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Black Sea Turning Into “Zone of Dangerous Military Confrontation”: Russian Foreign Ministry
BLACK SEA TURNING INTO “ZONE OF DANGEROUS MILITARY CONFRONTATION”: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY The Black Sea is turning into a zone of dangerous military confrontation, Yuri Pilipson, director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. This was the diplomat’s answer to a question of how NATO […]
Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises
Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises On Friday the AFP reported on some surprising statement from Iran’s military, which however remains unconfirmed from the US side: The Iranian navy on Friday said it drove off American aircraft that flew close to an area where military exercises were underway near the Strait […]
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII”
Australia Conducts It’s “Largest Amphibious Assult Since WWII” A joint Australian-U.S. military exercise, called Talisman Sabre 2019, will continue through early August following this week’s Australian-led amphibious landing at Langham Beach, Queensland, Australia, reported Naval Today. Forces from around the world (the U.S., New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Japan) practiced one of the most massive beach assault since […]
Marines Seize Pacific Island As Training For War With China
Marines Seize Pacific Island As Training For War With China The 31st U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) seized a tiny island and airfield with special operations airmen and soldiers as part of a new island-hopping strategy. Last week, 31st MEU, backed by the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Logistics Group and 1st Marine Aircraft […]
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints Iran’s navy has begun a three day war game exercise on Friday in the Persian Gulf, in an expansive area encompassing Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, to the Sea of Oman and even stretching to northern parts of the Indian Ocean, state media reports. […]
North Korea Blasts “Double-Dealing” US After Pompeo’s Canceled Trip
North Korea Blasts “Double-Dealing” US After Pompeo’s Canceled Trip The war drums are starting to beat again. The North Korean media lashed out at the “double-dealing” US for “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, days after Donald Trump told Secretary of State Mike Pompe to cancel his upcoming trip to North Korea. In an editorial, […]
Iranian Navy Holds Drills In Persian Gulf After Threats To Block Strait Of Hormuz
Iranian Navy Holds Drills In Persian Gulf After Threats To Block Strait Of Hormuz Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Sunday confirmed rumors that they moved up the timing of a large naval drill in the Persian Gulf several days ahead of the Islamic Republic’s planned annual exercises, according to Reuters. State news agency IRNA said the war games were aimed at “confronting […]
Russia Warns: Increased US Marine Corps Presence In Norway Could Be Viewed As An Attack
Russia Warns: Increased US Marine Corps Presence In Norway Could Be Viewed As An Attack Russia is hinting that a new wave of U.S. Marines in Norway, near the Russian border in the Troms region, could be viewed as an attack, the MarineTimes reported. Last week, the Russian Embassy in Norway warned of consequences for the latest […]
NATO Sabre Strike Exercise: Scaring Russia with Multiple War Games of Unparalleled Scale
NATO Sabre Strike Exercise: Scaring Russia with Multiple War Games of Unparalleled Scale This year, NATO has already organized about 100 exercises, 20 percent more compared to the same period in 2017. Saber Strike-2018, a large-scale US-led exercise involving 18,000 soldiers from 19 NATO members and partner nations, kicked off on June 3 to last […]
Is It Time for A Nice, “Little” Nuclear War?
Is It Time for A Nice, “Little” Nuclear War? I have been accused by many of being cynical. My accusers make this claim in the context of my being “pessimistic, sardonic, or negative.” Having been a middle-school student crouching under his desk with a piece of notebook paper over his head during the “Cuban Missile […]
US Deploys Special Forces “Decapitation” Team To South Korea
US Deploys Special Forces “Decapitation” Team To South Korea Today, the South Korean and U.S. navies kicked off massive combined drills off the coast of the Korean peninsula amid heightened tensions, a training exercise which North Korea has warned may prompt another ballistic missile launch potentially to coincide with the launch of the Chinese 19th […]
Arabia And Turkey Drop Hints That An Invasion Of Syria Is Imminent
Arabia And Turkey Drop Hints That An Invasion Of Syria Is Imminent As you read this article, Turkish forces are massing along the border with Syria, and the largest “military exercises” in the history of the Middle East are being held in northern Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are publicly warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]
NATO Conducts Rehearsal For Ukraine Siege: Mapping All NATO Drills Near Russia Since 2014
NATO Conducts Rehearsal For Ukraine Siege: Mapping All NATO Drills Near Russia Since 2014 In the fictional country of Botnia, “Birdman”, the rebel leader, lives in a ramshackle shed in the woods while his separatist troops fight to destabilize a NATO-friendly country from the also fictional town of Alpha, a make-believe rebel stronghold. Fortunately for […]
Isolated – China and Russia Demonstrate Closer Relationship with Joint Military Exercises
Isolated – China and Russia Demonstrate Closer Relationship with Joint Military Exercises BEIJING — When a Chinese honor guard joins a military parade in Russia’s capital this weekend, watched by China’s President Xi Jinping, it will mark more than just a symbolic recognition of the two countries’ contributions to the Allied victory in 1945. China’s participation also […]
China, Russia Unveil First-Ever Mediterranean Joint Naval Exercise
China, Russia Unveil First-Ever Mediterranean Joint Naval Exercise Sabre-rattling much? For the first time in history, Chinese and Russian navies will begin a significant joint naval exercise in The Mediterranean Sea in mid-May. As RT reports, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng, “The aim is to deepen both countries’ friendly and practical cooperation, and increase our navies’ ability […]
