The US Navy’s Missile Problem. Combat Readiness. Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz
By , November 13, 2024
The vast majority of the missiles representing the firepower of the US Navy for land attack firepower (Tomahawk Block IV -V), air defense (SM2-3-6-ESSM) and surface warfare (ESSM) are launched from vertical launchers (VLS-Vertical Launching System) of the combatant ships.
By , November 13, 2024
Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy. When one party dominates all three branches of government—the executive, the legislative, and the judicial—there is even more reason to worry.
Implications of a Second Trump Term for Working Class and Oppressed Peoples
By , November 13, 2024
In the immediate aftermath of the media calling the elections in favor of the Trump-Vance ticket, African Americans in various states across the U.S. received text messages ordering them to report to plantations to resume the slave labor which was the bulwark of colonial and antebellum periods of North American history.
Will Trump End or Escalate Biden’s Wars?
By , November 13, 2024
When Donald Trump takes office on January 20th, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and almost as quickly end Israel’s war on its neighbors will be put to the test. The choices he has made for his incoming administration so far, from Marco Rubio as Secretary of State to Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor, Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and Elise Stefanik as UN Ambassador make for a rogues gallery of saber-rattlers.
NATO and Vaccines: The Twin Sacred Cows
By , November 13, 2024
At the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the assembly and stated his opposition to U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic, and his opposition to Georgia and Ukraine’s NATO membership bids.
Did Trump Really Call Putin Late Last Week?
By , November 13, 2024
The Washington Post’s (WaPo) report alleging that Trump called Putin the Thursday after he won the election and told him not to escalate the conflict was contradicted by both the Kremlin and Kiev.
Exposing the WHO’s Hidden Influence on National Health Policies
By , November 13, 2024
One of the most startling revelations in our discussion was the WHO’s extensive network of collaborating centers embedded within various national institutions. In Australia, Lucinda explained, these centers exist in universities, government agencies, and healthcare organizations, each tasked with promoting WHO directives.
