ISDEI Instituto de Seguridad, Defensa y Estudios Internacionales

First, the disclaimers: no, I am not naive enough to believe that it is possible to make a truly representative survey in the Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Yes, I do understand that each article, survey or opinion piece published in the Ukraine has been paid for by some interest group. And no, I do not believe that the people living under the Nazi junta are given enough information to make up their own opinion about these topics. But still, I think that even with all these caveats the following survey is fascinating. The survey was made by the Ukrainian based Center for Sociological Studies . The survey itself is entitled “The results of the survey “Socio-political orientation of citizens“. The full survey can be seen here in Ukrainian: http://www.sofia.com.ua/page167.html and here in machine-translated English: https://goo.gl/BHXVYr There are many interesting responses in this survey, but here are the most interesting ones (I havebolded out in red some of the most interesting figures) Ge...

Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (AFP Photo / DARPA) The Chinese Defense Ministry confirmed the fourth test of a hypersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, which the US called an “extreme maneuver,” amid rising tensions between the two powers in the South China Sea. The test of the hypersonic glide vehicle, which the US has dubbed the “WU-14”, was carried out on June 7 and is the missile’s fourth test in 18 months. "The scheduled scientific research and experiments in our territory is normal, and those tests are not targeted at any country and specific goals," the ministry said in response to a report published on Thursday by the Free Beacon. The strategic strike weapon is extremely advanced and can travel at 10 times the speed of sound, or 12,231.01kph. US missile defenses can only counter ballistic missiles and warheads that have predictable trajectories. The Wu-14 is capable of maneuvering during flight while travelling at the edge of space, and so is extremely difficult t...