Daily Archives: 6. Mai 2019
Bisher Stage 1 only und glücklich damit: Markus Beckedahl, Caroline Sinders und jetzt gleich Sybille Krämer. (sa) #rp19
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Navy to Equip Destroyers With High Powered Lasers
(14.04.2019)
News.usni.org reports that the Navy intends to install a High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) weapon system aboard a West Coast Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyer by 2021. The new laser is intended to operate at 60 kilowatts, three times more powerful than the laser weapons system the Navy tested aboard the USS Ponce five years ago. The laser system is mainly intended to target small attack boats and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The HELIOS system is to be developed by Lockheed Martin.
Air Force Research Laboratory completes successful shoot down of air-launched missiles
During the series of tests at the High Energy Laser System Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range, the Demonstrator Laser Weapon System (DLWS) (Figure 1), acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air launched missiles in flight. The demonstration is an important step of the SHiELD system development, by validating laser effectiveness against the target missiles. The final SHiELD system, however, will be much smaller and lighter, as well as ruggedized for an airborne environment.
The US Air Force successfully tested a laser system to shoot down missiles
SHiELD also not the only laser technology that’s in testing by the US military — the US Army tested a system mounted on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter last summer, and the US Navy is working with Lockheed Martin on its own systems to install on warships.
Boeing knew of a software error that prevented the correct functioning of a safety alert system on the 737 Max for a year before disclosing the problem to regulators and airlines, according to a Sunday Wall Street Journal report
So, it transpires, while the plane in Moscow was aflame, people slowed the evacuation to get their hand luggage. Yes, people at the back of the plane burned to death because others couldn’t bear the be parted from their suitcases.
Moscow plane fire: reports claim jet was struck by lightning
Russian authorities have said the deadly fire onboard an Aeroflot passenger jet was probably caused by pilot error, a technical malfunction or “adverse weather conditions”, apparently referring to reports that lightning struck the plane after takeoff.
US expands ‚axis of evil‘
(6.5.2002)
The United States has added Cuba, Libya and Syria to the nations it claims are deliberately seeking to obtain chemical or biological weapons.
Syrian rebels say goal of Russia‘s Idlib assault is to take highways
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey said on Monday that Moscow and its Syrian government ally were trying to wrest control of two major highways in their last enclave in the northwest of the country in a bid to shore up Syria’s sanction-hit economy.
The main objectives of the gallant #SAA at the moment is the liberation and taking control of the M4 and M5 highways.
Syrien: Berichte über heftige Gefechte bei Idlib
Nach mehr als acht Jahren Bürgerkrieg ist die Region um die Stadt Idlib das letzte große Rebellengebiet Syriens. Kontrolliert wird sie im Wesentlichen von der islamistischen Miliz Haiat Tahrir al-Scham (HTS), die dem Terrornetzwerk al-Kaida nahesteht.
BREAKING: Syrian Army and Russian Air Force Begin Full Scale Offensive Across Three Theatres
SYRIA – Units of the Syrian Arab Army have fully mobilized and taken the offensive across three theatres in Syria. What began as a retaliation to the frequent breaches and attacks by terrorists on safe areas in the countryside of Hama and Idlib, developed by this morning into an intensive operation against their positions and supply routes in Idlib southern countryside and Hama northern countryside.
US-Flugzeugträger in Nahost: Alles nur ein Bluff?
So zumindest deuten es mehrere US-Experten. Die Politikanalytikerin Becca Wasser von der Denkfabrik „Rand Corporation“, die das US-Verteidigungsministeriun berät, schrieb: Es würden routinemäßig Flugzeugträger in die Region entsandt, um den Iran abzuschrecken.
Das Verteidigungsministerium habe in letzter Zeit die Anwesenheit von Flugzeugträgern variiert, um unvorhersehbar zu wirken.
Libyen: Hunderte Menschen sterben bei jüngsten Gefechten
Seit Anfang April kämpfen Rebellen um die Hauptstadt Tripolis, wo die von den UN gestützte Regierung sitzt. Die WHO berichtet von einem starken Anstieg der Opferzahlen.
Wo sind eigentlich die Leute abgeblieben, die hier auf Twitter damals mit der Journaille für die Zerschlagung von #Libyen trommelten?
Only let Remainers speak! The sheer authoritarianism of the Remain elite never ceases to shock. In fairness to the media, they‘ve been having a damn good go at this anyway. OFCOM has abandoned any pretence of ensuring news neutrality, as has the BBC. #brexit
How ‘right wing’ became the smear for those we disagree with
Inexplicably, even free speech has become a right-wing issue. When I refused to sign a ‘behavioural agreement’ form (a title invented by students who mistook George Orwell’s 1984 for an instruction manual) in order to perform comedy at the School of Oriental and African Studies just before Christmas, I was immediately called ‘alt-Right’ on national radio. When I tried to explain that I’m a Remainer with liberal and centrist views who has only voted Lib Dem or Labour, I was told ‘that’s what the alt-Right always say’.
I wonder how my Jewish great-grandfather, who died fighting Nazis in WWII, would feel about my transformation into a far-right extremist.
Zeitung: May prüft zweites Brexit-Referendum
Die britische Regierungschefin Theresa May bereitet einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge ein zweites Brexit-Referendum vor für den Fall, dass sie vom Parlament dazu gezwungen wird. May berate unter anderem mit Ministern über eine weitere Volksabstimmung, berichtete der „Daily Telegraph“ unter Berufung auf mit der Sache vertraute Personen.
Can you believe you’re reading this? Well, we can’t quite believe we’re publishing this, either
It’s the Spring Bank Holiday weekend – Sunday, 5th May 2019 – and we are still in the EU.
1,047 days ago the majority of the electorate voted to leave the European Union. The Prime Minister had promised to invoke Article 50 “the next day” if Leave won.
Rude Tories force Theresa May’s chief of staff out of secret WhatsApp group after slagging her off constantly
RUDE Tories have forced Theresa May‘s chief of staff out of a local WhatsApp group after slagging her off constantly.
Gavin Barwell said he‘d had enough of everyone attacking the party boss and dramatically quit the group, it was revealed yesterday.
PM’s chief of staff helps to lose Tory council seat in Woking
(03.05.2019) Gavin Barwell, as Inside Croydon’s loyal reader will know, is the former MP for Croydon Central. After writing the book How To Lose A Marginal Seat, Barwell duly lost his parliamentary seat in 2017.
Since then, he has been in a £150,000 per year job in Downing Street, advising the Prime Minister, Theresa Mayhem, as her chief of staff. And haven’t they been doing a real bang-up job?
Theresa May in secret discussions on second Brexit referendum
John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor, said it “may well” be the case that any deal would have to be put to a second referendum, adding: “I think the Conservatives have to recognise that if a deal is going to go through there might be a large number of MPs who will want a public vote.“
Babies among the dead as fragile ceasefire reaches Gaza
Before the tentative ceasefire was brokered in the early hours of Monday morning, hundreds of rockets were fired into southern Israel on Sunday, killing at least four Israelis in the bloodiest fighting since the weeks-long 2014 war.
The number of Palestinians who died rose to 23, including two expectant mothers and two babies.
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on China to Complete Trade Deal
May.05 — President Trump is ramping up pressure on China to finalize a trade deal during talks in Washington this week. He’s threatening to more than double tariffs on $200B of Chinese sales to the U.S. and he posed new import taxes.
Konflikt mit dem Iran: USA verlegen Flugzeugträger in Nahen Osten
Wie der Sicherheitsberater des Weißen Hauses, John Bolton, mitteilte, werden der Flugzeugträger „USS Abraham Lincoln“ sowie eine Bomberstaffel vom Mittelmeer in den Nahen Osten verlegt.
Den genauen Ort der Stationierung ließ er offen. Bolton sprach lediglich von einer Verlegung in die Region, für die das Streitkräftekommando CENTCOM zuständig ist – dieses Gebiet reicht von Syrien im Westen bis Pakistan im Osten.