BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela will continue military cooperation with Russia, China, and Iran despite its plans to develop its own armament systems, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday. Earlier in the day, Maduro spoke at the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Venezuela’s Strategic Command Operations, stating that the […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009151080464643-trump-says-he-would-have-no-problem-with-selling-us-weapons-to-gulf-states/ Source link
President NIcolas Maduro of Venezuela has announced the capture of “an American spy” with heavy weapons and money near two refineries in the state of Falcon. The man is said to be a Marine who worked for the CIA in Iraq. The spy was trying to collect information on the […]
China has accused Indian troops of violating the de facto border in Eastern Ladakh and firing warning shots in violation of de-escalation agreements. India said it was the Chinese patrol that discharged firearms. The latest incident in the ongoing tensions at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border happened on Monday south of […]
Troublesome Issues for Nuclear Weapons Owners Plutonium Aging Plutonium aging is going to have some serious implications. Since the government has been so worried about this, it is important to try to understand why. First of all, spallation due to PU aging and corrosion effects will ruin the implosion […]
…from SouthFront.org It would seem that one of the first rules of early 21st century regional warfare is “Bring Lots of Russian Weapons”. Starting with small arms like the AK assault rifle family, the PKM general purpose machine-gun, and naturally the RPG-7 whose reputation is such that it entered common English-language […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – New types of guided weapons with longer range are being tested on the Mi-28NM helicopter, senior trial pilot and head of flight service at the national center for the helicopter-building, Sergey Maslov said. “The NM is now testing new guided weapons, some of which have much longer […]
A radical plan currently being debated by the government would see the British Army boost its air and cyber warfare capabilities while mothballing its armored fleet, according to a newspaper report. British defense chiefs have outlined plans to deactivate the Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks and Warrior armored fighting […]
Fires are being started and a police officer has been knocked unconscious in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following an officer-involved shooting. The rioters were also reportedly jumping on police vehicles and slashing their tires. Police officer knocked out and fires being started in #kenosha live stream here https://t.co/m3sS8RpdUT pic.twitter.com/TOoZsI0EzP — cacti (@SCCacti) […]
Activists Blockade Entrance To Chemical Weapons Maker August 18, 2020 Activists Blockade Entrance To Chemical Weapons Maker2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/wrl-e1597786300676.jpg200px200px Above photo: War Resisters League. Jamestown, PA – Five activists blockaded the entrance of Combined Systems Inc. on Monday with giant tear gas cans and gas masks, refusing to move. Right now, we […]
United Nations Security Council members attend a meeting at UN headquarters in New York, December 18, 2018. (Reuters file photo) The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has released the short video that showed battlefield-ready laser system that will enable users to neutralize threats at the speed of a lightning strike. Video shared on Twitter said that at sea, in the air and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing […]
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945: one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki. To date, these have been– the only times nuclear weapons were used in warfare. Japan has yet to vote on or ratify the international Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. […]
[Editor’s note: This article is one of the most important VT ever published, and it remains every bit as relevant today, as the use of mini nukes with ‘clean’ designs continues unabated; and unless this becomes widely known and pressure applied by the masses of the people to stop it, […]
In the last year we have covered a number of incidents where nuclear weapons have been used; from exposing the truth about the nuclear nature of the destruction of the WTC on 9-11 to being the only media outlet to cover the nuclear explosions in China. In the minds of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008061080079799-hiroshima-mayor-calls-on-japanese-government-to-join-treaty-on-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on Thursday on the Japanese government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during his speech at the ceremony of commemorating the 75th anniversary of the city’s nuclear bombing. The ceremony started […]
Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons By Francis Boyle, Consortium News. August 5, 2020 Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/destruction-after-the-dropping-of-the-nuclear-bomb-from-the-fallout.jpg200px200px Above photo: Destruction after the dropping of the nuclear bomb from The Fallout. The mere possession of nuclear weapons violates the Nuremberg Principles (decreed a day […]
A group of protesters has sued the Seattle government, arguing that “unmitigated police violence” has imposed a monetary cost on their right to demonstrate freely, forcing them to buy expensive gear to safely confront the cops. Filed by five plaintiffs who took part in ongoing protests in Seattle, the suit […]
A 45-year-old Missouri man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to his trying to buy chemical weapons on the dark web using $150 in bitcoin. Read the plea deal below: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and […]
Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons By David Kroman, Crosscut. July 27, 2020 Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattle-1-e1595860893576.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators stand amid a cloud of tear gas during protests across downtown Seattle, May 30, 2020. A wave of protests has swept across the U.S. following […]
No one wants to give Iran the opportunity to buy and sell weapons, Washington has claimed, arguing that regional security would suffer if an arms embargo on Tehran is allowed to expire. There is no desire to give Iran a chance to enter the arms trade, US Special Representative for […]
From Kamchatka in the east to St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad in the west, the Russian Navy put the finest of its sea power on display, with warships sailing by and naval assaults played out in front of onlookers. Founded and nurtured by the reformist Tsar Peter I the Great at […]
Homeland Security Claims Shields And Gas Masks Are Weapons By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. July 25, 2020 Homeland Security Claims Shields And Gas Masks Are Weapons2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pdx-e1595712695959.jpg200px200px Above photo: Federal officers use tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on July 22, 2020, in […]
Demonstrators in downtown Portland are using a range of weapons in their nightly skirmishes with law enforcement officers, and their growing arsenal now includes everything from leaf blowers to lasers. Ropes and electric saws Protesters tried out some new tactics during the latest fracas. Footage shows a group of helmeted, […]