International Affairs
Mostly Peacefull Protests Rock France for Fifth Day
France’s summer of discontent. France Deploys 45,000 Police on Fifth Night of Nationwide Riots (AFP) — The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country. Protesters, mostly minors, have […]
Wagner Mercs March on Moscow
Wagner Group Mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group has been described as private military company, a Russian proxy force, or a mercenary army for hire- pays your money and takes your point of view. According to White House spox John Kirby, the Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 personnel inside Ukraine — around 10,000 contractors and […]
Serbia: The New Face of Gun Control
In the wake of two shootings last year, Serbia has stepped up its gun control rhetoric in a way the Brady Campaign and others can only dream of: In response to the twin tragedies, President Aleksandar Vucic set out on a mission to cleanse Serbia of firearms. Unlike most European countries, Serbia has many illegal […]
Milley Receives France’s Highest End-of-Tour Medal
The National Order of the Legion of Honour- French Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur was created by Napoleon Bonaparte as a general military and civil order of merit. Awardees of the Legion are both French citizens and foreigners- civilian and military- irrespective of rank, birth, or religion. Admission into this order, which can be […]
Ukraine related updates – Egypt, Finland, Poland, France
The Washington Post and others are reporting that Egypt changed course on its armament sales. We knew they decided not to supply 40,000 122mm rockets to Russia per documents released by Airman (soon to be ‘inmate’, hopefully) Texeira. Egypt was planning to manufacture rockets for Russia but then suspended that effort and decided to supply […]
The Russians will stop providing the US with advanced notices on nuclear capable missile tests
The Russians have decided that they will no longer notify the U.S. of its missile tests. The Russians have declared that they have stopped information exchanges with their American counterparts. This comes after the Russians decided to suspend their participation in the final nuclear arms pact with the U.S. The advanced warnings that both sides […]
Russia’s ‘special operations’ impacts its ability to deliver military equipment
India was not able to receive some expected military supplies from Russia. Instead, the Indian Air Force stated that this delivery will not be taking place at all. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its ongoing military operations, appear to have sacked Russia’s ability to meet customer demands for its military equipment. From Fox News: The […]
Western and Russian military industry capacities as related to Ukraine
The Russians identified a reality that the West has already acknowledged, that the Ukrainians are using up more ammunition than what the United States could produce per month. However, the Russians also face a similar challenge. The United States is not the only Western country providing military equipment and rounds related support to Ukraine. The […]
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