Arming Taiwan to the teeth is not deterrence, it’s provocation
To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down
Fat chance with the psychopaths running things!
Arming Taiwan to the teeth is not deterrence, it’s provocation
To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down
Fat chance with the psychopaths running things!
A thousand-plus people joined a demonstration in Okinawa’s prefectural capital on Feb. 26 to protest the Japanese government’s plans to build up its defense capabilities on a group of islands in the country’s south for a possible contingency in Taiwan.
1,600 people march through Naha protesting Japan’s defense buildup in Okinawa
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Montana’s 150 missile sites in line for replacement as Chinese spy balloon questions remain
Bartel is a state senator representing a district in Fergus County, an area with some of Malmstrom’s missile sites.
The Department of Defense has referenced these critical zones in its media briefings on the balloon in recent days. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense has been making plans for a massive overhaul of the nuclear missiles scattered across the state.
The upgrades are something Bartel is familiar with because 50 of those missile locations are in Fergus County.
He says the upgrades were set to start in 2025. Now that’s been pushed back, and talks about upgrades with the Air Force suddenly became radio silent.
“We’ve been told that the project has been pushed out. It’s been pushed out two years,” he said. “They are having some redesign issues with the missiles themselves.”
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In all of this, some analysts see echoes of an idea that dates back more than a century and is reckoned to be the foundation of geopolitical thinking. It focused on the struggle between an oceangoing world power—the UK then, the US today—and the land giants of Eurasia. [Heartland Theory]
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the US would be willing to deploy its nuclear weapons against North Korea. During her recent trip to South Korea, Vice President Kamala Harris called for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
State Department Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons Against North Korea

By John Helmer, Moscow
@bears_withLast week on October 19 the US Navy announced that “General Michael ‘Erik’ Kurilla [lead image, lower right] , commander of CENTCOM, conducted a visit aboard the USS West Virginia [top], a U.S. Navy Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine at an undisclosed location at sea in international waters in the Arabian Sea. Kurilla was joined on the USS West Virginia by Vice Admiral Brad Cooper [lower left], commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet and NAVCENT.”
“THE US SIGNALS READINESS TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR STRIKE AGAINST RUSSIA”
WASHINGTON—Progressive plans to cut the Pentagon’s annual spending spree crashed and burned in Congress last week. Pro-labor proposals won, however by a party-line vote.
Progressive push to curb war armaments crashes; pro-labor proposals win
South Korean military says the action is a demonstration of the allies readiness to respond to North Korean ‘provocations’.
S Korea, US fire eight missiles in response to N Korea tests
Peace advocates fear the Biden administration’s high-tech arms shipments to Ukraine are increasing the likelihood of a full-scale conflict between the U.S. and Russia.
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Ukraine Says It Might Use US Weapons to Invade Russia
Brandon is going to get us all killed! 😳
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