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WRITTEN BY:  JD HEYES   There may be more to North Korea’s latest nuclear test than meets the eye if the country’s state-run media is to be believed, and it has huge implications for preppers. As  reported by  the  Washington Free Beacon , an official North Korean newspaper published a column allegedly by one of the country’s scientists who claims that the latest underground nuclear test helped to advance Pyongyang’s ability to detonate an  EMP weapon  in space that would destroy a large portion of an enemy nation’s power grid. “In general, the strong electromagnetic pulse generated from nuclear bomb explosions between 30 kilometers and 100 kilometers [18.6 miles and 62 miles] above the ground can severely impair electronic devices, electric machines, and electromagnetic grids, or destroy electric cables and safety devices,” said the article, which was written by Kim Songwon, dean of Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang. The off...

Automated, or robot, warfare is coming to a battlefield near you, and sooner than many people would like. Where the technology leads from there is anyone’s guess. As  reported by  the UK’s  Daily Mail , BAE Systems — a British defense, security, and aerospace firm — has published several images featuring its new driverless mini-tanks that it hopes will revolutionize the way men and women fight. The   Daily Mail   noted further: Codenamed “Ironclad,” the concept envisions  machines working alongside other machines  like unmanned aerial and ground vehicles in support of human forces. What’s more, the Ironclads are versatile; they can be outfitted with several attachments so they can be adapted for use under a variety of conditions and circumstances including bomb disposal, reconnaissance, and evacuating troops from the field. BAE Systems aims to make them completely autonomous in future, meaning they operate without a human controller. They wi...

Despite boosting the idea of Mideast peace, President Trump shields Israel in its resistance to a workable agreement with the Palestinians, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explained in a Sept. 19 speech. By Paul R. Pillar President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whom the President has entrusted with, among many other things, searching for an Israeli-Palestinian peace, said regarding that task: “We don’t want a history lesson. How does that help us get peace? Let’s not focus on that. We’ve read enough books.” Controversial maps showing the shrinking territory available to the Palestinians. Hardline Israelis insist that there are no Palestinian people, that all the land belongs to Israel and that it therefore inaccurate to show any “Palestinian lands.” He’s wrong. Without taking into account the history of this conflict, one will never understand it adequately, much less be able to identify formulas that will furnish the necessary respect for, and meet the minimum n...

Having raged at  President Trump’s “suicide mission” on Friday,  North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho called for an impromptu press conference this morning following President Trump’s extended travel ban, in which the diplomat said that Trump’s comments that the DPRK’s leadership would not be around much longer “ amount to a declaration of war”  and added that North Korea has  “every right to take countermeasures against the United States,  including to shoot down American jets outside the DPRK’s airspace”  as part of its right to self-defense under the United Nations charter. North Korea’s foreign minister says  Trump’s latest statement was “a declaration of war”  against his country: “North Korea has the right to shoot down U.S. warplanes as part of its right to self-defense under the United Nations charter.” “all options are on the table  for North Korean response…” “The whole world should clearly remember it was the US who ...

Admiral Grigorovich passes the Bosphorus Russia’s frigate Admiral Grigorovich, armed with Kalibr cruise missiles, is heading to the Mediterranean Sea from the port of Sevastopol. Admiral Grigorovich left Sevastopol on Monday to sail to the Mediterranean Sea and take part in the Russian week on the Ionian Islands in Greece. The frigate could be involved in widely expected cruise missiles strikes on ISIS in Syria following  the death of Russia’s Lieutenant General Valery Asapov in an ISIS shelling near Deir Ezzor. Click to see the full-size image