Latest piece about the the current situation, Russia’s offensive in Kharkiv, and prospects with Rob Lee nytimes.com/2024/05/16/opi…

Damage To Russia’s Belbek Air Base In Crimea Seen After Ukrainian Strikes

Ukrainian attacks this week targeted a portion of the flightline at Belbek Air Base where Russian MiG-31 interceptors regularly park.

Story: twz.com/news-features/…

After 10 years bombing the country and hundreds of billions of dollars spent destroying its power plants, hydroelectric dams and energy infrastructure, tonight Russia has finally succeeded in cutting electricity to almost all of Ukraine, blackouts across whole country.

The referenced article in the post below is a 'must read' on the state of electronic warfare & Drones in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

In fiscal year 2023, Duke paid more than a combined $13 million to *former* coaches Krzyzewski and Cutcliffe, neither of whom producing value for the university at that time. Meanwhile, players remained uncompensated by the institution for their work.

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'Why #Iran and #Israel Stepped Back From the Brink' foreignaffairs.com/israel/why-ira…

If you want to hear me rant about why we all should care much more about shutdowns, come to my re:publica talk 👇
#KeepItOn

Almost zero men from the ages of 18-44 lol

Gets better every time you watch it!

Blinken appeared to express a shift in Washington’s view on Ukraine using US weapons in strikes on Russian territory. “We have not encouraged or enabled strikes outside of Ukraine, but ultimately Ukraine needs to make decisions for itself on how it conducts this war . . . and we

Kyiv’s ATACMS strike on Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol took out two MiG-31 aircraft, an S-400 anti-aircraft complex and a fuel warehouse. 11 Russians were injured. Another S-400 platform was hit in Vishnevoe (70 km from Belbek). As per Astra: t.me/astrapress/555…

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China has asked its top automakers to source up to 25% of their semiconductors locally by next year in line with efforts to build a self-reliant supply chain due to escalating US trade tensions, Nikkei reports, adding around 10% of automotive chips are supplied locally now. The

Epirus has delivered the fourth and final #Leonidas #GaN High Power Microwave #HPM system to the US Army completing delivery of all four systems the Army had initially ordered in early 2023 in support of its Indirect Fire Protection Capability Inc 2 #IFPC HPM prototyping effort.

'Now that we've done this they are going to make their systems robust against electromagnetic interference. We've thought about those steps already at #Epirus and we've put in the right hooks and right system architecture..' ~ Andy Lowery, CEO of Epirus via Microwave Journal

I love the B-21 program

Excellent geography trivia: One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country. Source: buff.ly/3WBdINQ

“joint advisory” from US, UK, Canada, Japan, Estonia and Finland “says countries like Russia and China are increasingly targeting non-profit and advocacy groups, as well as journalists and human rights activists.” ctvnews.ca/politics/civil…

„Russian support could give the PLA a crucial advantage in a potential conflict with the US. The most critical factor could be Russian technology transfer for a missile defence early warning system, confirmed by Putin himself in 2019.“

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Spyware is running wild. Disturbing report. “This research provides a case study on how one country, Indonesia, is relying on a murky ecosystem of surveillance suppliers, brokers and resellers that obscures the sale and transfer of surveillance technology” securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/05…