Sunday, December 30, 2018
China’s Second Aircraft Carrier Begins Flight Tests
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-28/chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-begins-flight-tests
Pentagon "Panicking" After Successful Russian Hypersonic Missile Test According To Die Welt
"Russia's successful test of its Avangard hypersonic glide missile will almost certainly ignite a full-on arms race panic in the US, according to German newspaper Die Welt. As we noted earlier this week, the missile was launched from a base in the southern Ural Mountains on Wednesday and successfully hit a practice target on Kamchatka 3,700 miles away.
The test launch will likely alarm US intelligence analysts and "provoke a panic" among Pentagon officials because the US has nothing to defend against the missile, the newspaper said, despite the fact that Russia has been working on the weapon since 2002 when the US withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and began developing anti-ballistic defenses. Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin teased that the weapon would be ready to deploy within "months".
The test, according to the paper, is proof of "saber rattling" between the US and Russia as tensions between the two super powers climb to their most intense level since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Although the glider, able to carry megaton-class nuclear weapon, was presented along with SARMAT missile system tests, super-fast drone torpedoes, cruise missiles with nuclear power plants, the air missile system "Kinzhal" as well as laser and hyper-sonic weapons as one of the newest additions to the Russian arms complex in March, the newspaper claims it to be proof of sabre-rattling by the great powers in the wake of US President Donald Trump announcing his country's withdrawal from the 1987 INF Treaty in October.
What makes Avangard unique is its manoeuverability as the vehicle constantly changes its course and altitude while it flies through the atmosphere, zigzagging on its path to its target, making it impossible to predict the weapon's location, as former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov revealed. This characteristic ensures that the target this hypersonic missile is actually heading to remains virtually secret, according to the US think tank Rand Corporation.
As Die Welt explained, US radar and NATO ABM cannot detect or stop the Avangard, which could be a problem considering the US's decision to withdraw from the INF.
"You have to cover thousands of miles, not hundreds”, chief engineer of the Pentagon and ex-chief of NASA Michael Griffin told an expert panel shortly before the test launch, pointing out at the curvature of the globe, limiting the coverage of radars, taking the vastness of the western Pacific Ocean and the lack of islands for radar.
"There are not many places where radars can be parked. And if you find them, they'll probably become targets," Griffin said.
To detect the missile's launch, the US would probably have to install a network of reconnaissance sensors in space. And as if Russia's latest test wasn't troubling enough, Russian engineers noted that China has carried out similar tests.
"China tested more hypersonic weapons last year than we did in a decade. We have to change that," he stated.
Still, though it has lagged behind in hypersonic weapons development, the Pentagon is struggling to catch up. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency revealed this week that it is seeking new designs for cooling super-hot leading edges of hypersonic vehicles as they rip through the atmosphere as it works to develop its own hypersonic missile. Considering that the New START arms control treaty between the US and Russia will likely expire without an agreement to renew by 2021, that task is probably taking on a renewed urgency..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-29/russia-officially-restarts-arms-race-first-successful-test-hypersonic-missile
The test launch will likely alarm US intelligence analysts and "provoke a panic" among Pentagon officials because the US has nothing to defend against the missile, the newspaper said, despite the fact that Russia has been working on the weapon since 2002 when the US withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and began developing anti-ballistic defenses. Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin teased that the weapon would be ready to deploy within "months".
The test, according to the paper, is proof of "saber rattling" between the US and Russia as tensions between the two super powers climb to their most intense level since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Although the glider, able to carry megaton-class nuclear weapon, was presented along with SARMAT missile system tests, super-fast drone torpedoes, cruise missiles with nuclear power plants, the air missile system "Kinzhal" as well as laser and hyper-sonic weapons as one of the newest additions to the Russian arms complex in March, the newspaper claims it to be proof of sabre-rattling by the great powers in the wake of US President Donald Trump announcing his country's withdrawal from the 1987 INF Treaty in October.
What makes Avangard unique is its manoeuverability as the vehicle constantly changes its course and altitude while it flies through the atmosphere, zigzagging on its path to its target, making it impossible to predict the weapon's location, as former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov revealed. This characteristic ensures that the target this hypersonic missile is actually heading to remains virtually secret, according to the US think tank Rand Corporation.
As Die Welt explained, US radar and NATO ABM cannot detect or stop the Avangard, which could be a problem considering the US's decision to withdraw from the INF.
"You have to cover thousands of miles, not hundreds”, chief engineer of the Pentagon and ex-chief of NASA Michael Griffin told an expert panel shortly before the test launch, pointing out at the curvature of the globe, limiting the coverage of radars, taking the vastness of the western Pacific Ocean and the lack of islands for radar.
"There are not many places where radars can be parked. And if you find them, they'll probably become targets," Griffin said.
To detect the missile's launch, the US would probably have to install a network of reconnaissance sensors in space. And as if Russia's latest test wasn't troubling enough, Russian engineers noted that China has carried out similar tests.
"China tested more hypersonic weapons last year than we did in a decade. We have to change that," he stated.
Still, though it has lagged behind in hypersonic weapons development, the Pentagon is struggling to catch up. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency revealed this week that it is seeking new designs for cooling super-hot leading edges of hypersonic vehicles as they rip through the atmosphere as it works to develop its own hypersonic missile. Considering that the New START arms control treaty between the US and Russia will likely expire without an agreement to renew by 2021, that task is probably taking on a renewed urgency..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-29/russia-officially-restarts-arms-race-first-successful-test-hypersonic-missile
Watch US Stealth Bomber Drop Two of World’s Largest Conventional Bombs
"Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the 509th Bomb Wing, assigned to the Eighth Air Force of the Air Force Global Strike Command, operates a fleet of Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, recently released a video showing one of its bombers dropping two 14 ton GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) in a test flight..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-29/watch-us-stealth-bomber-drop-two-worlds-largest-conventional-bombs
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-29/watch-us-stealth-bomber-drop-two-worlds-largest-conventional-bombs
Sunday, December 23, 2018
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS OF 2018: Michael Oliver – Fear Is Engulfing Financial Markets Across The Globe
"With fear engulfing financial markets across the globe, one of the most important interviews of 2018 has just been released with Michael Oliver, the man who is well known for his deadly accurate forecasts on stocks, bonds, and major markets.
Michael Oliver: “This is the optimal kind of situation you want — to be in something (gold) that is about to explode (to the upside), or collapse in the case of the stock market, that few people imagine will do that. You don’t want a crowded situation, especially crowded in the early phase. You want a vacuum where the market participation is small, liquidity is not maximum, and sentiment is not good. And we think that there will not be time for sentiment on gold to shift from scared, which is the case right now for most professionals and investors, to friendly. We think the up-move in the price of gold is highly likely to be so rapid that they won’t have a chance to have committee meetings at hedge funds as to whether to shift their policy toward gold. It will happen so fast they will be in shock…"
at https://kingworldnews.com/one-of-the-most-important-interviews-of-2018-michael-oliver/
Michael Oliver: “This is the optimal kind of situation you want — to be in something (gold) that is about to explode (to the upside), or collapse in the case of the stock market, that few people imagine will do that. You don’t want a crowded situation, especially crowded in the early phase. You want a vacuum where the market participation is small, liquidity is not maximum, and sentiment is not good. And we think that there will not be time for sentiment on gold to shift from scared, which is the case right now for most professionals and investors, to friendly. We think the up-move in the price of gold is highly likely to be so rapid that they won’t have a chance to have committee meetings at hedge funds as to whether to shift their policy toward gold. It will happen so fast they will be in shock…"
at https://kingworldnews.com/one-of-the-most-important-interviews-of-2018-michael-oliver/
Sunday, December 16, 2018
ALERT: Gerald Celente’s Just Released His Stunning Top 10 Trends For 2019!
"Today Gerald Celente, the top trends forecaster in the world, spoke with King World News about his remarkable top 10 trends for 2019.
Top 10 Trends For 2019!
December 15 (King World News) – Eric King: “Gerald, we are going to talk about the top trends for 2019 and there are so many of these, but ‘Bye, Bye Boomers’ I find interesting. You say, ‘The golden years for millions of seniors in 2019 will be marked by how to survive rather than how to thrive,’ the world is not prepared for the impact of the Bye, Bye Boomers trend that is about to be unleashed. Can you talk about that?”
Gerald Celente: “Yes, just look at the debt level for Boomers. Look at the ones that are being forced to cohabitate with other people — it’s about 33% of them. Look at what happened after the Great Recession hit. Look at how many of them lost their jobs. So many of them lost their incomes and their investments. Look at how many of them have lost their homes. So this is a big crisis coming about and society is not prepared to take care of it because you are looking at over 74 million people and a lot of them can’t make ends meet..."
at https://kingworldnews.com/alert-gerald-celentes-just-released-his-stunning-top-10-trends-for-2019/
Top 10 Trends For 2019!
December 15 (King World News) – Eric King: “Gerald, we are going to talk about the top trends for 2019 and there are so many of these, but ‘Bye, Bye Boomers’ I find interesting. You say, ‘The golden years for millions of seniors in 2019 will be marked by how to survive rather than how to thrive,’ the world is not prepared for the impact of the Bye, Bye Boomers trend that is about to be unleashed. Can you talk about that?”
Gerald Celente: “Yes, just look at the debt level for Boomers. Look at the ones that are being forced to cohabitate with other people — it’s about 33% of them. Look at what happened after the Great Recession hit. Look at how many of them lost their jobs. So many of them lost their incomes and their investments. Look at how many of them have lost their homes. So this is a big crisis coming about and society is not prepared to take care of it because you are looking at over 74 million people and a lot of them can’t make ends meet..."
at https://kingworldnews.com/alert-gerald-celentes-just-released-his-stunning-top-10-trends-for-2019/
Sunday, December 9, 2018
What Is the Mysterious 9М729 Missile the US Wants Russia To Ban
at https://sputniknews.com/military/201812071070482187-9m729-missile-inf-treaty/
The West Slips Down Another Step
"uthored by Patrick Armstrong via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
There is much on the Internet these days about documents allegedly hacked by Anonymous; these documents belong to the "Integrity Initiative" and describe a multi-country effort, funded by London and Washington, to counter "Russian propaganda" and "fake news". Since the initial story broke, a good deal of confusion has been laid down: Wikileaks is doubtful, and Anonymous itself is being evasive. On the other hand, Integrity Initiative doesn't entirely deny..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-08/west-slips-down-another-step
There is much on the Internet these days about documents allegedly hacked by Anonymous; these documents belong to the "Integrity Initiative" and describe a multi-country effort, funded by London and Washington, to counter "Russian propaganda" and "fake news". Since the initial story broke, a good deal of confusion has been laid down: Wikileaks is doubtful, and Anonymous itself is being evasive. On the other hand, Integrity Initiative doesn't entirely deny..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-08/west-slips-down-another-step
These 11 Companies Control Everything You Buy
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-08/these-11-companies-control-everything-you-buy
US Toughness on Independent Nations
"US hostility toward Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and other sovereign independent nations is all about seeking unchallenged global dominance by whatever it takes to achieve it – including political, economic, financial, propaganda and hot war.
That’s what imperialism is all about, wanting all other nations bowing to Washington’s will, outliers targeted for regime change, other tough tactics used against them.
Trade war with Beijing is all about wanting to undermine its “Made in China 2025” agenda to become an economic, industrial, and technological powerhouse – an objective it’s well on the way toward achieving.
North Korea is targeted for its sovereign independence, its ties to China, its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, its thousands of underground national security facilities, the world’s fourth largest military, about 200,000 special forces, along with around 10,000 artillery pieces and mobile missiles able to strike US regional military bases.
While no match against Washington’s military might, it’s able to inflict enormous damage if attacked, its capabilities powerful enough to give Trump regime warlords pause about the price to pay for waging war on the country.
Hostility toward Iran is all about wanting its sovereign independence replaced by pro-Western puppet rule, eliminating Israel’s key regional rival, along with gaining control over its vast oil and gas reserves.
Anti-Venezuela rage since the Clinton co-presidency aims to replace Bolivarian social democracy with fascist tyranny, along with gaining control over the world’s largest oil reserves..."
at https://stephenlendman.org/2018/12/us-toughness-on-independent-nations/
That’s what imperialism is all about, wanting all other nations bowing to Washington’s will, outliers targeted for regime change, other tough tactics used against them.
Trade war with Beijing is all about wanting to undermine its “Made in China 2025” agenda to become an economic, industrial, and technological powerhouse – an objective it’s well on the way toward achieving.
North Korea is targeted for its sovereign independence, its ties to China, its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, its thousands of underground national security facilities, the world’s fourth largest military, about 200,000 special forces, along with around 10,000 artillery pieces and mobile missiles able to strike US regional military bases.
While no match against Washington’s military might, it’s able to inflict enormous damage if attacked, its capabilities powerful enough to give Trump regime warlords pause about the price to pay for waging war on the country.
Hostility toward Iran is all about wanting its sovereign independence replaced by pro-Western puppet rule, eliminating Israel’s key regional rival, along with gaining control over its vast oil and gas reserves.
Anti-Venezuela rage since the Clinton co-presidency aims to replace Bolivarian social democracy with fascist tyranny, along with gaining control over the world’s largest oil reserves..."
at https://stephenlendman.org/2018/12/us-toughness-on-independent-nations/
"The Creepy Line" - A New Documentary On The Immense Power Of Tech Giants
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-07/creepy-line-new-documentary-immense-power-tech-giants
Gen. Dunford Slams Google's "Inexplicable" Deepened Ties With China As It Cuts Pentagon Projects
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-07/gen-dunford-slams-googles-inexplicable-deepening-ties-china-it-cuts-pentagon
SPY SECRETS Truth about CIA’s illegal MKUltra mind-control experiments – using drugs, hypnosis and electronic devices- revealed in sensational new documents officials hid for decades
at https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7920010/cia-mkultra-mind-control-drugs-hypnosis-electric-documents/
Hezbollah Official: All of Israel Within Reach of Our Missiles
at https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201812091070529276-hezbollah-warning-israel/
Western Intel Docs Say Iran's Missiles Now Capable of Reaching Europe – Reports
at https://sputniknews.com/military/201812091070528515-iran-missile-capabilities/
Has China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Been Spotted at a US Airbase? (PHOTO)
at https://sputniknews.com/military/201812081070516941-j20-in-georgia-image/
Sunday, December 2, 2018
US Plot to Occupy Strategic Iraq-Syria Corridor Revealed
at http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13970908000619
JPMorgan Spots A Rare And "Even Worse Omen" For The Market
"When it comes to timing the next recession - or the next Fed policy mistake - there are few signals that pundits rely more on than the shape of the yield curve, which, as we have covered extensively in the past year, has bear flattened dramatically since 2015 as the Fed has hiked rates, with the 2s10s now just a tiny 20bps away from inverting at which point the countdownto both a recession and a bear market begins..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-01/jpmorgan-spots-rare-and-even-worse-omen-market
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-01/jpmorgan-spots-rare-and-even-worse-omen-market
Secret Service Trials Facial Recognition Cameras At The White House
"Many would speculate that the White House would undoubtedly have some biometric facial recognition system in place. However, that is not the case in 2018. Odd right?...
The US Secret Service (USSS) this month just launched the Facial Recognition Pilot (FRP) using the existing Crown Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) “in order to biometrically confirm the identity of volunteer USSS employees in public spaces around the complex,” and, “to test USSS’s ability to verify the identities of a test population of volunteer USSS employees."
This is according to the November 26 Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) published by the Office of Technical Development & Mission Support USSS, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-30/secret-service-unveils-facial-recognition-system-white-house
The US Secret Service (USSS) this month just launched the Facial Recognition Pilot (FRP) using the existing Crown Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) “in order to biometrically confirm the identity of volunteer USSS employees in public spaces around the complex,” and, “to test USSS’s ability to verify the identities of a test population of volunteer USSS employees."
This is according to the November 26 Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) published by the Office of Technical Development & Mission Support USSS, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-30/secret-service-unveils-facial-recognition-system-white-house
U.S. MILITARY SAYS IT HAS A “LIGHT FOOTPRINT” IN AFRICA. THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW A VAST NETWORK OF BASES.
"THE U.S. MILITARY has long insisted that it maintains a “light footprint” in Africa, and there have been reports of proposed drawdowns in special operations forces and closures of outposts on the continent, due to a 2017 ambush in Niger and an increasing focus on rivals like China and Russia. But through it all, U.S. Africa Command has fallen short of providing concrete information about its bases on the continent, leaving in question the true scope of the American presence there.
Documents obtained from AFRICOM by The Intercept, via the Freedom of Information Act, however, offer a unique window onto the sprawling network of U.S. military outposts in Africa, including previously undisclosed or unconfirmed sites in hotspots like Libya, Niger, and Somalia. The Pentagon has also told The Intercept that troop reductions in Africa will be modest and phased-in over several years and that no outposts are expected to close as a result of the personnel cuts.
According to a 2018 briefing by AFRICOM science adviser Peter E. Teil, the military’s constellation of bases includes 34 sites scattered across the continent, with high concentrations in the north and west as well as the Horn of Africa. These regions, not surprisingly, have also seen numerous U.S. drone attacks and low-profile commando raids in recent years. For example, Libya — the site of drone and commando missions but for which President Trump said he saw no U.S. military role just last year — is nonetheless home to three previously undisclosed outposts..."
at https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/u-s-military-says-it-has-a-light-footprint-in-africa-these-documents-show-a-vast-network-of-bases/
Documents obtained from AFRICOM by The Intercept, via the Freedom of Information Act, however, offer a unique window onto the sprawling network of U.S. military outposts in Africa, including previously undisclosed or unconfirmed sites in hotspots like Libya, Niger, and Somalia. The Pentagon has also told The Intercept that troop reductions in Africa will be modest and phased-in over several years and that no outposts are expected to close as a result of the personnel cuts.
According to a 2018 briefing by AFRICOM science adviser Peter E. Teil, the military’s constellation of bases includes 34 sites scattered across the continent, with high concentrations in the north and west as well as the Horn of Africa. These regions, not surprisingly, have also seen numerous U.S. drone attacks and low-profile commando raids in recent years. For example, Libya — the site of drone and commando missions but for which President Trump said he saw no U.S. military role just last year — is nonetheless home to three previously undisclosed outposts..."
at https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/u-s-military-says-it-has-a-light-footprint-in-africa-these-documents-show-a-vast-network-of-bases/
Awakening a sleeping lion: The US-China Cold War is upon us
"“China is a sleeping lion,” Napoleon Bonaparte said. “Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” A new Cold War is upon us, only this time the giant is no longer deep asleep; stirring as it begins to wake.
“China is leveraging military modernization, influence operations, and predatory economics to coerce neighboring countries to reorder the Indo-Pacific region to their advantage,” a recent summary of the 2018 US National Defense Strategy states.
“As China continues its economic and military ascendance, asserting power through an all-of-nation long-term strategy, it will continue to pursue a military modernization program that seeks Indo-Pacific regional hegemony in the near-term and displacement of the United States to achieve global preeminence in the future. The most far-reaching objective of this defense strategy is to set the military relationship between our two countries on a path of transparency and non-aggression.”
at https://www.rt.com/op-ed/445158-china-us-cold-war/
“China is leveraging military modernization, influence operations, and predatory economics to coerce neighboring countries to reorder the Indo-Pacific region to their advantage,” a recent summary of the 2018 US National Defense Strategy states.
“As China continues its economic and military ascendance, asserting power through an all-of-nation long-term strategy, it will continue to pursue a military modernization program that seeks Indo-Pacific regional hegemony in the near-term and displacement of the United States to achieve global preeminence in the future. The most far-reaching objective of this defense strategy is to set the military relationship between our two countries on a path of transparency and non-aggression.”
at https://www.rt.com/op-ed/445158-china-us-cold-war/
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