Author: Michael

As Ukraine prepares to bolster its air defenses with new deliveries of interceptors from its Western allies, Russia launched its latest barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, July 11. Reports describe how a missile strike in Odesa killed two people and wounded another, while a drone strike also injured seven when it struck a civilian building.

Russian forces launched a combination of drone swarms and ballistic missiles across the nation’s capital city, Kyiv, causing major damage for yet another night.

Europe Considers Hormuz Navigation Fees: Oman has presented Iran with a proposal, drafted with the assistance of the United Kingdom, that would allow shipping companies to make voluntary payments for navigation and emergency services in the Strait of Hormuz. Under the proposal, compulsory tolls would be prohibited – a measure that suits demands from Washington and recent comments from Oman.

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Ukraine Is Wrecking Russia’s Oil Refineries. How Much Damage Has It Done, and How Might Putin Respond?: Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has hit all 11 of Russia’s largest oil refineries and triggered the worst fuel crisis of the war, though how much capacity is truly offline is fiercely disputed, with Kyiv claiming 43 percent and independent analysts estimating closer to a third.

The damage is real and mounting, but Russia has proven able to absorb it.

MSTA-S Russian Army. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Msta-S Russian Army. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

For the crew of a fishing vessel, time was the enemy. A fisherman onboard the Azteca 5, a Mexican-flagged ship sailing in the Pacific, had suffered “traumatic injuries” on Monday, July 6. The Azteca 5 and its sister ship the Franz were out at sea, roughly 700 nautical miles from Cabo San Lucas in Mexico and hundreds of miles from the closest hospital or transport to one. 
That day, Coast Guard District 11 picked up their distress call and alerted members of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing. A team of aircraft crewmen and pararescuemen or PJs quickly organized.

For the crew of a fishing vessel, time was the enemy. A fisherman onboard the Azteca 5, a Mexican-flagged ship sailing in the Pacific, had suffered “traumatic injuries” on Monday, July 6. The Azteca 5 and its sister ship the Franz were out at sea, roughly 700 nautical miles from Cabo San Lucas in Mexico and hundreds of miles from the closest hospital or transport to one. 
That day, Coast Guard District 11 picked up their distress call and alerted members of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing. A team of aircraft crewmen and pararescuemen or PJs quickly organized.

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Who’s lifting the Lawson Cup?

Space Force has spent several months building out its idea of “orbital warfare” and now it has one of its first weapons. 
Last month, Space Force Combat Forces Command acquired the Meadowlands, which can blast enemy satellites with electromagnetic radiation to shut them down. Developed by L3Harris Technologies, the new weapon is able to “detect, deny, disrupt, and degrade adversary capabilities,” according to Space Force.
Specifically, the Meadowlands is a terrestrial-based weapon meant to jam enemy systems in space, disrupting transmissions from satellites and ground stations.

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