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Terror Leaders Flee to, NATO?
Report: Hamas Leaders Flee Qatar, Turn Phones Off Hamas leaders who had lived in luxurious exile in Qatar have left for unknown destinations as of Tuesday and have switched off their phones, according to the Israeli Kan channel’s Arabic news service, Makan. According to Makan (via Google translate), a “number” of Hamas leaders have left […]
Luftwaffe embarrassment
Apparently the Luftwaffe is giving up on a couple of its planes and retiring them immediately ahead of schedule. Aircraft 16+01 and 16+02 get a rest – seems they have a bad habit of breaking. The kicker? They are Germany’s equivalent to Air Force One and Air Force Two. Well, it’s not like they are […]
Germans, Brits, Swedes intercept Rooskis over the Gulf of Finland
In a nice piece of international cooperation, Typhoon fighters (above) from the RAF and Luftwaffe intercepted a Russian IL-20 Coot-A intel platform over the Gulf of Finland, and escorted of it and its two Su-27 escorts to Kaliningrad. One of the planes was a Russian Air Force IL-20 Coot-A intelligence plane which was flying from […]
New NATO Member
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance established by treaty on 4 April 1949. NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union forces present in post-World War II Europe. Original NATO members included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the US. Other nations […]
Just what Putin needs right now
Ramzan Kadryov, Chechnya’s head, is a close ally of Putin’s Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, suggested Monday that Russia should “denazify and demilitarize” Poland next. “What if, after the successful completion of the NMD, Russia begins to denazify and demilitarize the next country? After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map! I will not […]
Abrams MBTs to Ukraine
Too complicated? Another opportunity to excel for Joe’s foreign policy team. US may deliver ‘significant number’ of Abrams tanks to Ukraine despite Pentagon misgivings The Pentagon had argued that US Abrams tanks are too complicated to operate and maintain By Anders Hagstrom , Liz Friden | Fox News The U.S. could announce the delivery of […]
Russia Strikes Poland
CINC Deep in Thought Mick sends us news of Russian munitions falling on Polish territory and killing two. The Polish government did not immediately confirm the incident, but stated leadership is holding an emergency meeting. Media reports a projectile strike in the Polish village of Przewodówe near the Ukraine border. Both Pentagon and National Security […]
Fear and Loathing in New York
Armageddon Last week Putin warned that he wouldn’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defeat Ukraine’s advances in Moscow-occupied areas that the Kremlin has annexed. As the West dismissed that as a scare tactic, a top Putin lieutenant upped the ante. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said NATO countries would not retaliate if Russia used […]
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