The US is planning to supply Ukraine with GPS-guided high-precision M982 Excalibur artillery shells, Politico reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The shell is equipped with an armor-penetrating warhead and has a laser-guided version. The munitions can be fired using US-made M777 howitzers, which are already …
Read More »US to send heavy guided missiles to Ukraine
The US is sending Ukraine heavy guided missiles with a range of 70km for use with the HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl revealed on Tuesday. The White House previously said that HIMARS launchers would be provided with “battlefield munitions,” widely understood to be unguided …
Read More »How elections in France came to be guided by the far-right narrative
A shock opinion poll in France has put controversial media personality Zemmour on course to win enough votes to make it into the second round of next year’s election against the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron. The poll, conducted by Harris, had Zemmour on 18-19% of the vote for the first round, …
Read More »Meet ‘Checkmate’: Putin given guided tour of new Russian state-of-the-art lightweight stealth fighter jet at MAKS 2021 Air Show
On Tuesday, just outside Moscow, the president was given a tour of the plane that Russia hopes can be a gamechanger for Russian military aviation. MAKS 2021, a huge international aviation expo, is being hosted at Zhukovsky Airport from July 20-25. Checkmate is made by historic aerospace manufacturer Sukhoi, a …
Read More »Aussie billion-dollar spend on new guided missiles exposes racist ‘Yellow Peril’ paranoia at heart of trade dispute with China
Australia’s decision to invest AU$1 billion in building its own weapons facility instead of importing them from abroad should be seen for what it really is, a distraction from a disgraceful series of sex scandals that have rocked the government and a return to the paranoid Sinophobia that has existed …
Read More »Pyongyang says it fired NEW tactical guided missile as it ramps up testing with a flurry of launches
The test-fire was carried out on Thursday, according to the state-affiliated KNCA, Two of the new munitions were tested, which are said to use improved solid fuel engines and heavier warheads weighing 2.5 tons. The projectiles “accurately hit the target set in waters 600 kilometers off the east coast of Korea,” the …
Read More »Countries aren’t being ‘guided by science’ over Covid vaccines – they’re playing politics with their citizens’ lives
We’ve seen a lot of lecterns during the pandemic, usually with politicians standing at them, telling us one thing or another about this lockdown or that spike. Alongside the politicians, often with their own lecterns, have been the scientists. Scientists don’t usually get this kind of prominence but they have …
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