Wars & Rumours of Wars

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America’s ‘BAT’ man unveils tech built to outsmart a Chinese first strike​

US-built AI jet designed to beat China’s plan to destroy American airpower​

Shield AI’s Armor Harris tells Fox News how the X-BAT’s vertical takeoff and onboard AI could keep US jets flying even after a first strike.

Analysts say China has developed a chilling strategy for fighting a war with the United States: destroy America’s fighter jets before they ever leave the ground.

In nearly every modern conflict, disabling enemy aircraft on the ground has been the first move. When Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year, it began by destroying Iranian runways — grounding Tehran’s air force before it could take off. Russia and Ukraine have done the same throughout their ongoing war, targeting airfields to cripple enemy aircraft. And when India clashed with Pakistan, the opening salvos hit Pakistani air bases.

Beijing has taken that lesson to heart. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has spent years building an arsenal of long-range precision missiles — including "carrier killers" like the DF-21D and DF-26 — capable of destroying U.S. aircraft carriers and striking American airfields across the Pacific. The goal: keep U.S. air power out of range before it can even launch.

Shield AI unveils its X-BAT AI fighter jet.

Now, a U.S. defense technology firm says it has built a way to fight back. Shield AI, based in San Diego, has unveiled a new AI-piloted fighter jet designed to operate without runways, without GPS, and without constant communication links — an aircraft that can think, fly and fight on its own.

Shield AI says the jet, called X-BAT, can take off vertically, reach 50,000 feet, fly more than 2,000 nautical miles, and execute strike or air defense missions using an onboard autonomy system known as Hivemind. It’s designed to operate from ships, small islands or improvised sites — places where traditional jets can’t. The aircraft’s dash speed remains classified.

"China has built this anti-access aerial denial bubble that holds our runways at risk," said Armor Harris, Shield AI’s senior vice president of aircraft engineering, in an interview with Fox News. "They’ve basically said, ‘We’re not going to compete stealth-on-stealth in the air — we’ll target your aircraft before they even get off the ground.’"

The jet launches vertically, and three X-BATs can fit in the space of one legacy fighter or helicopter.

According to Harris, the U.S. has spent decades perfecting stealth and survivability in the air while leaving its forces vulnerable on the ground. "The way to solve that problem is mobility," he said. "You’re always moving around. This is the only VTOL fighter being built today."

X-BAT’s Hivemind autonomy allows it to operate in denied or jammed environments, where traditional aircraft would be blind. The system uses onboard sensors to interpret its surroundings, reroute around threats and identify targets in real time. "It’s reading and reacting to the situation around it," Harris said. "It’s not flying a pre-programmed route. If new threats appear, it can reroute itself or identify targets and then ask a human for permission to engage."

That human element, he emphasized, remains essential. "It’s very important to us that a human is always involved in making the use of lethal force decision," Harris said. "That doesn’t mean the person has to be in the cockpit — it could be remote or delegated through tasking — but there will always be a human decision-maker."

Three X-BAT fighter jets can fit in the space of one traditional fighter jet or helicopter, according to the company.

Shield AI says X-BAT will be combat-ready by 2029 and is designed to deliver fifth- or sixth-generation performance at a small fraction of the cost of manned fighters. The aircraft’s compact footprint allows up to three X-BATs to fit in the deck space of a single legacy fighter or helicopter, giving commanders more flexibility in launching sorties from limited space.

The AI fighter jet is designed to be able to vertically take off from sea, mobile or tight ground space. (Shield AI )

While Shield AI isn’t disclosing specific numbers, the company says X-BAT is priced in the same range as the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the next generation of autonomous wingmen meant to fly alongside — and eventually ahead of — manned fighters. Costs vary depending on mission systems and configurations, but the company’s goal is to scale production to keep the jet affordable and sustainable throughout its lifecycle, breaking what it calls the traditional "fighter cost curve."

The company estimates the aircraft will deliver about a tenfold improvement in cost per effect compared to legacy fifth-generation jets, including the F-35, while remaining "affordable and attritable" enough to be risked in high-end combat.

The aircraft is designed with a potential Indo-Pacific conflict in mind, which would require maneuverability on small island chains.

Shield AI is in discussions with both the Air Force and Navy about integrating X-BAT into future combat programs and several allied militaries are exploring joint development opportunities.

Harris said the company views X-BAT as part of a generational shift toward distributed airpower — one that mirrors what SpaceX did in space. "Historically, the United States had a small number of extremely capable, extremely expensive satellites," he said. "Then you had SpaceX come along and put up hundreds of smaller, cheaper ones. The same thing is happening in air power. There’s always going to be a role for manned platforms, but over time, unmanned systems will outnumber them 10 to one or 20 to one."

For Harris, that shift is about restoring deterrence through flexibility. "X-BAT presents an asymmetric dilemma to an adversary like China," he said. "They don’t know where it’s coming from, and the cost of countering it is high. It’s an important part of a broader joint force that becomes significantly more lethal."

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[nivek]

Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to begin 'immediately' after Russia tests new missiles​

President Donald Trump announced that he has ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing "immediately," saying he directed the Department of War to match other nations’ programs. He called the move a necessary step to maintain global parity.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday night: "The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office."

"Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years," Trump said. "Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately."

The announcement comes days after Trump warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. has a nuclear submarine stationed "right off their shores." The warning followed Russia’s recent missile tests.

Trump made the comments during a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday morning, saying the U.S. is "not playing games" with Putin.

"Russia said this week that they’ve tested a new missile that can go more than 8,000 miles. Is that saber-rattling for you? What is that?" a reporter asked.

"I know we have a nuclear submarine, the greatest in the world, right off their shores. So, I mean, it doesn’t have to go 8,000 miles, and they’re not playing games with us. We’re not playing games with them either," Trump responded.

"We test missiles all the time. But, you know, we do have a submarine, a nuclear submarine. We don’t need to go 8,000 miles. And I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying either, by the way. You ought to get the war ended. A war that should have taken one week is now in its soon [to be] fourth year. That’s what you ought to do instead of testing missiles," he added.

Trump later hinted he may impose additional sanctions on Russia, telling reporters simply, "You'll find out."

Russia’s defense ministry said Sunday it successfully tested a nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, claiming it can travel more than 8,000 miles and pierce defense systems. Putin said Russia is moving to deploy the weapon.

Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, told Putin the missile traveled 8,700 miles and remained airborne for about 15 hours during its October 21 test.

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[Dejan Corovic]

Here is a very old interview to Economist Zelensky in which he openly says that US and UK wanted a "long war" in order to exhaust Russia, even when there was a chance to sign a peace. One can as well interpret is that if Zelensky knew there will be long war with lots of destruction and casualties for Ukrainian side, than he was deliberately acting against interest of his own country.


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[nivek]

Maybe they need to stop wasting water on enriching nuclear materials and worry more about their own people...

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‘We may have to evacuate Tehran’: The catastrophe threatening Iran​

“May God protect this country from the enemy, from drought, from lies.” Thus prayed Darius the Great, the ancient Persian emperor, in an appeal to the heavens inscribed on the tomb in Persepolis where he was laid to rest more than 2,500 years ago.

The Islamic theocrats who run Iran today may not think much of Darius’s Zoroastrian God, but they have every reason to hope his prayer was heard. For, just months after surviving a punishing war with their own enemies, they are now facing a drought – made worse by their own lies – which could be more devastating than any Israeli or American bomb.

It is not clear that their own empire will survive.

At the time of writing, Tehran’s reservoirs are estimated to hold just nine more days of drinking water. If it does not rain soon, president Masoud Pezeshkian has warned, the capital city – home to 10 million people – may have to be evacuated. The crisis is national and extraordinary. In the northeastern city of Mashhad, the second largest in Iran, reservoirs are down to less than three per cent of capacity. In all, the energy ministry said on Tuesday, 19 of the country’s major dams are on the brink of running dry.

Archaeologists have even warned that the aquifer beneath Persepolis itself has been so thoroughly drained that the ancient city – Darius’s tomb and all – could soon collapse into the ground. The situation is now “beyond” a crisis, says Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s environment department. Both the “checking account” of rain-filled mountain reservoirs, and the “savings account” of groundwater, which has traditionally got the country through dry years, are exhausted.
Sanctions, street protests, and Israeli bombs: nothing seems to shake the Islamic Republic’s grip on power in Iran. But could nature bring it down?

The “serious and unimaginable crisis” facing Iran can only partly be blamed on rainfall dropping off 40 per cent year-on-year, Pezeshkian said in a press conference in August.

Thoughtless development has drained the aquifers, and Tehran has been allowed to grow so fast and so chaotically that its landscape simply cannot support the modern population, he argued. The capital’s institutions, he said, will have to move to another part of the country – probably the south. The vast civilian population possibly evacuated. And worst of all, he complains, there is almost nothing that can be done about it. “Some people are going on TV and saying [the government has] the ability to do something,” a visibly angry Pezeshkian shouted in an address to Parliament on Tuesday. “If you really think you have the ability to fix it, I’ll hand over all the authority – come and fix it.”

He has been accused by some of scaremongering. Others point out that evacuating a city of 10 million people is probably impossible. But, say Iranian scientists, he is not wrong on either the scale nor the causes of the challenge.

“Now, we are in the sixth year of drought. Although I hoped that the sixth year would not be as dry as in the previous five years, a drought this long can paralyse any government anywhere in the world,” says Madani. “It’s a serious threat. During this time, Iran has had two governments with different policies. They decided to [store] water or release water. All those decisions are legacy decisions that, now, the administration of Pezeshkian needs to deal with. That’s why there is so much frustration. And unfortunately, at this point in time, there is no solution left except for emergency response and begging the citizens to consume less water or even leave the town to reduce their consumption.”

Rationing has already begun. Some universities have already shut off the showers in dormitories. Water authorities are talking about reducing water pressure to zero overnight. And almost inevitably, it is the poorer neighbourhoods who seem to be bearing the brunt of privations.

“Some nights the pressure is too low and water just drips from the taps. We are worried about it and don’t have any idea what to do if Tehran runs out of water,” says Siamak, a resident of Shush, a poor inner-city district. “We are not wasting the water, no one in our alley does. They should fix those leaks in the distribution system which would [solve] the problem – they themselves waste water.” His family have already bought buckets to store water if the taps dry up completely.

Residents in Tajrish and Niavaran – well-to-do districts in the north of Tehran – say the drop in pressure in the taps is so far barely noticeable. One local resident compares the shortage to years of reports about the drying up of Lake Urmia in Iran’s north-east; a distant problem seen only on the news.

Part of the problem is just the arrival of long-heralded climate change. Historically, Tehran has experienced no more than two consecutive years of drought per dry period, Mohsen Ardakani, the CEO of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company, told state TV on Saturday. This is its first five-year drought - so it is no wonder the capital’s dams are at “historic minimum”.

Yet this catastrophe should not have taken anyone by surprise.

Since 2007, the Zayandeh Rud river, which used to run through the city of Isfahan year round, has become a seasonal stream. Wetlands in Baluchestan in the south-east have already dried. In 2021, water shortages produced protests in Khuzestan, a southwestern province on the Iraqi border. Since the turn of the millennium, multiple Iranian scientists have sounded the alarm about the coming era of climate change-induced droughts and Iran’s ever increasing water usage. Madani himself wrote his first paper studying water management disasters in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and calling on Iran not to fall into the same traps, in the early 2000s. When he rose to become one of Iran’s top environmental officials in 2017 he warned that the country was “water bankrupt” and needed to act to reduce consumption.

It was not a welcome message. He was accused of being an MI6 (or Mossad) infiltrator sent to convince the government to shut down the agricultural sector, thus provoking an economic crisis in the countryside that would create conditions for the Islamic State (IS) terror group to exploit. He was forced out of politics and eventually had to flee the country.

“The Israeli-Iran war tells us that the Iranian intelligence is well infiltrated [by the Israelis]. So I don’t know if those stories were built by those who love Iran or Iran’s enemies,” he says with a wry grimace. “But that was what they were claiming: that water bankruptcy was a myth. Iran had water. They could manage it. They had enough reservoirs.”

It sounds mad. But it was a very Islamic-Republic-of-Iran response to a very common dilemma.

The fact is, no government anywhere really wants to kick the hornet’s nest of water reform, even when scientists like Madani argue it is as critical as chemotherapy for a cancer patient. Water is seldom thought about by political economists, but it supports agriculture, food production, health, air quality, energy production – and, of course, jobs and quality of life. For Iran, reducing consumption would mean, above all, agricultural reform: growing only priority crops with fewer farmers, on less land, with less water.

Difficult enough in the best of times, under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s “resistance economy” (a model of self-sufficiency intended to withstand international sanctions), it is all but impossible.

And perhaps Iran’s intelligence services are not wrong to suspect their enemies have noticed this vulnerability. This summer, Benjamin Netanyahu at least twice used water for propaganda, promising Iranians Israeli water-recycling technology “the moment your country is free” – a clear nod to regime change.

And during the 12-day war in June, an Israeli airstrike in the northern Tehran district of Tajrish breached a major water pipe, resulting in flooding and a suspension of water supplies to homes and businesses there. It is not clear if the pipe damage was a deliberate or “collateral” effect of the strike. Either way, says Madani, it was a breach of international law.

Ignoring the problem is obviously no longer an option. Nor is lying to the public, which explains why Pezeshkian’s government is making no effort to brush over the crisis. He must be hoping the public will appreciate his frankness. “There’s no water left behind dams, and our wells are running dry. Instead of blaming each other, you and I should think about it – I neither send rain nor own the well. It’s everyone’s well and the rain that God sends we should use properly – that is it,” he implored MPs on Tuesday.

But it might be too late. On Sunday night, students at Al-Zahra University in Tehran held a protest after the university imposed restrictions on water use. Questions are also being asked on television, in parliament, and in the newspapers.

“The government, instead of providing structural solutions, has effectively shifted crisis management onto the shoulders of the people,” the Tehran daily Jahan-e-Sanat wrote in an editorial on Tuesday. “The issue is mismanagement of resources – management that closed its eyes to science for years and didn’t listen to warnings. Today, the result of those policies is before us: a city that must pray for rain to continue living.”

Madani is wary of drawing geopolitical conclusions – wary of attributing, as some have, the creation of IS or the Syrian civil war specifically to drought. “The collapse of political regimes is not like that,” he says. Not so simple.

But that does not mean that, rain or shine, the heavens will not now play a huge part in dictating the fate of the Iranian regime. “What nature is doing to Iran right now is something that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu could not have wished for,” he says. “What is happening is much worse than those bombs that were dropped on Iran.”


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[pigfarmer]

Drink missile parts why don'tcha

 

[nivek]

'We are f***ing mind-blown': Trump's 28-point 'capitulation' peace plan sparks astonishment in Ukraine - as US 'issues threats to agree by Thursday'​

Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine has sparked astonishment in Kyiv, as officials process how it appears to call for a full capitulation to Vladimir Putin's draconian demands after almost four years of conflict. Ukraine woke up Friday to a controversial U.S. proposal - based off the Gaza war ceasefire - that would force it to give up its land, cut its army in half and hold elections within 100 days.

'Being f***ing mind blown has become our norm,' a senior lawmaker from President Volodymyr Zelensky's party told AFP, reflecting the mood in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump backs the draft proposal that would also see Kyiv pledge never to join NATO.

Ukraine is facing greater pressure from Washington to agree to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Russia than in previous negotiation efforts, including threats to cease provision of intelligence and weapons, according to sources familiar with the matter. One of the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the U.S. wanted Ukraine to sign a framework of the deal by next Thursday.

Washington's draft appeared to heed to the demands of the Kremlin, whose 2022 invasion has turned into Europe's worst conflict since World War II. Under the plan, Moscow would not only keep territories that it occupies but get more land currently controlled by Ukraine. The West would lift sanctions on Russia and Moscow would be invited back into the G8.

The plan would also pile pressure on Zelensky, requiring elections to be held in Ukraine within 100 days - another key demand being pushed by Moscow, which has repeatedly and openly called for the Ukrainian leader to be toppled. Zelensky has said he will discuss the plan with Trump in the 'coming days' - so far not saying if Kyiv would agree to any of it.

He has insisted his country needed a 'dignified peace'.

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[Dejan Corovic]

'We are f***ing mind-blown': Trump's 28-point 'capitulation' peace plan sparks astonishment in Ukraine - as US 'issues threats to agree by Thursday'​

Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine has sparked astonishment in Kyiv, as officials process how it appears to call for a full capitulation to Vladimir Putin's draconian demands after almost four years of conflict. Ukraine woke up Friday to a controversial U.S. proposal - based off the Gaza war ceasefire - that would force it to give up its land, cut its army in half and hold elections within 100 days.

'Being f***ing mind blown has become our norm,' a senior lawmaker from President Volodymyr Zelensky's party told AFP, reflecting the mood in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump backs the draft proposal that would also see Kyiv pledge never to join NATO.

Ukraine is facing greater pressure from Washington to agree to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Russia than in previous negotiation efforts, including threats to cease provision of intelligence and weapons, according to sources familiar with the matter. One of the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the U.S. wanted Ukraine to sign a framework of the deal by next Thursday.

Washington's draft appeared to heed to the demands of the Kremlin, whose 2022 invasion has turned into Europe's worst conflict since World War II. Under the plan, Moscow would not only keep territories that it occupies but get more land currently controlled by Ukraine. The West would lift sanctions on Russia and Moscow would be invited back into the G8.

The plan would also pile pressure on Zelensky, requiring elections to be held in Ukraine within 100 days - another key demand being pushed by Moscow, which has repeatedly and openly called for the Ukrainian leader to be toppled. Zelensky has said he will discuss the plan with Trump in the 'coming days' - so far not saying if Kyiv would agree to any of it.

He has insisted his country needed a 'dignified peace'.

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At least we now know what are Russian military objectives.

 

[nivek]

The warmongers are afraid of peace, they rather see Europe burn down than have peace with Russia...

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Starmer joins European leaders expressing 'concern' over Trump's peace plan: Ukraine and US to meet as Zelensky faces humiliating ultimatum to end war with Russia​

Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders have expressed 'concern' over Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine. With the situation on a knife-edge, the Prime Minister and other European leaders – who had appeared blindsided by the proposals - began discussing alternatives on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday. They said the proposal would 'require additional work' and expressed concerns about the proposal to limit Kyiv's armed forces.

In a joint statement issued following their meeting this afternoon, the leaders also stressed that 'borders must not be changed by force'. Under the humiliating 28-point White House-Kremlin plan, Ukraine would cede territory its troops have defended since February 2022, slash the size of its military and sacrifice its sovereignty. In return, sanctions against Russia would be lifted and, crucially for Vladimir Putin, the country would be 'reintegrated into the global economy'.

The Russian leader appears to have embraced the deal after saying he believes 'it can be used as the basis for a final peaceful settlement', while President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to propose alternatives. Ukrainian envoys will meet a US delegation in Switzerland to discuss the proposal, Zelensky announced Saturday, after Trump set a deadline of less than a week to approve the deal. National security advisors from the UK, France and Germany will also meet US and Ukrainian officials taking part in the talks in Geneva on Sunday.

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[Dejan Corovic]

Zelenski and Ukraine slowly waking up to the fact that they were pumped and dumped by NATO. Same as Afghanis, Iraqis, South Vietnamese, etc.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/28/europe/ukraines-zelensky-faces-hideous-choice-deal-intl

 

[pigfarmer]

Maduro Literally Rattles His Saber As Hegseth Arrives In Caribbean



Yeah, well here's the thing about swords. If you are a South American dictator then historically speaking it's a bad idea to be waving one of those things at anyone, especially a White House with DT in it because he's likely to wave the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit right back.

Just mentioning it. They really ought to put a note in the owner's manual for those things.

 

[nivek]

Inside the Chinese plot to smuggle mutant worms (and worse) into Michigan to use as BIOWEAPONS in a covert war​

The University of Michigan is supposed to be the pride of the Midwest. A 200-year-old college that has been dubbed a 'Public Ivy,' the school is steeped in tradition, pride and academic excellence. It is also the home of the Wolverines and the Big House, the largest stadium in America.

Now, the beloved school is increasingly seen as a back door for Beijing - a soft target for Chinese operatives, covert networks and alleged plots involving genetically modified parasites and crop-killing fungi. And recent arrests show just how deep the rot may run.

On November 5, federal agents charged three Chinese nationals - Xu Bai, 28, Fengfan Zhang, 27, and Zhiyong Zhang, 30 - with conspiring to smuggle biological materials into the US while working at a University of Michigan (U-M) research lab. They were the newest names in a disturbing string of cases involving Chinese nationals allegedly moving dangerous biological samples through campus labs under the guise of academic research.

According to the DOJ, Bai and Fengfan Zhang allegedly received multiple shipments from China between 2024 and this year containing 'concealed biological materials related to round worms.' The parasites are known to infect both humans and livestock. The samples allegedly had 'genetic modifications,' according to notes in the suspect packages, and were shipped to them while they worked at U-M's Shawn Xu laboratory, prosecutors say.

Zhiyong Zhang, meanwhile, was charged with making false statements to federal agents about the shipments. The three men have been terminated by U-M, making them 'eligible for removal' from the US. These cases follow the June arrest of Chengxuan Han, a PhD student from Wuhan who pleaded no contest to smuggling charges before being deported and barred from returning to the US. Han had sent the modified worm samples from China before joining the lab in Ann Arbor herself.

'Smuggling biological materials under the guise of research is a serious crime that threatens America's national and agricultural security,' Attorney General Pam Bondi said about the arrests. But the worms weren't the only thing allegedly crossing borders.

In the same month Han was arrested, federal prosecutors charged a Chinese couple - Zunyong Liu and Yunqing Jian - with trying to smuggle a dangerous crop fungus into the US, which could potentially devastate American fields and poison livestock. Prosecutors said the pair intended to use the U-M lab 'to further their scheme.' Liu is currently in China and is unlikely to return to the US after being arrested at Detroit Metro Airport and charged in the investigation. Jian pleaded guilty, served a five-month sentence, and is being deported.

Experts warn that even if such pathogens already exist in America, importing or modifying them without permits poses huge national-security risks. These alleged instances appear to persist, on a campus with 53,000 students, including 4,000 Chinese nationals - roughly half the university's foreign population.

US Attorney Jerome Gorgon claimed that the more than 600 research and teaching labs at U-M had repeatedly been hijacked by Chinese students and researchers for illicit activities. And biology labs aren't the only campus spots that have subsequently drawn scrutiny.

In 2023, five Chinese U-M students were charged after a midnight visit to Camp Grayling, a military training installation in northern Michigan. Federal agents say they deleted photos, lied about why they were there and tried to cover their tracks. They had all graduated and left the US before charges were filed in October 2024.

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[Dejan Corovic]

Very telling story about a white-hat hacker who turned tables on CIA. By tracking mobile phone packets exchange around Langley (where CIA HQ is based), he uncovered where members of CIA's hit squad live and where they go to do secret missions. Luckily, he was white-hat and he went in CIA and had shown to them his work.


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[nivek]

Death toll climbs to twelve in Bondi Beach terror attack and a home-made BOMB is uncovered by cops after two gunmen opened fire on innocent beachgoers during Jewish Hanukkah festival​

Twelve people, including children, are dead after two gunmen armed with rifles opened fire at Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon, in an act of terrorism targeting a Jewish holiday celebration. Witnesses said two men stepped out of a vehicle on Campbell Parade, near Bondi Pavilion, and opened fire about 6.40pm on Sunday with footage showing blast after blast on the tourist strip. Some witnesses report more than 30 shots.

Video and photos taken by a Daily Mail photographer show a gunman, later identified as Naveed Akram, 24, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's southwest, opening fire from an elevated bridge.

A festival for Hanukkah, named Chanukah by the Sea, advertised as a night of family fun, was taking place, with children attending the event when the gunmen, one of whom was on the terror list and known to authorities, opened fire. NSW Premier Chris Minns confirmed 12 people were killed in a press conference late on Sunday. Up to 29 injured people, including two police officers in critical condition and a child, have been taken to various hospitals in Sydney.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the shooting, which has been confirmed as an act of terrorism. 'This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah – which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith,' he said. 'An act of evil antisemitism, terrorism, that has struck the heart of our nation... An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.'

Akram was shot, arrested and remains in custody, where he is being treated by emergency services. The second gunman has been shot dead. Akram's home in Bonnyrigg is being raided by police, as a crowd watched from the pavement. His family has owned the property for a year. It was also confirmed late on Sunday evening that a number of suspicious items had been found near the bridge where the gunmen fired rounds, including an improvised explosive device (IED).

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[nivek]

Furious Trump promises 'we WILL retaliate' after three 'great American patriots' are killed in horror ISIS gun ambush​

President Donald Trump has vowed to retaliate after three Americans died after being ambushed by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria. In a post to his Truth Social just hours after a shooter attacked a US and Syrian convoy, Trump said: 'We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria, two soldiers, and one Civilian Interpreter. 'Likewise, we pray for the three injured soldiers who, it has just been confirmed, are doing well. This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them. The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious retaliation.'

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed the deaths on Saturday saying two soldiers and one civilian US interpreter were gunned down in Palmyra, with three others wounded. The convoy was in the historic town as part of an on-going counter ISIS operation being carried out in the region. A statement added: 'The attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement.



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[nivek]

Warmonger, they don't even want peace...

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British families must lose their sons and daughters to fight Russia, warns defence chief​

British families must be prepared to send their sons and daughters to war against Russia, the head of the military has warned. In a stark message, Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said 'more people' needed to be ready to take up arms to protect the country. He explained that although the chances of a direct Russian attack on UK soil remain remote, that 'does not mean the chances are zero'.

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Warmonger, they don't even want peace...

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British families must lose their sons and daughters to fight Russia, warns defence chief​

British families must be prepared to send their sons and daughters to war against Russia, the head of the military has warned. In a stark message, Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said 'more people' needed to be ready to take up arms to protect the country. He explained that although the chances of a direct Russian attack on UK soil remain remote, that 'does not mean the chances are zero'.

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Vladmir Putin, although not a nice man, obviously, is simply not enemy number one among the British public, outside of the hyper-liberal Westminster bubble. If they want to fight him, they can form a non-state-aligned international militia with their ideological bedfellows in all of the western nations to go and fight him in Ukraine themselves. But I gather they want other people to make the ultimate sacrifice on their behalf uinder national banners, hence their desperate attempts to manufacture fear.

 

[pigfarmer]

Vladmir Putin, although not a nice man, obviously, is simply not enemy number one among the British public, outside of the hyper-liberal Westminster bubble. If they want to fight him, they can form a non-state-aligned international militia with their ideological bedfellows in all of the western nations to go and fight him in Ukraine themselves. But I gather they want other people to make the ultimate sacrifice on their behalf uinder national banners, hence their desperate attempts to manufacture fear.

I believe we'd call them Chickenhawks. Trump and Dick Cheney are in that category.

 

[Dejan Corovic]

Vladmir Putin, although not a nice man, obviously, is simply not enemy number one among the British public, outside of the hyper-liberal Westminster bubble. If they want to fight him, they can form a non-state-aligned international militia with their ideological bedfellows in all of the western nations to go and fight him in Ukraine themselves. But I gather they want other people to make the ultimate sacrifice on their behalf uinder national banners, hence their desperate attempts to manufacture fear.

@AD1184 and @pigfarmer you both nailed it. Psychobabble Chickenhawks. They want other people to go and make sacrifices for their wet fantasies.

 

[pigfarmer]

In the week or so AE was offline there certainly were one or two interesting things going on in the world, weren't there?

Yeah, well here's the thing about swords. If you are a South American dictator then historically speaking it's a bad idea to be waving one of those things at anyone, especially a White House with DT in it because he's likely to wave the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit right back. Just mentioning it. They really ought to put a note in the owner's manual for those things.

I DID suggest that waving that sword was a bad idea, right?

Oil tanker seizures. Iran on the edge of revolution. Damn