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  • Russia launches new IRBM at Ukraine, Zelenskyy says Putin is 'terrified'

    11/22/2024 2:00:39 PM PST · by Mariner · 22 replies
    ABC GMA via Yahoo ^ | November 22nd, 2024 | KEVIN SHALVEY, PATRICK REEVELL, LUIS MARTINEZ and MOLLY NAGLE
    Russia launched a new intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday toward Dnipro in Ukraine, an attack that officials in Kyiv initially said was an intercontinental ballistic missile.The experimental IRBM was based on a Russian RS-26 Rubezh missile, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh confirmed Thursday during a briefing, without going into any other specific details. She also confirmed that the U.S. was notified "briefly" before the launch.A U.S. official told ABC News that the United States briefed Ukraine and other close allies and partners in recent days on Russia's possible use of such a weapon in order to help them prepare....
  • Why Hamas could emerge stronger militarily from the temporary cease-fire with Israel

    12/01/2023 5:47:00 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 28 replies
    ABC News / Disney ^ | December 1, 2023 | ByLuis Martinez and Nate Luna
    While much attention has been paid to the humanitarian relief enabled by the weeklong truce between Hamas and Israel, national security experts note that the pause may have given Hamas the opportunity to strengthen and resupply its forces for when hostilities resumed Friday. The concern was that Hamas would emerge strengthened so its forces could respond to Israel's devastating ground and aerial assault in northern Gaza, and potentially in southern Gaza, where many of the enclave's 2 million civilian residents are now located after heeding Israel's warnings to leave northern Gaza before Israeli forces attacked there. Those questions of whether...
  • WH tries to walk back Trump attack on Pentagon chiefs as beholden to arms dealers

    09/08/2020 12:25:18 PM PDT · by DoodleDawg · 46 replies
    ABC News via MSN ^ | 9/8/20 | Ben Gittleson, Jordyn Phelps, Luis Martinez and Matt Seyler
    White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday tried to walk back an attack from President Donald Trump on the nation's military leaders in which he claimed "the top people in the Pentagon" aren't happy with him because he wants to get the U.S. out of wars while they are beholden to arms dealers. Meadows told White House reporters Tuesday morning that he had spoken with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and other top officials, claiming they know Trump's striking comments Monday weren't aimed at them. "Those comments are not directed specifically...