuclear warheads:
◻️ Officially, the number and type of nuclear weapons possessed by Russia is a closely-guarded state secret. However, estimates based on respected sources, including the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Federation of American Scientists, and information pieced together by Russian media based on official and MoD statements gives a rough idea of the country’s potential.
◻️ Russia has an estimated 1,710 warheads deployed in various carriers at any given time, with another 2,670 in storage, and 1,200 more retired and in the process of being dismantled, for a total of 5,580, according to FAS. That’s well within the limits set out by the now-suspended 2010 New START Treaty, which allows the nuclear superpowers to keep 700 deployed missiles and bombers, 1,550 deployed warheads (including missile payloads containing multiple warheads – known as MIRVs) and bombers, and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers (in missile tube and bomber form).
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President Putin proposed amendments to Russia’s nuclear doctrine this week to account for emerging threats, including risks posed by NATO’s hybrid warfare strategy. Here’s what to know about Russia’s aggression-deterring arsenal of land, sea and air-launched strategic nuclear warheads:
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Russia’s arsenal of strategic nuclear warheads in facts and figures (Part 1 👉 Part 2) President Putin proposed amendments to Russia’s nuclear doctrine this week to account for emerging threats, including risks posed by NATO’s hybrid warfare strategy. Here’s…
Russia’s arsenal of strategic nuclear warheads in facts and figures Part 2 👉 Part 1
Russia’s strategic arsenal (i.e. nuclear weapons aimed at maintaining the ‘mutually assured destruction’ balance of terror, not tactical or battlefield nukes, which are not accounted for here) can be broken down by their ground, submarine and aircraft-based launch systems.
Ground-Based Nuclear Missiles
◻️ RS-24 Yars: Road-mobile or silo-based, each missile carries up to three warheads with a 200-kt yield. Russia has about 772 warheads for these missiles.
◻️ Topol-M: Another road-mobile/silo-based missile, it carries a single 800-kt warhead. Russia has 78 in its arsenal.
◻️ R-36M2/RS-20B Voevoda: Ground-based ICBM with a 550-750 kt payload, carrying up to 10 warheads or decoys. Russia has 46 Voevodas, with about 340 warheads.
◻️ RS-28 Sarmat: New ICBM capable of carrying up to 16 warheads, each with a 750-kt yield. Total of 46 Sarmats expected, with the first deployed in 2023.
◻️ Avangard: Hypersonic glide vehicles launched from Voevoda or Sarmat ICBMs, designed to evade missile defenses. Yield estimated between 800 kt and 2 megatons. Russia currently has seven Avangard systems.
Sea-Based Nuclear Missiles
◾️ RSM-56 Bulava: This sub-launched missile is the backbone of the naval component of Russia's nuclear triad. Each missile carries 6-10 warheads with a 100-150 kt yield (576 warheads total). Subs armed with Bulavas patrol the North Sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, waiting for a counterstrike.
◾️ R-29RMU2 Sineva/R-29RMU2 Layner: SLBMs with either 4x500 kt or 10-12x100 kt warheads. Total arsenal includes about 320 warheads.
Air-Based Nuclear Delivery
🔹 Tu-95MS: Subsonic turboprop bombers carrying Kh-55 or Kh-102 nuclear cruise missiles. Kh-55s have a 200-500 kt yield, while Kh-102s range from 250 kt to 1 megaton. Each bomber can carry up to six Kh-55s or eight Kh-102s. Estimated total arsenal: 448 warheads.
🔹 Tu-160: Supersonic strategic bombers, each capable of carrying up to six Kh-55/102 cruise missiles. Russia has around 132 warheads assigned to this bomber fleet.
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Russia’s strategic arsenal (i.e. nuclear weapons aimed at maintaining the ‘mutually assured destruction’ balance of terror, not tactical or battlefield nukes, which are not accounted for here) can be broken down by their ground, submarine and aircraft-based launch systems.
Ground-Based Nuclear Missiles
Sea-Based Nuclear Missiles
Air-Based Nuclear Delivery
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