Author: Michael

Editor’s Note: Few rivalries in American history have been as consequential — or as personal — as the one between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.  The two men could hardly have been more different. Adams, the stocky and combative Massachusetts lawyer, was blunt to a fault and quick to suspicion. Jefferson, the tall, elegant Virginia planter, was reserved and idealistic. The two held diverging political philosophies as well. Adams preferred a strong, central government while Jefferson favored states’ rights and limited government.

Read More

China has achieved a significant milestone in electric propulsion for satellites by successfully demonstrating a new 750-newton Hall-effect thruster, which completed a record-breaking orbital transfer mission and surpassed the performance of all comparable preceding systems. The engine powered Communications Technology Experiment Satellite 26A from its initial transfer orbit to geostationary orbit through five orbit-raising manoeuvres, firing for a cumulative 11,617 seconds (approximately 3.2 hours) during its maiden mission.

Read More

The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has placed its first order for MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems, after United States officials made clear that donations of the systems would cease. Approximately 100 interceptor missiles, likely a variant of the PAC-3, are being financed through a $1 billion European Union-backed loan, with an urgent diplomatic appeal to nearly 40 partner countries for immediate transfers of missiles from existing stockpiles.

Read More

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s fleet of J-20 fifth generation fighters is estimated to have exceeded 500 fighters, with recent accelerated deliveries to new air brigades providing confirmation of years of reports of a significant expansion of the type’s scale of production. Eighteen air brigades are confirmed to have now received the aircraft, with each brigade typically fielding 28 fighters, for a total of 504 fighters. A further 40-60 fighters are estimated to be allocated for training operations.

Read More

The Ukrainian mobilization effort has been documented as cruel and without due process, without any legal protection at all as men are dragged into non-official private armies and sent to the front. Now nets are being used to snare men on the street without as much hassle.
!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=”https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2y1af”+(arguments[1].video?’.’+arguments[1].video:”)+”/?url=”+encodeURIComponent(location.

Read More

Following the first confirmation that the Russian S-400 long range surface-to-air missile system had been used to intercept a Ukrainian ballistic missile strike against Moscow, significant questions have been raised regarding the systems’ anti-missile capabilities. Unlike specialised ballistic missile defence systems such as the Russian A-235 and S-500, the S-400 is a balanced multirole system designed to be capable of engaging all types of in atmosphere aircraft, and both ballistic and cruise missiles.

Read More