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The war in Syria and the simmering conflict on the Donbass have tended to obscure significant changes within the Russian Ground Forces, namely the raising of new motorized rifle and tank divisions on the basis of permanent readiness brigades, the reactivation of regiments within existing reduced-strength divisions, and the creation of numerous artillery and air defense brigades and other non-divisional units apparently for inclusion in the combined arms and tank armies for which the new divisions are being intended. News reports from just the last few weeks have identified the following units undergoing reactivation procedures: The 42nd Guards Red Banner Evpatoriya Motorized Rifle Division, which is being rebuilt using two motorized rifle brigades stationed within the Republic of Chechnya, assigned to the 58th Army of the Southern Military District. The 90th Guards Twice Red Banner Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division, being reconstituted on the basis of the 7th Guards Separate Tank Brigade ...

US Army soldiers stand at attention before a homecoming ceremony at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado February 12, 2009 (Photo: Reuters / Rick Wilking) The US Army’s Reserve (USAR) plans to establish units of highly combat readiness, new commander of the USAR, Lieutenant-General Charles Luckey, said in an interview with a group of journalists on Monday. As Luckey admitted, there is still no full understanding of how these units would look. He specified that they are still trying to decide how such formations would look and what military plans would define the requirements, imposed on them. However, Luckey also confirmed that he has already required his command structure to explore the question of what kind of forces and means of the USAR can be provided to combat units in the case of receiving a request without prior warning at this stage. The US Army ‘s Reserve is going to be ready for combat deployment “in less than 90 days [before it] and, in some cases, significantly l...

The Rome mayor believes that mayors of European cities should be the first, who will welcome refugees with “warmth, shelter and accommodation.” Rome mayor Virginia Raggi said mayors need to welcome refugees with open arms (Photo: vilaglato.info) Mayors need to be the first, who will welcome refugees with “warmth, shelter and accommodation,” Rome mayor Virginia Raggi told an immigration summit of European city. The statement was made just days after neighbors, shouting “We do not want these n*****s,” prevented a Moroccan family from moving into a council flat in Rome, given to them by the authorities. “Our cities seem to be closed off with their self-interest and the mayors are the ones who should give the first reception,” Raggi said. “We must guarantee human warmth, shelter, accommodation.” She also added that the attitude that has been seen “offends our dignity as mayors and people.” “For this we must take action, even more in the suburbs, which are the most abandoned parts of ...

This is the newst update of the ‘U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map’ exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups on a weekly basis. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. Click to see the full-size map Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air wing (CVW) of 65 to 70 aircrafts. It’s composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers and/or frigates. A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and a supply ship. Carrier strike groups comprise a principal element of U.S. power projection over the world’s oceans.

As time passes in the 21st century, things seemingly look to become worse throughout time, Time no longer plays the role of fine wine and becomes better over time, rather it seems to be worsening and rotting out. This consistent time of rotting, poor decision-making, and poor leadership leads to countries and cities becoming more aggressive, therefore becoming more unsafe. Several cities have been labeled as a "ticking time-bomb" in regard to when times reach a certain point. There is fear in these specific cities that things will become extremely violent and very unsafe. Part of the reasoning for this increase in violence also ranges from hatred and the economic conditions of the world. Specifically in the United States these issues are worsening and it is quickly occurring. As Wired reported, disaster is looming on a worldwide basis, but some are approaching total collapse, thanks to a storm of factors: Using data on 2,100 cities, Robert Muggah has found which factors ma...

President Obama’s announcement of a waiver for arming unspecified rebel groups in Syria came shortly before the terrorist group Islamic State launched a massive attack on Palmyra. Syrian President Bashar Assad believes it was no coincidence, he told RT. "The announcement of the lifting of that embargo is related directly to the attack on Palmyra and to the support of other terrorists outside Aleppo, because when they are defeated in Aleppo, the United States and the West, they need to support their proxies somewhere else," he said. "The crux of that announcement is to create more chaos, because the United States creates chaos in order to manage this chaos," Assad added. He added that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) forces “came with different and huge manpower and firepower that ISIS never had before during this attack, and they attacked on a huge front, tens of kilometers that could be a front of armies. ISIS could only have done that with the support of sta...

A large-scale radioelectronic warfare campaign against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has been started by the US in the Middle East. RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft moves into position behind a KC-135T/R Stratotanker for an aerial refueling at a speed greater than 250 knots over Southwest Asia (Photo: US Air Force / Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) US military has started a large-scale campaign against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, inundating the Middle East with reconnaissance airplanes, the Izvestiya newspaper reported. For the first time in five years, the RC-135 Rivet Joint ELINT reconnaissance aircraft, which carry out their sorties from the Al Udeid air base in Qatar , have been spotted in the area of the Persian Gulf. The EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft of the US Marine Corps, which take off from the Incirlik air base in Turkey, operate in conjunction with the RC-135. According to the newspaper, the EA-18G Growler two-seat electronic warfare ...

As the report of an independent UK investigative group reveals, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group use an efficient supply chain to produce rockets, shells and mortars in Mosul. Mortar rounds left behind by retreating Islamic State (IS) militants, are seen displayed outside a base of the Iraqi army’s 9th armoured division near the village of Ali Rash, on the outskirts of Mosul, on November 19, 2016 (Photo: AFP / Achilleas Zavallis) According to Conflict Armament Research (CAR), an independent UK investigative group, factories of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Mosul use an efficient supply chain, quality control and standardization to produce thousands of rockets, shells and mortars. View image on Twitter  Follow CAR   ✔ @conflictarm New finding: When  # ISIS  can't get  # weapons , they make their own - to an industrial scale  http:// ow.ly/UnAb3075AaH   7:00 AM - 14 Dec 2016     16 16 Retw...