Category: Warfare
China unveils detailed list of US naval targets
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has reportedly unveiled a detailed list of U.S. naval targets, including radars and sensors, for potential electronic warfare attacks against U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups….
How the Big Bad Petroleum Industry Saved Christmas
The Hollywood blockbuster of fall 1942 was Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Released in August, it became a nationwide hit, with its standout number, “White Christmas” by…
When I Was a Hostage in Syria: How Terrorism Thrives In War
The American journalist Theo Padnos was captured in 2012 by Syria’s new rulers, the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (then known as Jabhat al-Nusra). His captivity lasted two years. Given…
China adopting battlefield lessons from Ukraine
The Ukraine conflict is more than a distant spectacle to China’s People’s Liberation Army; it offers a real-time battlefield laboratory to study for its own strategic needs. From drone swarms…
Can we trust Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, (formerly al-Jolani)?
Ahmad al-Sharaa says he believes in his ability to transform Syria into a successful state. He seems to have given up on Islamist populism, endless Jihad, liberation and warring against…
China developing new drone with a metal-cutting laser beam
Researchers have developed a new device which will enable small drones to shoot powerful lasers – something once thought impossible. More here…
China can convert over 90% of its civilian technologies into military applications
China, the world’s largest producer of electronic devices, manufactures products that are not only cost-effective but often incorporate more advanced and sophisticated technologies than those used by Western competitors. A…
Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults”
In October, Vladimir Putin signed a law simplifying the procedure for recruiting convicts and defendants in criminal cases into the armed forces. A military service contract can now be concluded…
War-weariness in Ukraine
James Meek reports from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, a metropolis with millions of residents, now in its fourth year of war. The city is battered not only by the…
Long lines at Russian recruitment offices
Ai translation from Russian: “Today they are standing in front of the recruitment office in Moscow,” reports Olessya Gerasimenko on Verstka. The Ukrainian incursion into Kursk and the high salary…
Accusing Israel of carrying out a new Holocaust is factually wrong
Loathing Israel has become the ultimate luxury belief. Defaming the Jewish State as ‘genocidal’ is all the rage in influential circles. Branding Israel ‘genocidal’ has become the lazy cry of…
Ukraine war is a racket, as is NATO expansion
The Ukraine war has weakened the United States because it has emptied its treasury and its arsenals. It has undermined US interests elsewhere, especially in the Pacific, where a restless…
Yemen’s Houthis are Building their ‘Network of Resistance’
The Houthis are diversifying their alliances and deepening their military capabilities, leveraging regional conflicts and pragmatic partnerships to expand their influence beyond the Iranian-led ‘axis of resistance’. The more the…
Russian Army Is Becoming Stronger, May Attack NATO In Five to Eight Years
Interview with German Major General Christian Freuding On the Situation In Ukraine The head of the Ukraine Special Staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian Freuding, expects…