In an article published on Thursday by the Russian Air Force Military Educational and Scientific Center, four academics at the aviation training institute in Voronezh laid out plans to repel a putative American assault, using combined strikes from warplanes and drones to take out enemy vessels. In the document, the …
Read More »Occupy Wall Street had the potential 10 years ago to take activism to the next level. Instead, it may have crippled it forever
When activists began setting up tents in lower Manhattan 10 years ago, inspired in part by the Arab Spring and in part by the sheer rapacious greed of banks that had gambled with Americans’ money, lost it, and demanded to be made whole, the narrative managers fell into two camps. …
Read More »Russia & India have ‘tremendous potential’ in energy cooperation – India’s energy minister
“There’s a lot of ongoing cooperative work in the sector of petroleum and natural gas [between Russia and India]. It contains tremendous potential,” India’s minister of petroleum and natural gas and head of his country’s delegation to Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) said. He noted that Russia has many ongoing …
Read More »We were the ones to warn NATO about potential terrorist plot targeting Kabul airport, Taliban spokesman tells Russian media
An “imminent attack” in Kabul airport hatched by Islamist militants was reported earlier by the British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey, who called the intelligence “very, very credible”. Zabihullah Mujahid, who holds the office of Information Minister in the Taliban-installed government in Afghanistan, told the Russian media that his organization …
Read More »Kiev must harness its potential & build arsenal of missiles to ‘fight war on foreign territory,’ says Ukrainian ex-minister
Speaking to the Ukrinform YouTube channel on Wednesday, Zayets called for the Ukrainian authorities to create a “missile shield.” “Today, we have all the potential for us to build a lot of missiles and to make a defense system,” he said, according to news agency RIA Novosti. “We also need …
Read More »Military base in Washington, DC on lockdown after reports of ‘potential armed individual’ on site
The initial post described the “potential armed individual” on base as a “black male with a medium build carrying a Gucci bag.” Anyone encountering the individual was advised to run, or hide if they lacked a suitable escape route. Anyone hiding was asked to “prepare to FIGHT.” In a subsequent update, …
Read More »Chased off car thief chose wrong potential victim when attempting to steal vehicle owned by UFC star (VIDEO)
As shown through the clip uploaded to Instagram by the hero of the hour himself, a man tries to enter welterweight Jordan Williams’ car as he is inside a grocery store. Starting the vehicle, he then backs up a little before his 30-year-old captor rushes outside, administers a couple of …
Read More »US invited to station troops & rocket systems in Ukraine in potential major escalation of tense standoff across border with Russia
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Reznikov revealed he had made the request as part of a visit to the United States, during a meeting with the Jamestown Foundation, a think-tank which the Russian government has previously accused of spreading propaganda against the country. “It is …
Read More »FAA issues warning over ‘potential’ fire suppression issue in troubled Boeing 737 Max
Boeing 737 Max airplanes and some other 737 models are affected by the safety directive, which requires operators to verify that all objects in the cargo hold are nonflammable and noncombustible. Affected planes are suspected to have a “failed electronic flow control of the air conditioning packs that vent air …
Read More »New York Governor Cuomo faces potential criminal charges as local prosecutors make inquiries on sexual-harassment claims
Prosecutors in Manhattan, Westchester County and Nassau County issued statements on Wednesday indicating that they had requested materials from a state investigation into the allegations against Cuomo so they can determine whether he committed any crimes in their areas. Albany County District Attorney David Soares, whose jurisdiction includes the state’s …
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