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Israel eyes preemptive strikes as Iron Dome air defense system faces risk of being overwhelmed

October 23, 2023 -

The Iron Dome, Israel's highly advanced air defense system, faces the risk of being overwhelmed by missile attacks in the event of an expanding regional conflict stemming from the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza.

This U.S.-backed system comprises interconnected radar and mobile missile batteries with the primary purpose of intercepting rockets, missiles and mortars that pose a threat to Israeli population centers and critical infrastructure.

Notably, it has ...

Russia inflicting HEAVY DAMAGE against Ukrainian Air Force using innovative long-range air-to-air missile

October 27, 2023 -

This is according to Vladislav Shurygin, a Russian military expert who notes that there is "a real massacre in the Ukrainian sky." (Related: Ukraine conducts first strike using U.S.–supplied ATACMS missiles, allegedly destroying 9 Russian helicopters and 2 airfields.)

Shurygin noted that, in the span of two weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost between 10 to 14 aircraft. All of them were shot down far from the frontlines and outside the radius of Russian air defense ...

TruNews: U.S.-led Yemen strikes escalate Middle East conflict

January 18, 2024 -

This was the opinion of "TruNews" hosts Rick Wiles and Dr. Raymond "Doc" Burkhart. The latter cited a news story from Military.com about the retaliatory strikes carried out by the U.S. military and its allies in Yemen. According to the piece, the strikes followed many months of drone and missile attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis that have threatened merchant shipping in the Red Sea.

A senior military official told reporters on Jan. 11 that the U.S. and the United Kingdom ...

Israeli minister says Iran is legitimate target for missile strikes

January 26, 2024 -

Barkat, known for his direct approach, drew parallels with the Cuban missile crisis, suggesting that Israel should adopt a strategy akin to President Kennedy's firm response during that historical event.

In the interview, Barkat emphasized the gravity of the situation, stating, "Iran is a legitimate target for Israel. They will not get away with it. The head of the snake is Tehran."

He called for an unambiguous message to be sent to Iran, warning them against ...

The “gaffe machine” strikes again: Biden forgets what century it is

4 days ago -

Peter Alexander of NBC News asked Biden to address the issue of abortion in Arizona, where the state Supreme Court ruled last week that an 1864 law banning abortion from the moment of conception remains in effect, with only a narrow exception to save the life of a mother. Biden responded by saying: "Elect me. I'm in the 20, 20th century." He eventually corrected himself, saying"21st century, not back then. They weren't even a state."

Biden is determined to secure a second ...

Israeli strikes target emergency health centers in southern Lebanon, killing paramedics

22 days ago -

The fatal strikes come amid an increase in cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in late March, leading to near-daily exchanges of munitions launches across the border. (Related: Latest Israeli attack on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza KILLS 50 civilians, including several children.)

Reports indicate that the strike targeted the Islamic Emergency and Relief Corps in the border town of Hebbariyeh in southeastern Lebanon, less than five miles ...

Hezbollah strikes Northern Israel with four rockets, destroying key IDF base

November 22, 2023 -

Footage circulating all over social media proves that the Biranit military base, located around a kilometer away from the Lebanese border, was extensively damaged. One popular video circulating shows a building on fire. (Related: Lebanon's Hezbollah says it is "prepared and ready" to join the war against Israel.)

The IDF itself has confirmed that rockets were fired at the base and have also blamed Hezbollah for the incident, although Israeli sources are trying to downplay ...

Russia STRIKES Ukrainian military depot, destroying OVER 3,000 TONS of ammo

September 29, 2023 -

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sept. 26 that Russian forces launched a cruise missile strike at the ammunition depot located in the small town of Kyselivka, around 13 miles to the northwest of the regional capital of Kherson and around 15 miles from the Russian frontlines across the Dnieper River. (Related: FALSE FLAG ATTEMPT? Missile that struck and killed 15 in busy Ukrainian marketplace was actually launched by Ukrainian troops.)

"As a result of the ...

Israel strikes targets deep in Lebanon as conflict expands into new territories

2 months ago -

The airstrikes focused on targets near the city of Ghaziyeh, deep within Lebanon and around 30 miles from Israel's northern border. This is the first time since Hamas' attack on Israel in Oct. 7 that Israel struck targets far from the Lebanese border.

Ghaziyeh is Lebanon's third largest city and is populated mostly by Lebanese Sunni Muslims – a population generally opposed to the Shia Muslim-majority Hezbollah. Ghaziyeh is also far away from any known Shia-dominated regions ...

Iran and Pakistan set to resume relations following cross-border missile strikes

January 24, 2024 -

According to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), both countries have agreed to return their respective ambassadors to their posts. The two nations swiftly recalled their ambassadors after the strike, but returned to their diplomatic duties "after a telephone conversation" between Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Jan. 19.

Aside from the return of their respective ambassadors, both Tehran ...

Iran claims missile strikes targeting Iraq and Syria destroyed Israeli spy base

January 18, 2024 -

One missile strike hit near the American consulate in Erbil, although U.S. officials have said that no American facilities were affected by the strikes. Iranian forces said that they were targeting an Israeli intelligence headquarters there. A rocket fell on the home of a senior Kurdish intelligence officer and a Kurdish intelligence center, and air traffic at the nearby Erbil airport was halted.

Four civilians were reportedly killed in the attack, but none of them were ...

Global air pollution index calls Chicago’s air quality the WORST IN THE WORLD due to Canadian wildfire smoke

July 02, 2023 -

This is according to air quality monitoring site IQAir, which compared Chicago's air quality with 95 other cities around the world on Tuesday, including Jakarta, Lahore, Beijing and Delhi. The terrible air quality was blamed on the ongoing wildfires in Canada, coating much of Chicago and the surrounding areas in smoke. (Related: Canadian wildfire smoke continues to affect air quality in US cities.)

Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford noted that the worldwide index is ...

Russia pulls Black Sea vessels out of Crimea following Ukrainian missile, drone strikes

October 09, 2023 -

Now, the mainstream media is making it appear that Ukrainian missile and drone attacks are challenging Moscow's hold of the peninsula, which the Russians seized in 2014. According to the Wall Street Journal, (WSJ) Western officials and satellite images verified by naval experts revealed that Russia has moved powerful vessels, including three attack submarines and two frigates, from Sevastopol to other ports in Russia and Crimea that offer better protection. (Related: Russian ...

TIT FOR TAT: Israel vows to respond to Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone strikes

2 days ago -

Iran launched nearly 350 drones and missiles against Israel in retaliation for Tel Aviv's April 1 airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Syria that killed several Iranian citizens, including a high ranking general within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' special forces unit, the Quds Force.

The IDF claims most of the missiles and drones were intercepted outside of Israel with the help of anti-air defenses operated by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Jordan ...

IT HAS BEGUN: Syria fires mortar shells into disputed Golan Heights, Israel strikes back

October 11, 2023 -

The Golan Heights is an approximately 390-square-mile rocky region in southwestern Syria and northeastern Israel. Israel seized and occupied it in the closing stages of the Six-Day War in 1967, forcing most of the Syrian Arab inhabitants of the region to flee. Israel unilaterally annexed the region in 1981.

Almost immediately after occupying the region, Israel began to move settlers into the Golan Heights. Today, there are more than 30 Israeli settlements in the region ...

The Economist implies Ukrainian drone strikes are ramped up to psychologically terrorize “ordinary Russians”

September 01, 2023 -

According to the report titled "Inside Ukraine's drone war against Putin" published on Sunday by the Economist, which is considered cozy with U.S. national security insiders, the chief reason for the increased drone attacks has been to intensify the "psychological impact" of the war for "ordinary Russians."

"The drone campaign is being stepped up now for a number of reasons. The headline-making strikes on Moscow are intended to have a psychological impact, bringing ...

Russia destroys Ukrainian Patriot air defense missile launchers

a month ago -

The truck-mounted quad launchers for the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems were destroyed in a Russian missile strike that was followed by an explosion that likely killed their crews as well. Each of the systems costs approximately $400 million overall, while the missiles can cost as much as $6 million apiece.

The Patriot system was reportedly being moved closer to the front line without any apparent air cover in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Experts believe that a ...

Iran strikes Israel as region plunges into escalation cycle that could end in NUCLEAR WAR

6 days ago -

The sources for this information include both western news publishers (Reuters) as well as Al Jazeera, RT and Middle East Eye. Here's my current assessment of where we are:

- Iran launched an estimated 300+ drones and missiles at mostly rural military targets in Israel, deliberately avoiding civilian targets. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) releases a statement: “In response to the crime of the Zionist regime in the attack on the consular section of the Iranian ...

Russian missile strikes destroy massive Ukrainian ammo dump containing dangerous, environmentally unsound depleted uranium shells

May 16, 2023 -

The depot was said to have contained a supply of British depleted uranium tank shells, and reports said that the explosion resulted in the destruction of these shells, releasing radioactive particles into the atmosphere of the Khmelnytsky region, Infowars reported.

"Some sources, with a high degree of certainty, report that the recent Russian strike on a military target in Khmelnytskyi hit a very large stockpile of depleted uranium ammunition officially supplied to Ukraine ...

Russia shoots down Ukrainian Patriot air defense missile launchers

a month ago -

The truck-mounted quad launchers for the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems were destroyed in a Russian missile strike that was followed by an explosion that likely killed their crews as well. Each of the systems costs approximately $400 million overall, while the missiles can cost as much as $6 million apiece.

The Patriot system was reportedly being moved closer to the front line without any apparent air cover in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Experts believe that a ...