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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a major threat over concerns that European countries could expand the seizure of merchant vessels found to be linked to Russia.
Putin: We Will Hit Back ‘In Kind’
Putin with Military in 2018 Creative Commons Image
Putin Back in 2018 Creative Commons Image
Visiting naval personnel on Wednesday, the Russian president said he would retaliate “in kind” if the plans went ahead, describing them as “piracy and robbery.
You might hate on Alabama, but they aren’t the dirtiest players in college football, not by a long shot. In fact, the Crimson Tide are far from the top: 37th on Action Network’s list of dirtiest teams in CFB. But what’s even more interesting is who’s on the very bottom of that list. Or, to put it another way: who tops the list of cleanest teams.
It’s the Army Black Knights.
Ukraine says it has targeted the Russian fleet’s “last major stronghold” in the Black Sea.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said overnight Ukrainian strikes on the port city of Novorossiysk were a “unique operation.”
T-84 Tank from Ukraine War. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Australia is sending 49 of its retired M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, a move that bolsters Kyiv’s armored firepower but raises significant questions about survivability on the modern battlefield.
Weeks ago, the United States proclaimed a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as the world awaits negotiations on the waterway’s future. However, before dawn on Tuesday, U.S. forces fired on a ship seeking to run the blockade.
The Wall Street Journal reported that an American military helicopter had fired on the ship, which flew the flag of Panama, after its crew “ignored warnings from American personnel working to enforce the naval blockade of Iran’s ports.
Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, can now buy beer and hard seltzers from the base’s new dining hall, Army officials said.
42 Bistro at Fort Hood is the first of the Army’s new dining halls to offer alcohol for sale. The bistro opened in February and is what the service is calling a “campus-style dining venue,” modeled off of college cafeterias and run by a private contractor.
“Our soldiers are adults, so we’re treating them accordingly,” said Lt. Col. Joseph Payton, a spokesperson for III Corps at Fort Hood.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of last week promising “victory” in his war in Ukraine.
Those claims ring increasingly hollow as more details emerge of secret funerals for one – and at one time reported as potentially two – of his top generals.
Putin New Year’s Message. Image Credit: Russian Government.
Vladimir Putin Russian President 2019. Image Credit: Kremlin.
Those reported to have been killed were victims of what was a planned assassination attempt that occurred only a short distance from the Kremlin itself.
Roughly 250 active duty soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, are currently assisting with efforts to battle a wildfire in Washington state that has burned almost 58,000 acres since it began on July 17.
Most of the soldiers helping with the firefighting efforts are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, said Lt. Col. Cain Claxton, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command.
A top German General says Russia is preparing to launch a wider war as it fights a full-scale conflict in Ukraine.
The Kremlin, he says, is using hybrid attacks to probe NATO’s defenses.
T-14 Armata Tank Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
T-14 Armata. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The warning comes from Gen. Carsten Breuer, the 17th Inspector General of Germany’s Bundeswehr.
In his position, he acts as the top military advisor to the German government and leads the nation’s ongoing military rearmament and strategic defense overhaul.
With the status of the Strait of Hormuz in much flux, there hadn’t been much attention in recent days on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where the Iran-allied Houthi militia had imposed a blockade on Saudi oil last month.
But that changed Wednesday, when the Houthis fired a missile at a ship in that Strait, killing six people.
An F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Jet assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, taxis out from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 21, 2021.
The world of Ukrainian missile defense advocates was euphoric when, during the early July NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump stated he was willing to give Kyiv “the blueprints” needed to build its own Patriot missiles.
But the sense of optimism has since faded due to US technology releaseability issues.