— "The United States has approved the potential sale of $619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chinese air force incursions nearby.
The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and Beijing, which has repeatedly demanded such deals stop, viewing them as unwarranted support for democratically governed Taiwan, an island China claims as its own territory.
The Pentagon said on Wednesday the U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of arms and equipment that includes 200 anti-aircraft Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and 100 AGM-88B HARM missiles that can take out land-based radar stations."
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Taiwan military to get $619 million U.S. arms boost as China keeps up pressure
The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and Beijing.
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🚨🇺🇸 Norfolk Southern says it’s sending crews to clean up the large train derailment in Springfield, Ohio. Nearby residents ordered to shelter in place.
📎 Upward News
📎 Upward News
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🚨🇺🇸 Norfolk Southern says it’s sending crews to clean up the large train derailment in Springfield, Ohio. Nearby residents ordered to shelter in place. 📎 Upward News
🇺🇸🛤️ There has been ANOTHER train derailment in Ohio that was (allegedly) carrying hazardous chemicals.
Local media outlets say that a hazmat team has been deployed.
Pray for Springfield, Ohio.
📎 Xavier DuRousseau
Local media outlets say that a hazmat team has been deployed.
Pray for Springfield, Ohio.
📎 Xavier DuRousseau
🇺🇸 Tonight, another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio. I’m in touch with local officials on the ground, federal inspectors are mobilizing, and my office is monitoring the situation.
Thank you to all the first responders who arrived on the scene quickly.
📎 Senator Sherrod Brown
Thank you to all the first responders who arrived on the scene quickly.
📎 Senator Sherrod Brown
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🇺🇦🇩🇪 Rheinmetall is negotiating the construction of a tank factory on Ukrainian soil.
“Plant can be set up in Ukraine for around 200 million euros.”, said company boss Armin Papperger. Potentially it will be able to produce up to 400 Panther-type tanks annually.
📎 Speigel
“Plant can be set up in Ukraine for around 200 million euros.”, said company boss Armin Papperger. Potentially it will be able to produce up to 400 Panther-type tanks annually.
📎 Speigel
🇨🇳🇵🇭 Chinese navy ship, militia vessels found 'slowly loitering' near disputed island, says Philippines
📎 MSN
📎 MSN
MSN
Chinese navy ship, militia vessels found 'slowly loitering' near disputed island, says Philippines
Thitu in the Spratly island chain is Manila's biggest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea, a body of water largely claimed by Beijing where several countries have conflicting territorial claims.
🇹🇷🪖 Turkish Navy Drone Carrier „TCG Anadolu“ has been officially delivered to the Turkish Naval Forces Command.
Turkiye intends to deploy Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs along with the Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAS (Unmanned Combat Air System) on the ship.
📎 Aceu
Turkiye intends to deploy Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs along with the Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAS (Unmanned Combat Air System) on the ship.
📎 Aceu
⚡️🇮🇱 About 400,000 Israelis took part in protests against the government in various cities of Israel, including 200,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv.
📎 301 Military
📎 301 Military
🎓 Columbia University will no longer require SAT or ACT scores in undergraduate admissions
The first Ivy League college to implement pandemic emergency measure as official policy
📎 NY Daily News
The first Ivy League college to implement pandemic emergency measure as official policy
📎 NY Daily News
🇺🇸🪖 From the 2022 Pentagon budget, with the newer SM-6. The production of naval missile interceptors is quite small. From what I understand SM-2 production had been stopped ages ago and was partially restarted in order to supply allies.
The latest report I could find was this Raytheon contract in '21 to refurbish 54 SM-2 for the USN and 215 new missiles for allies. I am honestly a bit surprised by the low numbers, since these will have to be fired in the 100s to deal with a serious attack.
In addition to the SM (Standard Missile), the US DoD procures ~100 sea sparrows and ~100 stinger-equivalent RIM-116C per year, for medium and very short range anti-air/missile defense. Boutique numbers.
📎 Snekotron
The latest report I could find was this Raytheon contract in '21 to refurbish 54 SM-2 for the USN and 215 new missiles for allies. I am honestly a bit surprised by the low numbers, since these will have to be fired in the 100s to deal with a serious attack.
In addition to the SM (Standard Missile), the US DoD procures ~100 sea sparrows and ~100 stinger-equivalent RIM-116C per year, for medium and very short range anti-air/missile defense. Boutique numbers.
📎 Snekotron
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MS-13 runs smuggling operations in Mexico to help gang members reach the U.S.
▪️MS-13 has expanded its operations into Mexico, running migrant smuggling routes to make money and send reinforcements into the U.S. to replace gang members who get arrested or deported, federal prosecutors say.
▪️Members of the gang patrolled and demanded payment for La Bestia, a train used by Central Americans to traverse Mexico. Migrants who didn’t pay could be thrown off the train.
▪️MS-13 also used the smuggling routes to watch for rival gang members trying to reach the U.S. Those who were intercepted were killed, and their bodies were either buried in unmarked graves or dissolved in chemicals, according to the charges, handed up by a grand jury in Long Island, New York.
▪️Prosecutors said MS-13, formally known as Mara Salvatrucha, launched a “Mexico program” to expand its reach between Central America and the U.S., where it has operated for decades.
☠️ Blood Meridian
▪️MS-13 has expanded its operations into Mexico, running migrant smuggling routes to make money and send reinforcements into the U.S. to replace gang members who get arrested or deported, federal prosecutors say.
▪️Members of the gang patrolled and demanded payment for La Bestia, a train used by Central Americans to traverse Mexico. Migrants who didn’t pay could be thrown off the train.
▪️MS-13 also used the smuggling routes to watch for rival gang members trying to reach the U.S. Those who were intercepted were killed, and their bodies were either buried in unmarked graves or dissolved in chemicals, according to the charges, handed up by a grand jury in Long Island, New York.
▪️Prosecutors said MS-13, formally known as Mara Salvatrucha, launched a “Mexico program” to expand its reach between Central America and the U.S., where it has operated for decades.
☠️ Blood Meridian
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺 UK and Australia urge Washington to ease secrecy rules in security pact
Australia and the UK are urging the Biden administration to relax restrictions on the sharing of technology and information that they say risk undercutting the trilateral Aukus security pact.
Several people familiar with the discussions said Canberra and London want to ensure the second pillar of Aukus — which includes co-operation in areas such as hypersonic weapons — does not fall behind the first, which is the landmark deal to help Australia procure nuclear powered submarines.
📎 Financial Times
Australia and the UK are urging the Biden administration to relax restrictions on the sharing of technology and information that they say risk undercutting the trilateral Aukus security pact.
Several people familiar with the discussions said Canberra and London want to ensure the second pillar of Aukus — which includes co-operation in areas such as hypersonic weapons — does not fall behind the first, which is the landmark deal to help Australia procure nuclear powered submarines.
📎 Financial Times
⚡️🇲🇽🇺🇸 What will it take to defeat the Mexican cartels? First, a far more aggressive American effort inside Mexico than ever before, writes William P. Barr
📎 Wall Street Journal
📎 Wall Street Journal
WSJ
Opinion | The U.S. Must Defeat Mexico’s Drug Cartels
The narco-terrorists are more like ISIS than the American mafia.