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  • A $28 Billion ‘Bombshell’: Canada’s F-35 Deal is on the Rocks

    07/02/2025 7:18:32 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 14 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 7/2/2025 | Brent M. Eastwood
    Canada’s planned purchase of 88 F-35 stealth fighters is in jeopardy following a damning report from Auditor General Karen Hogan that revealed the program’s cost has ballooned by nearly 50% to C$27.7 billion.
  • Netanyahu claims ‘historic victory,’ says ‘we sent Iran’s nuclear program down the drain’

    06/25/2025 7:40:59 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 28 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 6/25/2025 | Lazar Berman
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video address on June 24, 2025. (Screen capture/GPO) In a video statement on Tuesday summing up the war against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel “achieved a historic victory” that would “abide for generations” following the US-brokered ceasefire to end the 12-day conflict. He said Israel removed “two existential threats — the threat of destruction via nuclear weapons and the threat of destruction via 20,000 ballistic missiles” that Iran was moving to build. Israel would have faced destruction in the near future “if we hadn’t acted now.”
  • Trump says Israel sent agents into Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, saw ‘total obliteration’

    06/25/2025 6:29:57 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 76 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 6/25/2025 | Lazar Berman
    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that Israel sent agents to Iran’s Fordo nuclear site after US struck it earlier this week, insisting the attack was a success and warning that he was willing to strike again if Iran tried to revive its enrichment program.
  • Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says

    06/24/2025 12:59:22 PM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 72 replies
    NYT ^ | 6/24/2025 | Julian E. Barnes ETAL
    A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites sealed off the entrances to two of the facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings, according to officials familiar with the findings. The early findings conclude that the strikes over the weekend set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months, the officials said.
  • The War Between Israel and Iran Is Nowhere Near Over

    06/24/2025 6:42:56 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 66 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/24/2025 | Andrew Latham
    The ceasefire announced by President Trump between Israel and Iran on June 23rd is not a genuine peace but a temporary, tactical pause in a long-term conflict. This “lull in the thunder” mirrors the aftermath of the 2020 Soleimani strike, where a de-escalation of direct attacks gave way to a continued shadow war.
  • Police say a man opened fire outside a church before staff fatally shot him, averting mass shooting

    06/23/2025 4:54:56 AM PDT · by marktwain · 24 replies
    AP, Rochesterfirst.com ^ | June 23, 2025 | PAUL SANCYA and HOLLY RAMER
    WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — A man who opened fire outside a Michigan church filled with worshippers on Sunday was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff who averted a potential mass shooting, police said. Churchgoers attending a morning service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne spotted the gunman driving recklessly and then saw him exit his car wearing a tactical vest and carrying a rifle and a handgun, police Chief Ryan Strong said at an evening news conference. The man began firing as he approached the church, striking one person in the leg. “A parishioner struck...
  • Why an Attack on Fordow Could Be a Strategic Gift to Iran

    06/19/2025 10:15:38 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 42 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/19/2025 | Andrew Latham
    An Israeli strike on Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear facility would not necessarily trigger an immediate, apocalyptic war but could instead be flipped to Iran’s strategic advantage. Rather than a suicidal retaliation, Tehran would likely respond with “retaliation in layers”: deniable proxy attacks, cyber-attacks, and maritime harassment.
  • Stop Saying the Aircraft Carrier Is Obsolete

    06/19/2025 7:12:01 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 49 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/19/2025 | James Jay Carafano
    Absent the leaders in Beijing acting like they will be the next Golden Horde, America’s fleet of aircraft carriers might have been headed for the mothball fleet, floating museums, or candidates as artificial reefs. That’s not going to happen. The odds are that the Trump administration will extend the lease on life for carrier-centric fleet operations for another generation. Here is why.
  • Russia Sold to Iran the Su-35 Fighter. Why Isn’t Fighting Israel?

    06/18/2025 9:03:00 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 37 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/18/2025 | Caleb Larson
    Despite media reports on a deal with Russia for the advanced fourth-generation fighter jets, they’re nowhere to be seen in Iran, despite Israel’s devastating air campaign. Russia’s much-vaunted Su-35 jets, fourth-generation aircraft that are, on paper at least, formidable, are nowhere to be seen in the skies above Iran despite the intense and ongoing Israeli air campaign. This is despite several reports over the previous two years that Iran would soon accept the Russian jets into service.
  • How to Ensure Iran Never Gets the Bomb After Israel’s Strike

    06/17/2025 5:35:43 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 33 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/17/2025 | Russell A. Berman
    The endgame of the current Israel-Iran conflict presents two distinct goals: preventing a nuclear Iran and achieving regime change in Tehran. While regime change is a hope for many, the primary and more achievable objective for Israel and the US should be the complete and verifiable dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program.
  • Israel-Iran War: ‘Dry Run’ for a Future War with Turkey?

    06/16/2025 5:17:18 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 9 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/16/2025 | Michael Rubin
    The current war between Israel and Iran, rooted in decades of irreconcilable differences, could be a “dry run” for a future conflict between Israel and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is following a similar path as Iran’s ayatollahs: pursuing a domestic military industry, building a nuclear program under a civilian guise, and acting as a state sponsor of terror by supporting groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
  • ‘Dirty Bomb’ Attack: This Could Be Iran’s Next Move Against Israel

    06/15/2025 5:24:33 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 78 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/15/2025 | Michael Rubin
    Israel may have struck Iran before it could build a fissile nuclear weapon, but the Islamic Republic can still cause tremendous destruction short of a nuclear explosion. If Khamenei wants to make good on his threats, his next step will likely be to hit Israel with dirty bombs to spread radiation over large sections of its urban areas.
  • Iran With Nuclear Weapons is the Real Threat, Not an Israeli Strike

    06/12/2025 9:49:50 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 29 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/12/2025 | Michael Rubin
    US reticence about a potential Israeli strike on Iran is misguided, shaped by an over-reliance on the lessons learned from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is analogous to how fears of another Vietnam almost prevented the successful 1991 Operation Desert Storm, which ultimately enabled new peace opportunities like the Madrid Conference.
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis says that Floridians are ALLOWED to drive over protesters in the street, if they feel like their life is in danger..

    06/12/2025 7:59:25 AM PDT · by marktwain · 73 replies
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    Gov. Ron DeSantis says that Floridians are ALLOWED to drive over protesters in the street, if they feel like their life is in danger..
  • The Russia Navy Has ‘No Chance’ to Become a ‘Superpower’ Again

    06/12/2025 5:29:14 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 42 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/11/2025 | Reuben Johnson
    After suffering devastating naval losses in the Black Sea at the hands of Ukrainian asymmetric warfare, including drones and anti-ship missiles that sank its flagship Moskva, Vladimir Putin has launched an initiative to “re-vamp” the Russian Navy. However, this plan faces deep skepticism due to Russia’s struggling, sanctions-hit shipyards and the appointment of former KGB hardliner Nikolai Patrushev to lead the effort.
  • Russia Is Winning the Ukraine War and NATO Can’t Stop It

    06/10/2025 6:40:38 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 70 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/10/2025 | Harry Kazianis
    What needs to happen is simple, but, at least for now, looks pretty suspect if you ask me. Russia would need to get so exhausted from the war that its lines collapse. After losing 1 million casualties, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces, and billions of dollars in bombers and drones, Moscow would one day see its war effort collapse in a mix of exhaustion, anger about the overall direction of the conflict, and a society that had had enough. This would allow Ukraine to reclaim the initiative and retake large swaths of territory. But from here, things get even...
  • China Could ‘Starve’ Taiwan into Submission

    06/10/2025 5:46:20 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 22 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/9/2025 | Brent M. Eastwood
    The literature on Chinese warfare is replete with descriptions of how the country will annex Taiwan. The date usually bandied about by China watchers is 2027 for a successful amphibious attack on the island. This would be preceded by a shock and awe bombardment campaign aimed at bringing the city of Taipei to its knees. But another Chinese gambit would provide less violence but still do significant damage to the Taiwanese government and its residents. I am referring to a blockade or quarantine by the Chinese navy and a no-fly zone executed by its air force.
  • Do We Really Want NATO Countries to Spend More on Weapons?

    06/09/2025 8:20:53 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/09/2025 | Milli Sands
    For decades, the bedrock rationale for NATO’s existence has been the formidable conventional and nuclear threat Russia posed. However, recent geopolitical realities necessitate a critical re-evaluation of this foundational premise.Russia, the very reason for NATO’s enduring vigilance, increasingly reveals itself as a waning power. Its protracted and costly war against Ukraine has demonstrably exposed severe limitations in military capability, logistical resilience, and strategic foresight. Despite its historical might and nuclear arsenal, Russia has failed to decisively defeat a significantly smaller neighbor after years of brutal conflict.This protracted stalemate suggests that Moscow’s capacity for conventional expansion is severely diminished, and its...
  • NATO’s Ukraine War Strategy Is a Total Sham

    06/09/2025 5:27:17 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 15 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/9/2025 | Andrew Latham
    Let’s dispense with the fantasy right off the bat: Russia isn’t trembling at the prospect of new sanctions. Not now. Not after more than three years of war, hundreds of billions in Western aid to Ukraine, multiple tranches of punitive economic measures, and an endless cycle of condemnations and diplomatic theater. If Congress moves forward with another sanctions package this summer – as seems increasingly likely – Moscow won’t respond with panic. It will respond with calculation. Cold, strategic, and utterly unimpressed.
  • Israel won’t allow ‘antisemitic’ Greta Thunberg’s boat to reach Gaza, defense minister warns

    06/08/2025 3:26:59 PM PDT · by Libloather · 32 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/08/25 | Ronny Reyes
    The Israeli government said Sunday that the aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists will not be allowed to reach the Gaza Strip, warning the protesters to “turn back.” Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered his troops to maintain Israel’s naval blockade over the Palestinian enclave, which has remained in effect to prevent Hamas from importing weapons. “To the antisemitic Greta and her fellow Hamas propagandists — I will say this clearly: You should turn back, because you will not make it to Gaza,” Katz warned. “Israel will act decisively against any attempt to break the blockade or support terrorist...