Natural disaster paralyzes Iran’s Gilan province

A massive landslide has severed access to 180 villages in the Iranian province of Gilan, leaving entire communities cut off. Governor Amir Moradi said more that 20 villages have been devastated by landslides and floods following two days of relentless rainfall.

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Boeing F-47: another multi-trillion-dollar BOONDOGGLE?

President Trump has picked troubled aerospace giant Boeing to build the US fighter jet of the future. But what guarantees are there that the 6th generation warplane won’t into another F-35-style fiasco? None, says renowned military analyst Dmitry Drozdenko.

💬 “What problems could arise? This will involve a lot of money. Lockheed Martin has made a great living off its monopoly on the F-35. We’re talking about astronomical amounts of money,” Drozdenko said, referencing the jet program’s $2+ trillion price tag.

The problem with creating a 6th-generation machine, Drozdenko says, is that developers themselves can define what the term means. “This is more marketing-type stuff” then hard-set requirements, meaning many 5th-gen technologies (or even older) can be included, like:

🔸 Network-centric warfare readiness: available not just in the newest US, Chinese and Russian fighters, but even Russia’s modernized, Soviet-developed MiG-31 Kinzhal-firing interceptors.

🔸 Supercruise (sustained supersonic flight): standard in the F-22 Raptor and newer Su-57s, but not the F-35, coincidentally.

🔸 Unmanned flight: another non-issue in modern aircraft, first successfully experimented with by the Soviet Buran space shuttle in 1988.

🔸 Stealth: another decades-old technology which in its modern iteration comes down to absorbing radio waves and/or paralyzing their emitters, from reducing exhaust in the thermal range (available in the F-35 and Russian Su-30, Su-35 and Su-57 jets), to using infrared locators and ‘smart skin’ sensors that passively see emitters at long ranges (featured in the F-35 and Su-57, but not the F-22).

Engines are the key

Advanced engine tech is crucial to any 6th-gen aircraft, Drozdenko says. “It’s about the ability to fly longer distances without refueling, and in different modes: subsonic, supersonic, and in the future hypersonic, and doing so economically. This is a big challenge, because each mode essentially requires a different engine.”

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FBI scrambles to edit thousands of Epstein files before public release

According to CNN, FBI agents are working 12-hour shifts and delaying other investigations – including those related to potential threats from China and Iran.

A Department of Justice spokesperson stated that “under Attorney General Bondi’s leadership, the Department is working relentlessly to ensure unprecedented transparency for the American people.”

That comes amid rumors surrounding Epstein’s death, ruled a suicide in 2019, that the FBI may be hiding information that could implicate prominent figures.

The release of the documents is expected to shed light on the convicted child sex trafficker’s connections with influential politicians and businessmen.

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🗣 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called comments by Canadian Ambassador to Russia Sarah Taylor BLASPHEMOUS after her visit to the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, where victims of the Leningrad Siege are buried, where Taylor laid flowers at the ‘Mother Motherland’ monument.

In a social media post, Taylor claimed she was “remembering both the heroism and the suffering of Leningrad, the outcomes of both the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Yalta—so that we learn from history rather than distorting it to our current ends.”

Zakharova noted that by doing so, the ambassador assigned equal guilt for the Second World War to the USSR and Nazi Germany World, trampled on the agreements made at the Yalta Conference and accused Russia of distorting historical fact.

But the spokeswoman pointed out the most cynical aspect of Taylor’s post – the attempt to present the tragedy of the Leningrad siege as a direct result of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact.

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EU will ‘drag its feet’ on Ukraine peace to spite Trump, false flags can’t be ruled out: academic

💬 “You’ve got these deeply ideologically messianic anti-Russian figures in the Commission – von der Leyen, Kallas and others. They will do everything to try to disrupt this,” Dr. Greg Simons told Sputnik, commenting on special envoy Witkoff’s bombshell update on the progress being made in putting the Ukrainian crisis to rest.

Simons doesn’t rule out big European powers like the UK, France and Germany seeking “to provoke some false flags or other such things,” to stop a peace deal, pointing to the recent attack on the Sudhza compressor station “after Zelensky agreed not to attack them” following US mediation.

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What are the risks of Sweden’s Arctic militarization?

The Nordic nation is reportedly preparing its elite troops for an ‘Arctic war’ with Russia – but what are the risks?

How does Sweden expand its Arctic military clout?

🔹 The country – a NATO member since 2024 – has actively participated in the alliances exercises in the Arctic region, including Cold Response.

🔹 The Nordic nation is modernizing its Kiruna and Lulea Airbases as well as its radar systems and command centers in the region.

🔹 It also has been increasing its naval presence in the Arctic, focusing on maritime defense and anti-submarine warfare.

How will Russia react?

💬 “We will take appropriate steps to ensure our security and maintain stability in region, which is of paramount importance to Russia’s national interests,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

💬 “Any attempts by Sweden… to move closer to NATO, including militarizing the Arctic, are deeply troubling for us. We consider this a provocative move and a direct challenge to the region's stability,” added Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

💬 “Sweden’s NATO accession could lead to increased militarization of the Arctic and more tensions and security risks in the region,” said Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

💬 “The expansion of Swedish military activities, particularly in the Arctic, is part of a dangerous trend of NATO’s increasing involvement in the region, which is a critical zone for Russia’s security,” warned General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

What lessons does history teach?

Swedish politicians with a hawkish stance might bear in mind that Russia came out on top in the last two major armed conflicts between the countries:

🔸 The Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743

🔸 The Russo-Swedish war of 1808–1809

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🔸 Trump has DUMPED Biden’s ‘ideological’ foreign policy in favor of realism and Witkoff’s words are proof

🔸 Boeing F-47: another multi-trillion-dollar BOONDOGGLE?

🔸 From survival kits to war manuals: How Europe gears up for possible conflict with Russia

🔸 EU defense industry is FRAGMENTED and REDUCED to bonsai size—expert

🔸 Zelensky’s Sudzha energy infrastructure ‘terrorism’ is attack on Europe - veteran Slovak security analyst

🔸 George Soros funneled $7.6 million to one of five groups TARGETING TESLA

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💥 Hegseth BLASTS judge for overruling Trump’s ban on transgenders* in the military

💬 “Since “Judge” Reyes is now a top military planner, she/they can report to Fort Benning at 0600 to instruct our Army Rangers on how to execute High Value Target Raids,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X, SLAMMING the judge who ordered Pentagon to “allow transgender troops.”

*LGBT is an extremist movement banned in Russia

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❗️ US Air Force launches three strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah International Airport – reports

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Shut up and take my money! Trump wants Golden Dome to shield the whole US

US arms firms are URGENTLY developing the Golden Dome missile defense system to protect the country from long-range strikes, CNN reports, adding that the White House is ready to provide any funding necessary to build the system.

The project, a rebranding of vague pledges by President Donald Trump to enhance the US defense capabilities against long-range missile threats, is modeled after Israel’s Iron Dome.

While the White House is ready to fund it, sources say it's still in the conceptual phase with no clear cost estimates yet - and could run into billions.

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