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There is a looming threat to military service members that could result in plenty of casualties. This threat comes in the form of small drones, particularly small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) which can be operated quite easily without the need for human pilots. Colloquially, they are referred to as drones, and can be purchased quickly by almost anyone, whether in physical stores or online, but they have the potential to be used as  hard-to-track killing machines . This is based on an unclassified version of a new report from the  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine , which mentions that there may be  a number of adversarial groups  threatening deployed U.S. forces, especially those who belong to infantry units. It is said that both the U.S. Army and the U.S.  Department of Defense  (DOD) are already developing tactics and systems that can be used to counter such threats, but they are limited to just single sUASs. However, t...

President of Turkey and Chairman of AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the meeting of local mayors at ATO Congresium in Ankara, Turkey on September 13, 2017. (Turkish Presidency / Yasin Bulbul / Handout – Anadolu Agency) Turkish President Recep Erdogan has once again slammed the US and other NATO member states for their military and political support to Kurdish militias operating in northern Syria. President Erdogan has even described the US-NATO actions as a threat to the Turkish security. “We cannot buy weapons from the US with our money, but unfortunately, the US and coalition forces give these weapons, this ammunition, to terrorist organizations for free,” Erdogan said in an interview on Turkish channel NTV. “So where does the threat come from? It comes primarily from strategic partners.” Erdogan also recalled that the US continues its military supplies to the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) despite Ankara’s repeated statement ab...

Note by the Saker : please read carefully what this official statement says.  There are two key elements here, first, the DPRK has successfully completed its program of nuclear tests and ballistic missiles test and, second, the DPRK will now act as a responsible nuclear power and never use its nuclear power unless she is attacked.  In plain English this simply means: we made it, you could not stop us, now we are a nuclear power on par with all the rest of them and there is nothing you can do about it.  No doubt, the Hegemony’s propaganda machine will present that as a huge, immense, victory for Trump.  In reality, it is anything but.  Truth be told, I personally doubt that the DPRK has a real nuclear warhead or anything beyond an intermediate-range missile.  But that is neither here nor there because whatever the facts of the matter really are, the fact that they themselves declare that they have real nuclear warheads and ICBMs and that...

On April 22, the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the Eastern Qalamun region handed over another batch of its weapons to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) under  the evacuation deal, which was reached on April 19 , according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The new batch included at least three Soviet-made Strela-2 man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs). These MANPADs appear to be lacking power sources. By SANA, Click to see the full-size image FSA fighters also handed over two US-supplied TOW anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launchers with several TOW missiles along with ATGMs of other types, including the French-made MILAN. Previously, the US-backed FSA in the Eastern Qalamun region handed over three TOW launchers on April 21 . By SANA, Click to see the full-size image By SANA, Click to see the full-size image By SANA, Click to see the full-size image The SAA also recovered several vehicles and trucks armed with 12,7\14.5\23\57 guns and a...