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Click to see the full-size image A video showing China’s flying-saucer-like stealth drone, the Sky Hawk, was aired for the first time on  China Central Television (CCTV) on January 5 th . Global Times ✔ @globaltimesnews A video featuring China's flying saucer-like stealth drone the Sky Hawk was shown for the first time on CCTV on Sat, with experts saying the technologies mastered by Chinese developers will allow the drone fly faster, farther and escape detection. http:// bit.ly/2CSWouj   84 10:45 - 6 Jan 2019 47 people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy Reportedly, the Sky Hawk conducted takeoff and landing tests at an undisclosed location and at an undisclosed time. This marks the first time the UAV was publicly shown in flight. The video is mostly computer-generated, but has approximately 10 seconds of “real-life” footage. The platform contains seven different cameras, in...

FILE IMAGE The coup attempt in Gabon on January 7 th  was thwarted and two soldiers that took part in it were killed,  Radio France Internationale reported. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the national radio building which they had taken over. Three others are under arrest. “The situation is under control,” a presidency statement said. The soldiers undertook the coup while Gabon President Ali Bongo was in Morocco recovering from a stroke. They called for people to “rise up” and bring back democracy in the country which has been ruled by Bongo’s family for about 50 years. “The situation is calm. The gendarmes who are often stationed there have taken control of the entire area around the radio and TV headquarters, so everything is back to normal”, said Guy-Bertrand Mapangou, a spokesman for the government of the central African country. RFI also confirmed that there was no curfew announced, television was back on, but internet and social n...

ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will conduct approximately 50% more military drills in 2019,  the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.  Throughout the year, the Strategic Missile Forces will carry out more than 200 command and personnel as well as tactical and special exercises. In total, more than 200 exercises were held in 2018 and their intensity and number will increase in 2019. The Strategic Missile Forces plan to enhance the combat readiness of the personnel in the missile regiments, protection units and subunits and to increase the duration of the tactical and special tactical exercises. Each training period throughout 2019 will involve improving the combat duty to the utmost level of more than 40 missile regiments and support and protection units. Throughout the year, work will continue towards improving the exercises. Requirements for the level of the drills for all categories of military personnel, bringing combat readiness to t...

Written by  Wayne Madsen ; Originally appeared on  strategic-culture.org Ever since it was decided to locate the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, the world body has been beset by constant meddling by the host country, that is, the United States, which is increasingly violating the letter and spirit of the 1947 treaty between the United States and United Nations regarding the headquarters of the UN. The treaty, signed on June 26, 1947 at Lake Success, New York between UN Secretary General Trygve Lie and US Secretary of State George Marshall guarantees the extraterritorial nature of the UN headquarters in Manhattan. Furthermore, it guarantees that the US will not interfere with the expeditious granting of US visas to foreigners and UN personnel transiting through US territory in furtherance of their responsibilities to their own governments and the UN. The United States has increasingly violated the US-UN Treaty by refusing to grant visas to foreign officia...

President Trump on Monday reiterated his ability to declare a national emergency and build his border wall, pointing out that top Democrat Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee admitted on Sunday that Trump can do so. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Congressman Adam Smith, the new Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, just stated, “Yes, there is a provision in law that says a president can declare an emergency. It’s been done a number of times.” No doubt, but let’s get our deal done in Congress! 62.7K 14:38 - 7 Jan 2019 Twitter Ads information and privacy 31.5K people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy *** On Sunday ,  ABC ‘s “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos asked Smith “Does President Trump have the ability, have the authority to declare a national emergency and have the military build his wall?” “Well, unfortunately,  the short answer is yes ...

The US Military will conduct its first-ever missile drill on the Japanese Island of Okinawa, located in the East China Sea, as Washington attempts to counter an increasingly aggressive China.  Japan Times  reported on Thursday that the US military had notified Japan’s government that it would deploy anti-ship missile systems around the strategically important island this year, the original story was released by Sankei Shimbun. The war exercise would fortify the island with possible truck-mounted anti-ship cruise missile systems seen as a countermeasure to potential attacks from Chinese surface-to-sea ballistic rockets, the paper said. China has repeatedly railed against US military expansion in Asia and the Pacific, describing the presence as a source of regional instability. In the last several years, Chinese warships have navigated near Okinawa, where roughly half of the 54,000 American troops are stationed, in an attempt to curb US military d...