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VESSEL REVIEW | Sinichka – Electric commuter boats designed for Russia’s Moskva River
A series of three new electric monohull commuter ferries have already begun operational sailings on the Moskva River in the Russian capital Moscow. Built by Russian shipy ..
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Pentagon Official: China Must See Taiwan Invasion As Costly
President Tsai Ing-wen reviews a Marine Corps battalion in Kaohsiung in July 2020. Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China
When it comes to Taiwan, the United States’ goal is to ensure Beijing understands an invasion is “never easy to do rapidly or cost-free,” the senior Pentagon official for the Indo-Pacific said Thursday.
Ely Ratner, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, added, “what we are trying to do [is] ensure when Beijing looks at the problem, [it decides]...
https://news.usni.org/2022/12/09/pentagon-official-china-must-see-taiwan-invasion-as-costly
Russian Cyber Efforts in Ukraine See Muted Effects, Says Panel
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The Kremlin’s disinformation campaign and massive escalation of cyber attacks on Kyiv’s infrastructure have failed to break the Ukrainians’ will to fight, the author of a recent book on Russian information warfare said Thursday.
Speaking at the United States Naval Institute event, Bilyana Lilly, geopolitical risk lead at Krebs Stamos Group, said Moscow increased its reconnaissance of potential Ukrainian targets for cyber attack a year before the Feb. 24 invasion. In the time...
https://news.usni.org/2022/09/29/russian-cyber-efforts-in-ukraine-see-muted-effects-says-panel
Winter Is Just Around The Corner, The Ukraine Conflict To Proceed As Follows
Up until a few weeks ago, it appeared as though the battle in Ukraine would continue into the bleak winter with neither side making any discernible headway as reported by CNN.
Recriminations in MoscowThat prognosis has changed with the sudden and successful Ukrainian offensive through most of occupied Kharkiv, which has galvanized Ukraine’s Western backers as much as it has led to recriminations in Moscow.
There are important political dynamics involved too.
The Kremlin faces tough choices:...
https://mfame.guru/winter-is-just-around-the-corner-the-ukraine-conflict-to-proceed-as-follows/
Russia Conducts Military Drills In Arctic Sea
(Reuters) – Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow’s readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters, the defense…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-conducts-military-drills-in-arctic-sea/
Russia Worsens Europe’s Energy Crisis With New Gas Halt
- Outage for maintenance on Nord Stream 1 pipeline
- No flows to Germany 0100 GMT, Aug. 31 – 0100 GMT, Sept. 3
- European governments fear Moscow could extend the outage
- German regulator: we are saving gas, must keep doing so
- Siemens Energy: not involved in maintenance work
Russia has completely halted gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline citing repairs, reports BBC.
Major gas pipeline shutThe Russian state-owned energy giant, Gazprom, said the restrictions on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would...
https://mfame.guru/russia-worsens-europes-energy-crisis-with-new-gas-halt/
Carrier USS George H.W. Bush Joins Truman Strike Group in Mediterranean
Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 4, 2022. US Navy Photo
For the first time in recent memory, two U.S. carrier strike groups are now in the Mediterranean Sea as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered its seventh month, USNI News has learned.
On Thursday morning, carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) and guided missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG-99) and USS Truxtun (DDG-103) passed through the...
Russian cargo carrier provides air bridge between Moscow, Asia
Struggling to stay afloat in the face of crippling Western sanctions on Russia, all-cargo airline Volga-Dnepr has narrowed its scope of operation to supporting Russian supply chains’ access to Asia with only Russian-built heavy freighters.
The government of Moscow last month hired Volga-Dnepr to provide cargo transport to and from a handful of Asian and Middle Eastern nations, aboard its five Ilyushin-76TD-90 quad-engine jets, according to a statement shared with FreightWaves. The deal runs...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/russian-airline-provides-cargo-air-bridge-between-moscow-asia
U.S., NATO in for a ‘Long Haul’ Conflict with Russia, Says Polish PM
U.S. Army Sgt. Keegan Davis, assigned to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, walks towards his Soldiers after laying out parts of machine guns onto the front of an M1A2 Abrams tank after conducting a live-fire accuracy screening test as part of Defender 22 at Mielno Range, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 11, 2022. U.S. Army Photo
NATO and the West must be “in the fight for the long haul” economically, diplomatically and militarily in...
https://news.usni.org/2022/05/17/u-s-nato-in-for-a-long-haul-conflict-with-russia-says-polish-pm