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NATIONAL SECURITY
REAGAN REDUX – Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war. Lawmakers are betting $45 million that a nuclear war does not automatically mean the end of the world.
US Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security. The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister on Friday said that close cooperation between their naval forces is more important than ever in the region amid rising tensions over China, North Korea and Russia.
HOMELAND SECURITY
ANARCHISTS JOIN JIHADISTS – Army private admits bizarre plot to attack his unit on deployment. A U.S. Army private assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he plotted to murder members of his unit in an attack that he planned to carry out in 2020 on behalf of a group that promotes extreme violence to bring about the demise of Western civilization, authorities said.
CHINA THREAT
DESPICABLE TRAITOR – Ex-Army pilot turned defense contractor sold aviation secrets to China. A former Army helicopter pilot with more than 20 years of service has pleaded guilty to working as an agent for the Chinese government after he was caught selling information concerning defense and military aviation projects between 2017 and 2020.
RUSSIA THREAT
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 124. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country needs a more modern air defense system after a series of deadly attacks on the capital, Kyiv, as well as the regions of Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Lviv. More than 100 bodies have been found in a house in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, the mayor’s adviser, Piotr Andryushchenko, said.
A bloody retreat as Ukrainian unit hit by Russian cluster bombs. The Ukrainian Airborne unit was relieved to be pulling back from the front Sunday morning, riding a column of armored personnel carriers away from the embattled city of Severodonetsk, which had already fallen to the Russians, and Lysychansk, which was on the brink.
Shift to air defense war in Ukraine prompts US to rethink aid. The attempt by Ukraine to hold the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk ended June 23 as the Biden administration announced another $450 million in military aid, including four additional HIMARS rocket systems, to help strike Russian artillery as unmanned aerial systems have grown ineffective against Russian air defenses.
Ukraine accuses Russia of launching missiles from Belarusian airspace. Ukrainian military intelligence said 12 missiles were fired from Russian Tu-22M3 bombers flying over Belarus, marking the first time that Belarusian airspace has been used for such an attack.
US sending patrol boats to help Ukraine control its rivers. Vessels plus Harpoons could also help defend Odesa port, defense official says.
IRAN THREAT
THANK YOU, TRUMP – A Middle East NATO? A missile defense network with Israel? Major shifts brewing in region. After Israel announced cooperative defense with Arab nations, many questions remain unanswered.
US held secret meeting with Israeli, Arab military chiefs to counter Iran air threat. The meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, included military officials from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, the U.A.E. and Bahrain.
SATELLITE CARRIER EQUALS NUKE WARHEAD CARRIER – Iran test launches Zuljanah satellite carrier: State media. Iranian media on Sunday quoted a defense ministry spokesman as saying the satellite vehicle was launched with a suborbital target, and that data gathered from the launch would inform a third planned launch.
DESPERATE EU – Iran and EU agree to restart nuclear deal talks on Borrell visit. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the EU’s Josep Borrell announced during a news conference following a “long but positive” talk on Saturday that they have agreed that indirect talks between Tehran and Washington to restore their 2015 nuclear accord will restart within days.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea says US is setting up Asian NATO; vows stronger defense. North Korea has accused the United States of setting up a military alliance like NATO in Asia, saying the unwavering U.S. aim to oust North Korea’s government compelled it to develop stronger defenses.
US MILITARY AND SPACE
BECAUSE DOD HAS TO HELP OUR TROOPS KILL THEIR UNBORN BABIES – Austin vows to maintain military’s access to abortion despite end of Roe. The Defense Department will ensure that service members, their families and civilian employees have access to reproductive health care in the wake of a Supreme Court decision Friday to end the constitutional protection for abortion, the Pentagon said.
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Nuclear War limited?? How
There’s no such thing. Once it starts it’ll escalate.
Nuclear limited War? I’ll go for that, just as long as Putin nukes D.C. and leaves the rest of the country alone.
To your surprise the prophecies of our Lord and Savior are on track when all Nations come up against Israel all will be destroyed except those of the Messianac Jews of Israel and those of the Gentile Nations who do not join themselves with those nations that come up against God’s Chosen peoples the very pupal of His Eye.
Look folks , us baby boomers grew up facing the threat of nuke war – it sure wasn’t ‘ fun ‘ . My Dad was in Korea , Mom would take me & baby brother miles away from Orange County , Calif. to either of my Granpa’s Cabins . this to avoid another threat to our young lives ; POLIO . ( Most know the Vaccine – a real vaccine that prevented a disease – wasn’t available until 1956 ) On one hand Mom ‘done good’ , on the other , she drove us in the direction where nuke testing was actively a process in the news ; the testing being done in the deserts surrounding the LA Basin area , incl Orange Co . I’ve always read the news , I read that the soldiers that were told to don the goggles & watch the nuke blasts were all dead within a few years of the tests . More , film companies that filmed in the deserts in AZ , their crews also died shortly after the movies were filmed . My point is , there is NOTHING LIMITED about ANYTHING NUCLEAR , the lasting potency is still a matter of debate – among actual physicists . The Pacific atolls that are used as ” Nuclear Waste ” Containment are leaking folks – they’re concrete domes covering the waste on the ‘land’ area AND in the water and we should add MORE to the mess that was left to us ? And this ; ” We ” have the right to limit a future for our descendants that hopefully , will come ? Because ” World Leaders ” want to play War ??? WE , The People !! don’t think so – Homey ! ( The People ) Won’t play that !!!