Russia
Today- An Oil Tanker Twofer
Motor Tanker Bella 1 A Venezuela-linked oil tanker operating in the “dark fleet” painted a Russian flag on its hull, changed its name, and reflagged to Russia in an attempt to evade the U.S. Coast Guard, according to reports. The vessel was tracked by U.S., U.K., France and Ireland aerial surveillance to the Irish coast […]
Soviet Era Traitor Dies in Prison
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84 As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994. By Tim Weiner Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat in the history of the […]
What was old is new
There is a Romanian made plane built as a trainer and aerobatic bird called the Yakovlev (Yak)-52. They have been around a half a century, and Soviet and Russian planes trained in -52s before moving to the jet Yak-17 trainer, which is very similar in size and layout. Why talk about a 50-year old trainer? […]
Stolen Valor Russian Style
Russian war hero ‘the Executioner’ allegedly ordered troops to shoot him in massive payout scheme: report Russian officer Konstantin Frolov allegedly helped orchestrate a $2.5M fraud scheme By Bonny Chu One of Russia’s most decorated battlefield heroes was unmasked as the alleged mastermind of a brazen fraud scheme in which elite soldiers allegedly shot themselves […]
Saturday Shorts
Well, we’ll lead off with a recent one – been a few articles about then-MGEN Michael J. Turley, the Utah National Guard general who was accused and convicted of having an affair with a subordinate. He was basically forced out as a lieutenant colonel, a three-grade drop. Seemed cut and dried – he dipped his […]
Medvedev Barks
Ohio Class SSBN Trump moves US subs after ex-Russian leader’s ‘inflammatory’ remarks By Will Weissert, The Associated Press In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country’s former president Dmitry Medvedev. Trump posted on his social […]
Donald Trump gives Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to ‘end the killing’
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump gave Russia 50 days to make substantive progress towards a peace deal with Ukraine. Trump threatened secondary sanctions if these 50 days came and went with no significant peace progress or deal. These tariffs would impact countries trading with Russia in specific trade areas. Russia is using trade with […]
How do you kill a drone?
The modern battlefield seems to be jam-packed with remotely piloted vehicles, from the older-school US Predator/Reaper large drones to small reconnaissance drone the size of a pack of smokes, or even smaller. Some are armed with on-board missiles, some with guns, some are basically remotely-piloted bombs. Control could be by on-board programming, data-link, even fine […]
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