“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning,” Milley said in an interview on Bloomberg TV’s David Rubenstein Show on Wednesday. “I don’t know if it’s quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it’s very close to …
Read More »America’s failed weapons test shows Washington is currently hopelessly outgunned by Beijing in the race for hypersonic supremacy
The announcement could not come at a worse time for the United States – on the heels of media reports about the successful Chinese test of a hypervelocity vehicle – the US Air Force announced that a planned test of America’s own hypervelocity weapon failed because a booster rocket carrying …
Read More »‘Testing the same weapons’: North Korea denounces US ‘double standard’ after Washington condemns submarine missile test
“It is a clear double standard that the United States denounces us for developing and testing the same weapons system it already has or was developing, and that only adds suspicions to their sincerity after saying they have no hostility towards us,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted an …
Read More »US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions
On Tuesday, Moscow’s embassy in Washington issued a fiery statement after the US and 44 other countries presented a series of answers from Russia over the incident as part of a missive passed over to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Navalny and his German doctors insist …
Read More »Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state property’
The Taliban has ordered all the weapons, ammunition and other relevant possessions to be handed over within a week, RT’s senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev reported on Friday. The group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the order on Twitter, adding that any “offenders” would be dealt with “legally” if discovered apparently after …
Read More »Son of anti-Soviet mujahideen commander pleads for US to supply weapons & ammo against Taliban
The pitch was published by Massoud in The Washington Post, where a modern-day Charlie Wilson could presumably read it, and is worded in no uncertain terms. “The United States and its allies have left the battlefield, but America can still be a ‘great arsenal of democracy,’ as Franklin D. Roosevelt …
Read More »White House admits ‘FAIR AMOUNT’ of US weapons fell into Taliban hands
“We don’t have a complete picture obviously of where every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban,” Sullivan said on Tuesday, briefing reporters at the White House as press secretary Jen Psaki looked on. Sullivan was …
Read More »Russian hypersonic weapons company chief detained by security services in Moscow on suspicion of passing secrets abroad – reports
In a statement to TASS on Thursday, an unnamed official confirmed that Alexander Kuranov, the boss of engineering firm NIGS, is being held by authorities. The press service of the Lefortovo Court in the capital later confirmed that prosecutors are seeking to keep him behind bars initially for two months …
Read More »Feds slap Ohio ‘incel’ with hate crime & weapons charges over alleged ‘revenge slaughter’ plot
Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro was arrested by federal agents and charged by a grand jury on Wednesday, according to an indictment published by the Justice Department. He is accused of plotting to commit a hate crime and illegally possessing a machine gun, with the hate crime charge carrying a …
Read More »Rouhani says Iran can enrich uranium to 90%, equivalent to weapons-grade
Speaking on Wednesday while addressing a cabinet meeting, President Hassan Rouhani said the authorities were exploring the possibilities of their nuclear technology as they were no longer bound by the constraints of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal, known as the Iran nuclear deal. “The AEOI (Atomic …
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