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NATIONAL SECURITY
Ukraine military chief says ‘limited' nuclear war cannot be ruled out. In an article for Ukraine's state news agency, army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi acknowledged that his forces were behind strikes on Russian bases in Crimea last month. He also warned that a “limited” nuclear war between Russia and the West, initiated by Russia, cannot be discounted, a scenario with grave global implications.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Navy Reservist, already charged in Jan. 6, indicted on gun charges in Virginia. A Navy reservist and defense contractor with Top Secret/SCI clearance has been indicted in Virginia on charges of possessing unregistered firearms suppressors months after authorities in D.C. charged him with breaching the Capitol with the Proud Boys extremist group during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
CHINA THREAT
How Navy decoy drones could thwart China's war strategy in the Pacific. Two seemingly disparate events regarding Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war may give us some ideas regarding the future of naval warfare and could point the way for U.S. conduct in a conflict in the South China Sea.
NEW ALLIES FACING CHINA TOGETHER – India and Japan to hold more military drills to deepen ties. India and Japan are bolstering their militaries to tackle what they see as increased security threats, including from neighboring China.
PRICE OF GLOBALIZATION – Pentagon suspends F-35 deliveries over Chinese alloy in magnet. The Pentagon has temporarily halted deliveries of F-35 fighters following the discovery that the raw materials used for a magnet in the plane were produced in China.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 197. The Ukrainian army claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Russian airbases on the occupied peninsula of Crimea, including one that caused devastation at the Saky military facility last month. Ukrainian forces attacked the occupied eastern town of Balakliia and appeared to have reclaimed the town of Verbivka in the Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian forces aim to retake Kherson by year's end as gains made in south, US and Ukrainian officials say. One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian officials tell CNN.
Belarus starts military exercises near border regions. Belarus has started military exercises by the city of Brest near the Polish border, its capital Minsk and the northeast region of Vitebsk, the defense ministry said on Thursday.
What weapons could North Korea give to Russia? North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from its old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia.
IRAN THREAT
IRAN HAS PLAYED BIDEN LIKE A FLUTE – Iran expands nuclear program as talks to revive 2015 deal falter. Tehran's cache of near-weapons-grade uranium grew 30% in recent months, and it has installed more centrifuges.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Restart of large-scale military drills reinvigorates anti-war protesters in South Korea. The recent end to a five-year pause in large-scale military exercises by the United States and South Korea has reinvigorated critics who view them as unnecessary and shielded by a lack of information.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US-backed forces in Syria arrest dozens of ISIS terrorists hiding in refugee camp. The Syrian Democratic Forces say they dissolved the network inside the al-Hol refugee camp.
New US military testing facility coming to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. military is developing a new testing facility in Saudi Arabia to help stifle an increasing number of threats to the region.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN FIASCO
JUST HORRIBLE – Afghanistan withdrawal anniversary brings painful memories. The images of desperate Afghans swarming to flee Kabul at the end of the mission filled me with a painful sense of loss.
US MILITARY AND SPACE
Timing of NASA's moon launch may depend on emergency detonation system. The Space Force requires the batteries on the SLS's termination system to be recharged every so often to ensure they are in good working order.
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If done we enter WW3
We should let Russia know that if they should unleash nuclear weapons on Ukraine that Russia had better be ready for a like kind strike on Moscow and St Petersburg. Bullies will only bully if they believe they can do so without severe consequences. We and the entire west have let Russia get away with too much. Remember history. Remember WWII —– no one confronted Hitler until it was almost too late. As Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death!” I am certain that Russia will not be willing to face annihilation over Ukraine.
I do not believe there is a such thing as ‘LIMITED’ nuclear war. Don’t rub the lamp! Genies are demons. Once the demons of destruction are roused, they will embark on a field day long planned.