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Russia reportedly completes Poseidon nuclear torpedoes
Russia is one step closer to arming the world’s largest submarine with the world’s deadliest torpedoes. At least according to Russian state media it is. This week, Russia’s Tass News Agency reported the country completed the first batch of Poseidon nuclear-capable torpedoes for its Belgorod nuclear-powered submarine. Launched in 2019, the Russian navy’s Belgorod is… -
Twitter Files: BioNTech wanted COVID posts censored
The Biden administration is not the world’s only government that asked Twitter to censor posts related to COVID-19. According to the latest Twitter Files, Germany did too, in collaboration with BioNTech, one of the pharmaceutical giants behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. This week, the Intercept’s Lee Fang reported the latest findings from the Twitter Files.… -
Mercenary flees Russia’s Wagner Group, seeks asylum in Norway
A Russian mercenary made a midnight escape into Norway last week. He said he was a commander in Ukraine, and had evidence of war crimes. Tuesday, the Norwegian police unit that investigates war crimes said they want to talk the mercenary. 26-year-old Andrei Medvedev is in the custody of Norwegian police. Gulagu.net, a Russian human… -
FBI raids suspected Chinese police outpost in New York City
The Chinese government operates around 100 secret police outposts in other countries around the world. We now know last fall, the FBI raided one of those outposts in New York City. According to reporting from the New York Times, the FBI raided a third floor office in a six-story building in New York’s Chinatown. The… -
‘ISIS Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey no longer in prison
Alexanda Kotey, an Islamic State group terrorist known as “Jihadi George,” is not in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. He’s supposed to be an inmate in Pennsylvania. Now, family of his victims want answers. 39-year-old Kotey grew up in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. His father was Ghanaian and his mother Greek Cypriot. It… -
Russia is sending an empty capsule to International Space Station
Russia is sending an empty rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) next month. The rocket is being sent to bring home two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut who are essentially stuck on the ISS. The three space walkers need a new ride home, because a micrometeoroid damaged their old one. Video released in… -
US sending Vampires to Ukraine to counter Russia’s drones
The United States is sending Vampires to Ukraine. No, these aren’t the sparkly kind from some teenage literary saga. These Vampires are straight up killers. The Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment system is a portable weapons kit. It can be installed on most any vehicle with a cargo bed or a flat surface. The… -
NASA funds ‘innovative’ space exploration projects
This week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded grants to 14 visionaries as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC). The grants will fund projects in experimental space technology. Each of the NIAC grants is worth $175,000. The 14 recipients are from nine different states. 10 of the recipients are first-time winners. UCLA’s… -
To counter China, US Marines in Japan are to be repurposed
The days of Japan’s checkbook diplomacy are over. The Japanese already said they are upping defense spending to 2% of GDP, which will make it the third largest military budget in the world. Now, the Japanese are finding new ways to strengthen military ties with the West. After World War II, the Japanese relied on… -
Lawyers found classified documents in Biden’s old office
In the years between Joe Biden serving as vice president and then president, he kept a private office in Washington D.C. This week, the world learned at least 10 classified documents were found in that office last fall. On Monday, the White House made the announcement that lawyers working for President Biden found the classified… -
Pfizer executive, White House involved in COVID censorship on social media
It’s now obvious whether it was Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp, the federal government actively tried to censor content it didn’t like about COVID-19 on social media platforms. According to a new Twitter Files dump, a Pfizer executive was also interested in censoring posts. Independent journalist Alex Berenson reported the latest Twitter Files findings. On… -
China can’t take Taiwan in new war game simulations
New war game simulations show that if China invades Taiwan and a full-fledged war breaks out, China would likely lose. However, the cost of such a war would also leave the U.S., Japan and Taiwan militarily and economically devastated. The war gaming was conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). CSIS said… -
US sending Bradley IFVs to Ukraine, Finland may send tanks
The Ukraine military’s armored division is getting a major boost. The United States and Germany are sending armored infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), and there’s a wave of support in Finland to give Ukraine the tank some consider the best in the world: the German-made Leopard 2. In a joint announcement with Germany, the U.S. pledged to…
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