An explosion at a Donetsk hospital in East Ukraine targeted famed pro-Russian separatist Sparta battalion commander Arseny Pavlov, Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the self proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) stated recently according to RIA Novosti. “They primed an explosive device. It was a terrorist attack. There are many places that…
There has been a global outbreak of nervousness in the long run-up to Britain’s Brexit vote Thursday, with European Union politicians and heads of state apoplectic about the possibility of a member of the club saying no thanks and walking away from the utopia they have created. International markets and…
Beam me up Scotty! Russia plans to spend a lot of money (trillions of rubles) in an attempt to develop teleportation by the year 2035. The effort comes as part of a long-range plan to boost Russian scientific output and the nascent, domestic, information technology industry. “It sounds fantastical today,…
On June 16th, American F-18s launched from a carrier in the Med, tried and failed to stop Russian jets from bombing US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State in Syria. It seems Russian SU-34 Fullback bombers struck American backed forces garrisoned on Syrian side of the Jordanian border. The US Navy…
The Minsk Peace Accords have not been fully implemented by either side and violence is still smoldering along the demarcation line between the Ukrainian military and Russian backed separatists in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. Violations of the ceasefire are common on both sides but since last summer heavy…
With everyone from Google to Elon Musk warning about artificial intelligence or AI, this story is especially timely. A Russian robot learning to promote a company’s products and ‘automatic movement profiles’ escaped from its testing grounds in Perm, Russia, near the Ural mountains. The machine made it to a busy…
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania still have fresh memories of being part of the Soviet Union and the oppression that entailed. They see with wide open eyes what is happening in Ukraine, Georgia, and other former Soviet territories and are scared Russia would like to take a…
A Russian submarine was intercepted by the Royal Navy as it neared the English Channel. The Stary Oskol, a Kilo-class submarine capable of carrying cruise missiles and torpedoes, was first detected in the North Sea, where Nato forces are monitoring the waters. The Ministry of Defence said it would continue…
Originally posted at the Washington Times… The Obama administration pushed sanctions against Russia for its illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and for the Kremlin’s backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine that continues to this day. The goal was to punish Russia for its actions, and…
Originally Posted at Washington Times… At a time when our air force is reduced to a shell of its former self, USAF commanders are worried over the rising threat from Russian and Chinese aircraft around the world. The threat to the U.S. homeland is especially worrisome. The Obama administration’s decision…