November 2018 archive

Miscalculation: China Building More Nuclear Subs Than Pentagon Estimated, Report Some of America’s most influential think tanks and the Pentagon have likely underestimated the number of Chinese nuclear submarines under construction, a new report suggests.  Satellite imagery of the Bohai Shipyard and Longpo Naval Facility taken by Planet Labs shows that “China does not yet have a credible sea-based deterrent,” …

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Meet The Army's Next-Generation Assault Rifle And Sig Sauer Pistol  For the last three decades, the US Army has issued the M16 rifle and the M9 pistol to its infantry personnel. Both weapons are standard for the American soldier and have worked well in many overseas operations. With the possibility of military conflict with China and or Russia, the Army has …

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For The First Time In 25 Years, China Has To Make A Choice Between External Stability And Growth Back in August 2 we reported of a historic event for China’s economy: for the first time in its modern history, China’s current account balance for the first half of the year had turned into a deficit. …

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DARPA Successfully Tests AI "Swarming Drones" That Can Make Battlefield "Decisions" In a report that leaves us thinking that we are all a big step closer to Skynet coming online, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (who else?) has announced it’s breaking new ground in the area of “highly autonomous” and “deeply interconnected drones, jets, ships” …

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The American "Melting Pot" Can Turn Into A Volatile Mixture At The Top Authored by Wayne Madsen via The Strategic Culture Foundation, America has always fancied itself as a “melting pot” of ethnicities and religions that form a perfect union. The Latin phrase, E Pluribus Unum, “out of many, one,” is even found on the …

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Zuesse: All US Gov't Accusations Against Russia's Gov't Are Lies Authored by Eric Zuesse via The Saker blog, THE FIRST ACCUSATION, which is the source of the Magnitsky Act sanctions against Russia, was in 2012 under U.S. President Barack Obama, and it alleged that Sergei Magnitsky had been a whistleblower in Russia who was a …

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Paul Craig Roberts On Assange: "Justice Has Disappeared In The West" Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, Revenge Is Mine Saith Washington Justice has disappeared in the West. In Justice’s place stands Revenge. This fact is conclusively illustrated by Julian Assange’s ongoing eight year ordeal. For eight years Julian Assange’s life has been lived in a …

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Are Prospects For Syrian Peace Looking Up? Authored by M K Bhadrakumar via IndianPunchline.com, After prolonged hibernation, the Astana Process on Syrian peace is kinetic, with the troika of ‘guarantor’ states – Russia, Turkey and Iran – set to hold a round of talks in the Kazakh capital on November 28-29. Delegations of Syrian government and …

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Escobar: Erdogan, MbS, Islamic Leadership, & The Price Of Silence Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, The House of Saud’s ties to the Khashoggi slaying are being milked by the Turkish President for maximum benefit amid debate on leadership of the Islamic world and how the crisis may affect US and Saudi strategy …

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Zbigniew Brzezinski's Geopolitical Strategy For US Global Hegemony Authored by Vladislav Sotirovic via Oriental Review, “If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation.” (Madeleine K. Albright, February 1998) Madam Secretary As a matter of very fact, regardless to the reality in global politics that the Cold …

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