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Russia Releases First Ever Video of New Stealth Bomber Drone
Russia’s Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B, or Hunter-B, flying wing unmanned combat air vehicle, or UCAV, flew for the first time recently and now the country’s Ministry of Defense has released video of the...
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Accident Kills 5 as Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Missile
The explosion of a secretive isotope-powered missile engine was so powerful that it blew the device into pieces and threw workers off a sea platform, Russian nuclear agency Rosatom said. Searches for...
View ArticleAnother Saudi Failure in Yemen
On FPF #387, I discuss Saudi losing the second capital of Yemen to southern separatists. The southern separatists were long allies of the Saudis in the war against the Houthi. However, the separatists...
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Syria’s Idlib Offensive Finally Making Decent Progress Again
Al Masdar: The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a big advance in the southwestern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this past weekend. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian military meticulously...
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Syria: Frontline Breach Opens Door to a Deep Battle for Idlib
During the last months the Syrian government made some progress in the norther part of Hama governorate on the border to the jihadi held Idlib governorate. The breach of the jihadi defense lines must...
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Planned US Fighter Sale to Taiwan Will Dwarf China’s Su-35 Acquisition — $8...
The United States is moving ahead with a massive $8 billion arms contract to provide Taiwan’s Air Force, officially the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF), with new F-16 Fighting Falcons. The Donald...
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Turkish Military Hit From Air as It Pours in Reinforcements to Obstruct...
Syrian army continues to make good progress in its Idlib offensive. It has envoloped the town of Khan Shaykhoun — on of the five largest still under rebel control — from the north, cut the M5 highway...
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Despite Record Budgets, US Navy Short Hundreds of Millions for Maintenance
The repairs backlog keeps growing The U.S. Navy is short hundreds of millions of dollars for ship depot maintenance this year and is already looking at just shy of $1 billion in unfunded maintenance...
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No Longer Taboo: Pro-Navy Senator Warns Aircraft Carriers May Be “Obsolete”,...
The new chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, was confirmed quickly by the Senate last week [text is from two weeks ago], but lawmakers made clear that the cost and growing vulnerability of...
View ArticleUS Reaper Drone Shot Down Over Yemen, Empire Blames Iran
A US MQ-9 drone was shot down on Tuesday over northern Yemen, and while the indications are this was a Yemen thing, US officials are wasting no time in trying to make it all about Iran, accusing Iran...
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Syrian Army Pours Into Key Town of Khan Shaykhoun, Encircles Large Rebel Salient
When the cauldron falls towns and villages home to over 100,000 will have been won since Monday After the newly restarted Syrian army offensive made its way into the first buildings in the town of Khan...
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Pentagon Admits Defeat, Cancels Billion-Dollar Contract for Anti-Missile Missile
The existing missile (that may or may not work) that Raytheon and Boeing were supposed to exceed The Pentagon has canceled a $1 billion-dollar contract with Boeing to create a next-generation weapon...
View ArticlePodcast: US Drone Downed Over Yemen, What Was It Doing There Anyway??
On FPF #390, I discuss a US drone being shot down over Yemen. The US claims that Iran supplied the Houthi with the weapons. The US media has focused their attention on the relationship between Houthi...
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New US Army Chief of Staff Introduces #TryWinning Campaign
In his first week as Army Chief of Staff, General James C. McConville emailed a letter to the force outlining his humble suggestion that the army #TryWinning sometime, just like, once or twice, to see...
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Iran Unveils New Locally Built ‘S-300 Analogue’ Air Defence System
The Bavar-373, Iranian version of Russia’s S-300 surface-to-air missile system, is a long-range mobile air defence system with a reported maximum range of 200 km, the ability to launch a variety of...
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Al-Qaeda’s Defiance of Turkey Leads to Syrian Control of Khan Shaykhun
During the first week of this month of August, the ex-ISIS commander and current head of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) Abu Mohammad al-Golani held a press conference in the...
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Rebel Pocket Folds, Syrian Army Surrounds Turkish Military Outpost
Turns out the initial reports of a massive rebel evacuation were true. The great majority of rebels defending the southermost rebel salient in North Hama abandoned the field Monday when the Syrian army...
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Turkey Vows Not to Quit Army Post Surrounded by Syria’s Army
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday that Turkish troops will not quit a military observation post in northwestern Syria where they are surrounded by government forces. “We are there, not...
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End Game Looms for Turkey in Idlib, as Russia Reacts to Its Planned Joint...
In the chess game in Idlib, which has seen both collaboration and rivalry between Turkey and Russia, Ankara was placed in check for the first time this week. The Syrian army and its allies captured...
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Turkey and UAE Are Fighting an Air War Against Each Other in Libya
On July 26, Libya’s internationally-recognized government announced a brazen air raid on a hangar housing drones deployed in support of rival commander Khalifa Haftar. A day later, his forces said...
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