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NORTH SEA (Oct. 10, 2020) A Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducts pre-flight checks on an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08) in the North Sea, Oct. 10, 2020. NATO’s nuclear deterrent just got more precise
The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) armed with the B61-12 thermonuclear weapon is slated to be the cornerstone of NATO’s next-generation air-based nuclear deterrent,... (photo: US Navy / Zachary Bodner)
Asiatimes
  Nato   Nuclear Weapons   Photos   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: NATO
CEO Airbus Helicopters Guillaume Faury  is pictured while visiting the Airbus Helicopters company Airbus boss warns of threat to Europe from Russia and Trump
Europe is unprepared for war with Russia or the risk that Donald Trump could withdraw the US from Nato and needs to ramp up spending on defence equipment, the boss of... (photo: AP / Claude Paris) The Observer
Airbus   Europe   Photos   Russia
FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference, on Feb. 16, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. More than 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials are gathering in a show of unity for Ukraine, signaling to Russia that their support for Kyiv isn't wavering as the full-scale invasion grinds into a third year. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting the conference on Monday in Paris. Russia requests UN Security Council meeting to discuss Macron's threats to send troops to Ukraine
Russia on Saturday requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss French President Emmanuel Macron's idea to send NATO troops to Ukraine. Speaking at a UN Security... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus, Pool, File) Anadolu Agency
Nato   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
Land of our people – Road scene somewhere in Balochistan, Pakistan Independence of Balochistan: Game changer in the region
By: Mir Khan Baloch In occupied Balochistan, the endless oppression of the radical and Islamic fundamentalist state is at its peak, the Baloch people seeking freedom have... (photo: Creative Commons / ShahbanoBaloch https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Blitz
Asia   Balochistan   Pakistan   Photos
Cut diamonds A tech company is growing diamonds in the desert
Diamonds are the hardest material on Earth — and finding one in nature is comparably tough. For thousands of years, humans have dug deep into the Earth in search of... (photo: IRIN news / wikimedia Commons) CNN
Diamonds   Global tradiing   Photos   Technology
Allies demonstrate strengthened deterrence and defence during Polish-led Dragon 24 exercise Navy sailors participate in largest NATO exercise in decades
U.S. Navy Sailors man the rails of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as the ship departs Harstad, Norway, after a port visit during Steadfast... (photo: U.S. European Command) The Virginian-Pilot
Europe   NATO   Photos   US States
The prototype electric vehicle Electric Vehicle Market Size, Share, Growth, Analysis by 2030
"Electric Vehicle Market Global Forecast 2030" Electric Vehicle Market by Component, Vehicle Type, Vehicle Class, Propulsion (BEV, PHEV, FCEV), Vehicle Drive Type (FWD,... (photo: EC / © EU)
GetNews
  Analysis   Electric Vehicle   Growth   Photos   Wikipedia: Electric vehicle
View of the Kani Island in Maldives Maldives signs China military pact in further shift away from India
Maldives on Tuesday said China will provide it with “military assistance,” in the latest sign that the Indian Ocean archipelago’s pro-China shift is well under way... (photo: Creative Commons / Laurent Reich) CNN
China   India   Maldives   Photos
Bulgarian frigate Verni (on the right) and Russian large landing ship Tsezarʹ Kunikov in Varna The New Age of Naval Power
Last month, Ukrainian drones sank another large Russian warship. The loss of Tsezar Kunikov now means that a whopping one-third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet has been... (photo: Creative Commons / Dima Sergienko)
Time Magazine
  Photos   Russia   US States   Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade stands in a trench at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine – and Russia’s German military leak proves it
The German armed forces are mad. The leaking by Moscow of a 38-minute discussion between the head of the Luftwaffe and senior officers on sending Taurus cruise missiles... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) The Guardian
Nato   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
NATO completes modernisation of major airbase in Albania. Kuçova airbase Nato sets up air base in Albania’s ‘Stalin City’
KUCOVA: Albania unveiled a newly refurbished Nato-backed airbase on Monday, highlighting the alliance’s expanding footprint in southeast Europe as tensions over Russia’s... (photo: NATO / NATO) Dawn
Albania   Balkans   NATO   Photos
Finnish Marines with the Nylands Brigade disembark a Swedish Navy CB-90 fast assault boat near Tovik, Norway prior to Exercise Nordic Response 24. NATO launches massive military exercise in defense of its northern flank
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched a military exercise involving more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 countries across northern parts of Norway,... (photo: NATO / NATO) Anadolu Agency
Finland   NATO   Norway   Photos   Sweden
Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. British soldiers ‘on the ground’ in Ukraine, says German military leak
British soldiers are “on the ground” in Ukraine helping Kyiv’s forces fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles, according to a leak in Russian media of a top-secret call... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) The Observer
NATO   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
INDIA-AIRFORCE-PILOTAn RAF pilot proceeding towards his (Eurofighter) aircraft for a mission during Ex Indradhanush at AF Stn Kalaikunda  in Eastern India ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK RAF pilots must train abroad because ‘Hawk jet engines blow up’
Britain is spending millions of pounds a year to send pilots overseas for training because the RAF does not have enough fast-jet training aircraft available, it can be... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Times/The Sunday Times
Britain   Hawk jet engines   Photos   RAF pilots   Wikipedia: Aircraft pilot
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ambassador Murphy visit U.S. military displays. Russia claims German military leak proves Western involvement in Ukraine
A wiretap recording of German military officials published over the weekend proves Western countries were participating in the conflict in Ukraine, the Kremlin has... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes) Al Jazeera
German military   Photos   Russia   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Bundeswehr
Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Germany accuses Russia of 'information war' after military recording
Germany's defence minister said on Sunday Russia was conducting an "information war" aimed at creating divisions within Germany, his first reaction to the publication in... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) Khaleejtimes
Germany   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
On 25 September 2020, an An-26Sh military transport plane crashed during a training flight in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine US adults fracture along party lines in support for Ukraine military funding, poll finds
WASHINGTON — As Russia makes battlefield advances and Ukrainian soldiers run short on ammunition, U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for... (photo: Creative Commons / Sergiy Bobok) Stars and Stripes
Photos   US adults   Ukraine military   United States   Wikipedia: Armed Forces of Ukraine
Image showing Butterfly in Komoka Park Ontario, Canada, July 29, 2020. The butterfly redemption: Inside the quest to save a struggling species
On the endangered species list in both Canada and the United States, the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly is getting a boost from a variety of committed partners. Grant... (photo: Creative Commons / HelenBassgirlThompson)
Popular Science
  Climate change   Endangered Species   Environment   Photos
A Turkish forces truck transporting armoured personnel carriers, crosses the border with Syria in Karkamis, Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. “Everything is by the Power of the Weapon”
Based on interviews with 58 victims, survivors, relatives, and witnesses of violations, as well as various representatives of non-governmental organizations, journalists,... (photo: AP / Emrah Gurel) Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch   Kurds   Photos   Turkey
Palestinians ride on a donkey-drawn carriage next to buildings destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Gaza health ministry says war deaths exceed 30,000 as famine looms
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: The Hamas-run health ministry said Thursday more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war between the militant... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Gulf News
Gaza War   Humanitarian Aid   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Israel–Hamas war
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