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WW3 fears as country with weaker army than China issues three-word warning to Xi Jinping – Express

Posted: December 16, 2023 at 2:06 pm

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HISTORY IS BEING WRITTEN- WHERE WILL YOU BE IN THE … – Resistbot News

Posted: November 6, 2023 at 6:26 pm

I demand you use everything at your disposal, including cutting off military and financial aid from the state of Israel, to stop the genocide of Palestinians and to condemn the state of Israel for their war crimes. Are you too afraid to do it? Are you that much of a coward? What happened to your humanity, or did you ever have it? I can't even imagine walking around the world, existing like you- no heart, no soul, nothing. Every single act of censorship, each time you take away my rights as an American citizen, every bomb dropped, every chemical weapon used, every act of violence, every horror I witness only makes me more steadfast. You think we will forget and you'll be able to continue as normal soon. That's not happening. I don't think you understand the scope of the outcry for the genocide of Palestinians to stop- in Gaza, the West Bank- in all of occupied Palestine, for American taxpayer money to stop being used to prop up another country, for our country to cease the insane amount of involvement, and for the way our country is run to actually work for Americans. Actually, you probably do understand and also don't care. I have seen things I can barely believe- Israeli soldiers laughing as they tie a Palestinian man from the West Bank to a tank and kill him as they drive- so many human bodies burned, mutilated- so many deaths of utter agony- destruction the likes I have never seen before. I know you know this is happening. I know you know even MORE of the atrocities being committed every second by the IDF. I know you sent OUR TROOPS over there. Is WW3 really what you're after? You are sick and twisted. You don't even take care of our veterans- you use them up, spit them out, and destroy their lives & families. I will keep writing to you daily demanding change. Your actions right now will be remembered in history years and years from now when my generation is old- your face will be in history textbooks as the authors and consignors of the brutal genocide of Palestinians. They will have a paragraph about you- what do you want it to say? I hope you have a horrible day. I hope the screams of the Palestinian people haunt your every waking moment.

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CoD MW3 players blast open cover missions as sheer laziness – Dexerto

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Shay Robson

Published: 2023-11-04T13:45:36

Updated : 2023-11-04T13:45:46

Modern Warfare 3 players are putting the devs on blast, slamming the games open cover campaign missions as sheer laziness.

Earlier in October, Modern Warfare 3s beta gave players a glimpse of whats to come for the next year of Call of Duty. While the game was received more positively than not, Modern Warfare 3s early access campaign seems to have killed the hype, with initial reactions less than satisfied.

So far, some have slammed the devs for 2009 graphics quality, while others hit out at them for several bugs that are plaguing the early access. Not only that, but players are now putting the devs on blast, calling them out for their sheer laziness.

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In a November 2 Reddit thread, one MW3 player claimed the open cover missions in the games campaign is a cover for the devs sheer laziness.

These missions are so uninspired and lazy, they hit out. Its just a snippet of the Warzone map with random objectives to run around press X on. The original MW campaigns were memorable due to their sheer scale and memorable scripted moments.

In their opinion, they claimed the open cover missions were the worst part of MW2s campaign, and are even worse in this years Call of Duty.

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Furthermore, the player compared missions to that of the original Modern Warfare 3, which campaign they say is one of the most memorable in Call of Duty history.

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The opening missions of the original MWIII literally had WW3 happening and a huge attack on NYC where you were taking back downtown Manhattan and infiltrating submarines in the harbor, they said. The Paris mission on the bridge holding out while the Eiffel Tower collapses is one of the most memorable COD sequences ever.

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Here, we just walk around by ourselves in an empty port opening crates to loot and then putting trackers on container. The second open combat mission I finished in like 5 minutes sprinting around to 3 objectives.

They added: Its an uninspired and lazy mess and an excuse to forgo creating well-crafted set pieces and any greater sense of scale. They just take a map they made for Warzone, drop some stupid AI in the middle, and send you on fetch quests. Basically solo DMZ masquerading as a campaign.

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It certainly isnt the first wave of complaints weve seen for MW3s campaign, with other players slamming the campaign as Warzone with cutscenes.

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Like it or not, the Cowboys stir the NFL’s drink Inside The Star – Inside The Star

Posted: July 4, 2023 at 12:14 pm

In a June 1977 issue of Sport magazine, writer Robert Ward's story quotes Reggie Jackson saying, (Thurman) Munson thinks he can be the straw that stirs the drink, but he can only stir it bad.

Jackson denies he said it, Ward stands by his story. The truth? No one will ever know.

But when it comes to the NFL, there is one team that is without question the straw that stirs the drink. That's the Dallas Cowboys.

We'll pause for a moment to allow the fan bases of the other 31 teams to scream it out

Okay, now that they have that out of their system, let me tell you why.

Whenever a big-name player is cut, or demands a trade, or becomes a free agent whose the first team mentioned as a destination? The Dallas Cowboys.

Just this year alone we've seen stories yes, even on this site bringing players like Dalvin Cook, DeAndre Hopkins, Deion Jones, and most recently, Cordarrelle Patterson to the Cowboys.

Never mind the salary cap hits that make most of those moves suicidal, would all of these players fit on the team? In the pre-salary cap days, these moves might have happened.

Without the cap to keep Jerry Jones in check, the Super Bowl would have turned into an annual Which AFC will lose to the Cowboys in this year's Super Bowl? contest.

Yet, despite not even playing in an NFC Championship game in nearly 30 years, the Cowboys remain the topic of conversation. The straw that stirs the drink.

Hold up, they're screaming again

Okay, let's continue now. The moniker America's Team wasn't created by anyone directly connected to the Cowboys. But it sure did stick.

Following the 1978 season, Bob Ryan, of NFL Films, was editing the Cowboys 1978 highlight film. He noticed that at every road game you saw the stands filled with Cowboys' fans.

The first game of the 1979 season saw the Cowboys playing the St. Louis Cardinals in the nationally televised game. CBS announcer Pat Summerall used the moniker. America's Team was born.

And it has stuck despite the lack of titles. Even the success of teams like the Patriots, Steelers, and 49ers have failed to wrest the title from the Cowboys.

The Chiefs recent run of championships have left the team as nothing more than the team that used to play in America's Team hometown.

Judging by the stories whenever a big name player hits the market, none of those teams get mentioned as a destination before Dallas.

Clearly the worst of the cope and seethers comes from the City of Brother, We Love To Boo Santa. Sorry, Mike from Philly, not sorry.

And lest we forget, the Philadelphia Flyers nearly kicked off WW3 during an exhibition hockey game back in 1976. On this day as we celebrate the last good thing to come out of the city of Philadelphia we are left with one conclusion:

Philadelphia, you have no chill.

If there is one fan base that hates the Cowboys more than all the others it is the Eagles. To be fair, if my team was dead last in the division in Super Bowl wins, I'd hate the team that leads the division in that category too.

In addition to the 5-1 lead in wins, the Cowboys have played in eight Super Bowls to the Eagles four. Dallas' three losses are by a combined 11 points, less that a field goal per game.

By contrast, the Eagles lost their first Super Bowl by 17 points alone. They blew a 10-point lead in the second half to a one-legged quarterback last February.

Since the NFL-AFL in 1970, some 53 years, the Cowboys have won the NFC East division 21 times. By contrast, the Eagles have won the division 12 times, followed by Washington (10), New York (8), and St. Louis (2).

In that same span, the Cowboys have won eight NFC Championships and five Super Bowls. Both Washington and New York have five NFC titles. The Giants have four Super Bowl wins, the Redskins have three.

The Eagles? Four NFC championships and one lone Super Bowl win. Dead last in the NFC East in both categories.

Judging by the comments here and on social media, the Cowboys clearly stir the drink across the NFL. With an extra-large straw at that when it comes to Philadelphia.

Happy Independence Day everybody. I've already lit off the fireworks.

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It’s Time for Call of Duty to Return to One Fictional War – GameRant

Posted: May 18, 2023 at 1:28 am

It's clear why the Call of Duty franchise has remained popular for as long as it has, with the frequent releases of the IP exploring a huge range of settings and delivering different gameplay experiences to fans. Despite being considered by many as the best first-person shooter franchise, there's still room for it to innovate on some of its ideas.

One of the largest factors of any Call of Duty title is the conflict that the game chooses to focus on, with this being the decision that largely informs the narrative of an installment or the feel of its multiplayer modes. The CoD franchise has famously explored a huge range of different wars over the years, but one stands out as one of the most fascinating and tense. When considering the plethora of the franchise's modern settings, it may be time for World War 3 to come back into the fold.

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Call of Duty veterans will be familiar with the franchise's roots, in which the IP exclusively focused on portraying the Second World War for some time. Fans would understandably grow tired of this after a while, and in response, the franchise began to explore more modern and futuristic settings, with one such setting being a third World War.

This iconic portrayal of World War 3 came within the first Modern Warfare trilogy, and was focused on heavily in Modern Warfare 3. Telling the tale of Task Force 141, the original Modern Warfare trilogy portrayed some of the most hard-hitting and memorable sequences across the entire franchise, and this was largely due to the stakes of its World War 3 setting. While this particular conflict was covered quite extensively in the original trilogy, it would be fascinating to see how such a devastating conflict could be portrayed on modern hardware. With this in mind, the current reboot of the Modern Warfare trilogy fosters the perfect environment for a return to World War 3, priding itself on its gripping detail while of course possessing some of the same narrative beats of the original trilogy.

The Call of Duty franchise recently found success in its Modern Warfare reboot, with Infinity Ward telling a different tale in the MW universe, involving many of the same beloved characters from the original trilogy. Modern Warfare 2's recent release forwarded this new narrative and set up the franchise for a potentially explosive finale in its more-than-likely follow-up installment.

While the new Modern Warfare series does well to portray previous franchise characters in fresh lights, it is hard not to notice that the stakes of its overarching narrative currently feel much smaller than the originals. With that being said, the third installment to the original MW trilogy was arguably the most high-octane, and there is no reason that the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 cannot also take this narrative direction. The original MW3 was the title that portrayed World War 3 in the most horrific and memorable detail, giving further credence to how the new trilogy's third installment is the perfect opportunity to re-explore the conflict. That version of WW3 was also sparked by the No Russian incident, the same terrorist attack that Makarov carries out within the post credits scene from the new Modern Warfare 2, so it would only make sense for World War 3 to occur again in the new timeline.

As more than a decade has passed since the franchise's last portrayal of WW3, it is clear to see the appeal of revisiting the conflict with the more detailed and dynamic capabilities of modern hardware. While also crucially upping the ante of what the next Modern Warfare installment's narrative will involve, the potential success that a revived World War 3 setting could bring for Call of Duty is backed by the franchise's very own track record.

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Are killer robots the future of war? – Al Jazeera English

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Humanity stands on the brink of a new era of warfare.

Driven by rapid developments in artificial intelligence, weapons platforms that can identify, target and decide to kill human beings on their own without an officer directing an attack or a soldier pulling the trigger are fast transforming the future of conflict.

Officially, they are called lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), but critics call them killer robots. Many countries, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, India, Iran, Israel, South Korea, Russia and Turkey, have invested heavily in developing such weapons in recent years.

A United Nations report suggests that Turkish-made Kargu-2 drones in fully-automatic mode marked the dawn of this new age when they attacked combatants in Libya in 2020 amid that countrys ongoing conflict.

Autonomous drones have also played a crucial role in the war in Ukraine, where both Moscow and Kyiv have deployed these uncrewed weapons to target enemy soldiers and infrastructure.

The emergence and deployment of such machines are driving intense debates among experts, activists and diplomats worldwide as they grapple with the possible benefits and potential risks of using robots, and consider whether and how to stop them.

Yet in an increasingly divided geopolitical landscape, can the international community arrive at any consensus on these machines? Do the ethical, legal and technological threats posed by such weapons make it essential to stop them before they take over the battlefield? Is a blanket ban feasible, or is a set of regulations a more realistic option? Al Jazeera posed these questions to leading experts in the field.

The short answer: An outright blanket ban on autonomous weapon systems does not look likely anytime soon. However, a growing chorus of voices especially from the Global South is calling for their regulation, and experts believe a global taboo of the kind that is in place against the use of chemical weapons is possible. Major military powers may be intrigued by the potential battlefield advantages such systems could give them, but there seems to be little appetite for them outside governments and generals.

In late March, Yasmin Afina, research associate at the London-based Chatham House, described to the House of Lords, the second chamber of the UK parliament, how the US National Security Agency (NSA) had once mistakenly identified an Al Jazeera journalist as an al-Qaeda courier. That labelling which also resulted in the journalist being put on a US watch list only came to light through documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the NSA.

A surveillance system of the kind behind that incident is not in itself a weapon system, but it is lethality-enabling, Afina said in her deposition. If you were to engage the target, the journalist, that would absolutely be against international humanitarian law considerations.

The potential for LAWS to trigger a chain reaction of escalatory events worries Toby Walsh, an AI expert at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

We know what happens when we put complex computer systems against each other in an uncertain and competitive environment. Its called the stock market, wrote Walsh in written evidence submitted to the House of Lords.

The only way to stop dangerous feedback loops and undesirable outcomes is to use circuit breakers. On the stock market, we can simply unwind transactions when such a situation occurs. But we cannot unwind the start of WW3, he added.

That does not mean researchers should stop developing the technology behind automatic weapons systems, Walsh told Al Jazeera. That technology, he said, could bring benefits in other fields.

For example, the same algorithms used in car safety systems that avoid collisions with pedestrians will be the algorithms that go into your autonomous drone that identify combatants, track them and its just a sign change to kill them as opposed to avoid them, he said. It would be morally wrong to deny the world a chance to reduce road deaths, he argued.

Instead, the answer might lie in emulating the relatively successful regulation of chemical weapons, Walsh said.

When chemical weapons are used, they make front-page headlines and trigger a global outcry. The UNs Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits their development, production, stockpiling and use. That, combined with international taboos around chemical weapons, has also successfully stopped major arms companies from producing them.

We cant put Pandora back into a box, but those measures seem to have largely limited the misuse of chemical weapons in the battlefields around the world today, Walsh said.

To be sure, AI-driven autonomous weapons systems have their benefits from a military perspective.

They could carry out some battlefield tasks without the use of soldiers thus reducing the risk of casualties. Supporters argue that sophisticated technology embedded in these systems could eliminate or reduce human error in decision-making and eliminate biases. Greater accuracy in targeting could, at least in theory, reduce accidental human casualties.

Autonomous weapons systems can also be deployed for defensive capabilities, with lightning-fast detection algorithms able to detect and eliminate a potential threat with greater efficiency and accuracy than humans.

Yet to many experts and rights groups, the risks of these LAWs outweigh any potential advantages ranging from the possibility of technical malfunctions with no oversight to violations of international law and the ethical concerns over emotionless machines making decisions of life and death.

Central to all of those concerns is the question of accountability.

In 2019, the 126 counties party to the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) agreed upon 11 guiding principles recommended by a group of experts appointed by the UN to address concerns about autonomous weapons.

Among those principles was a decision that international humanitarian law would fully apply to the potential development of such weapons. But experts say it is unclear how that principle will be applied in the fog of war. If a robot commits a war crime, for instance, would it be the commanding officer in charge of the theatre of conflict who would be considered responsible? Or would the buck stop at higher-ups who decided to deploy the machine in the first place? Would the manufacturer of the weapon be liable?

All of this represents a major gap in policy conversation on the subject, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) researchers Vincent Boulanin and Marta Bo wrote in an article in March.

There is not even an official or internationally agreed definition for autonomous weapons systems, Boulanin told Al Jazeera, though most countries agree that the critical element is that the system will be able to identify, select and engage the target without human intervention.

According to Boulanin, the director of the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Programme at SIPRI, weapons systems already operational today fit this description. One such example is the US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system currently used by many countries, including Saudi Arabia and Israel.

We are talking about a capability, a function that can be used across very different types of weapons systems, that can come in all shapes and forms and can be used in very different types of missions, said Boulanin.

So if you were to ban something, he explained, you would have to narrow down exactly the type of weapon or scenario that you find particularly problematic.

Rather than a blanket ban, a two-tier set of regulations would be a more realistic outcome, he said, with some weapons systems prohibited and others allowed if they meet a strict set of requirements.

The million dollar question now is, basically, what are the elements that would fit into these two buckets? Boulanin said.

It is a question that different states have yet to agree on.

There is an even more fundamental division among nations over how to approach the question of autonomous weapons: Should the world seek a legally binding set of rules or merely a political declaration of intent?

A political declaration can take many forms but would likely include a public statement where major powers would state their common position on the subject and promise to adhere to the principle points laid out in the document. This could look like the joint statement issued by China, Russia, the UK, the US and France on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races signed in January 2022, in which they affirmed, among other things, that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.

Boulanin said it is a question that nations have radically different views on. Russia has been very open about its objections to legally binding instruments; the UK and US are also critical, viewing it as premature and seeking a political declaration as a first step, he said.

Some others, like China and India, have been more ambiguous.

China has supported a ban on the use of fully autonomous weapons but not on their development a position in keeping with the view that some of the worlds most dangerous military tools, including nuclear weapons, can serve as defensive deterrents.

Chinas domestic arms industry has duly pressed ahead with the development of such technology, including the Blowfish A2 drones, which can fly in swarms and independently engage a target. The classified 912 Project also aims to develop underwater robots over the next few years.

India, meanwhile, has expressed concerns about a new race for such machines widening the technology gulf between nations, and about the proliferation of killer robots including to non-state actors but has simultaneously doubled down on developing its own autonomous weapons systems.

Exactly how much resources militaries are committing to developing LAWS is difficult to gauge, but a 2021 Amnesty International report states that several major military powers were investing heavily in the development of autonomous systems. The UK, it said, was developing an uncrewed autonomous drone that could identify a target within a programmed area, while Russia has built a robot tank which can be fitted with a machine gun or grenade launcher.

Autonomous functions can also be added to existing or developing technologies, such as the US-made Switchblade 600 loitering missile.

The real pushback against such weapons systems is coming from large parts of the Global South especially Latin America, Africa and the Middle East that are seeking legally binding regulations.

Leading the campaign in recent times is a country that has shown that peace can be ensured without an army.

In February, Costa Ricas government, along with the local nongovernmental organisation FUNPADEM organised a regional conference attended by representatives from almost every country in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The conferences Beln Communiqu (PDF), which more than 30 states adopted, highlighted the dangers of autonomous weapons systems and called for the international community to respond to them by developing and strengthening the international legal framework.

This is our national position based on our cultural view of peace, Bradon Mata Aguilar, a project technician at FUNPADEM, told Al Jazeera.

Costa Ricas army was abolished in 1948, and it remains one of the most stable countries in the region. Aguilar explains that this fact creates a huge difference between how other states and Costa Rica look at implementing these legally binding instruments.

Costa Rica, he said, is seeking a complete prohibition of fully autonomous weapons and regulations implemented to control the use and development of semi-autonomous weapons.

Groups like the Stop Killer Robots (PDF) campaign, a coalition of nongovernmental organisations that seek to preemptively ban LAWS, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also had a strong presence at the conference in Costa Rica.

Then, on March 25, at the Ibero-American Summit in the Dominican Republic, 22 heads of state of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries issued a joint statement (PDF), calling for the negotiation of a legally binding international instrument, with prohibitions and regulations regarding autonomy in weapons systems.

That sentiment was echoed two days later when the Central American Integration System groupings member states, including Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, adopted a similar statement calling for urgent negotiations.

Multiple nations in Africa and the Middle East Algeria, Namibia, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine among them have called for a complete ban on fully autonomous weapons systems over the past decade. Others like South Africa have called for regulations but have stopped short of seeking a full ban.

All of this momentum shows that the appetite for legislation is there, said Walsh. Weve seen three dozen or more countries at the floor of the United Nations call for regulation. Weve seen the European Parliament vote for it. Weve seen the African Union vote for it.

But a key ingredient for the success of any talks is missing, according to some experts: trust.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, many nations are worried about whether they can believe in what rivals state officially, analysts say.

That absence of trust plays out at two levels. Since international conventions like the CCW depend on consensus, it only takes one country to be disruptive to stop talks progressing, said Walsh.

But even if a new international law or set of regulations were to come into place, would they be effectively implemented? That is an open question because many nations are not playing by the rules-based order anymore, said Walsh.

Boulanin agrees with those concerns.

States can agree [thats] one thing, but compliance is another thing, Boulanin said.

I think some states are worried that if they were to agree on an ambitious regulatory framework, they would potentially shoot themselves in the foot, he added. If their adversaries did not play by the rules and developed LAWS, this would put them at a strategic disadvantage, he explained.

That risk, however, does not mean we shouldnt keep trying to agree on new norms for responsible behaviour, Boulanin said.

Already, one traditional worry that any international law would be unable to keep pace with the rapid rate at which technology is advancing has been addressed, he said, with the UNs approach now focusing on regulations that are technology-agnostic.

Still, there are even more basic issues at stake in this debate, including over the morality of machines taking peoples lives without any human being involved in the decision-making process.

The Martens Clause, which has formed a part of the laws of armed conflict since its first appearance in the preamble to the 1899 Hague Convention (II), is often used in discussions over the ethics of autonomous weapons systems. It declares that in the absence of specific treaty law on a topic, people are still protected by custom, the principles of humanity, and the dictates of public conscience.

In 2019, UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said machines with the power and discretion to take lives without human involvement were politically unacceptable and morally repugnant.

And many military personnel Walsh has spoken with for his research seem squeamish about fully autonomous weapons too.

He said that he has found almost universally that the lower down the ranks you go, the closer to the battlefield you get, there is more pushback against the idea that you could be fighting against robots.

Beyond laws, regulations and geopolitics, there is a more fundamental problem with the idea of machines lacking human empathy making such critical decisions, said Walsh.

Its disrespectful to human dignity.

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Ukraine planned attack on Moscow that could have triggered WW3, leaked memos say – Daily Star

Posted: April 25, 2023 at 8:09 pm

Ukraine planned a massive strike on the Russian capital earlier this year, and it was only called off after a warning from the US government.

A leaked Pentagon report reveals that Ukraines head of military intelligence (HUR) ordered agents to prepare for mass strikes using everything the HUR had to mark the first anniversary of the outbreak of war on February 24.

But once news of the planned attacks reached Washington, the CIA warned President Zelenskyy that a strike on Russia's capital could trigger a direct conflict between America and Russia.

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On February 22, just two days before the attacks were due to take place, US officials were told that the HUR had agreed, at Washingtons request, to postpone strikes on the Russian capital.

By then, news of the planned attacks had already reached the Kremlin. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, air defences were installed on numerous key buildings in and around Moscow.

The US appears to have learned about the plan by tapping the phones of Ukrainian officials

The Pentagon has supplied arms to Ukraine under strict condition that US military hardware is not used to strike at targets within Russia. Concerns have been raised within the Biden administration that the use of US weapons on Russian soil could trigger a global conflict.

The leaked Pentagon reports about the war in Ukraine were dismissed by a source in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian government adviser told the Daily Telegraph regarding the leaked memos: They fulfil only one catastrophic function: they shape public opinion in Western capitals as if Ukraine was an unreasonable, infantile, and impulsive country that is dangerous for adults to trust with serious weapons.

Ukraine sees things differently, he explained. We approach the war with ironclad mathematical logic.

"We need long-range missiles to destroy Russian logistics in the occupied territories and various types of aircraft to protect the sky and destroy Russian fortifications."

These are the main components of successful counteroffensive operations and minimisation of losses," the Ukrainian government insider added.

"Maybe its time to stop playing with excuses and back-alley realpolitik while the war is still ongoing and people are dying?

Ukraine has long refused to publish official casualty figures, but US figures suggest the true cost of Ukraine war, could be as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded against around 200,000 on the Russian side.

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WW3 fears as China readies hypersonic missiles and drones for Taiwan invasion – Express

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China has moved new war tech closer to Taiwan in another strong sign of their intention to invade the island, according to a leaked document. Other reports from the recently leaked trove of top secret files show Beijing successfully tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile which has a "high probability" of penetrating US air defences.

The document, first reported by The Washington Post, is part of a larger scandal which has marred the US intelligence community after 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira allegedly posted classified reports to the gaming chat server Discord.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency report includes satellite imagery which shows two WZ-8 rocket-propelled reconnaissance drones parked 350 miles inland from Shanghai, well within range of the seas surrounding Taiwan and US ally South Korea.

The cutting-edge drones could be used to carry out real-time mapping of a combat situation and guide Chinese missiles aimed at US and Taiwanese warships defending the island.

Other leaked documents paint a bleak picture of Taiwan's defence, according to the paper. The reports claim Taiwanese officials believe the island's air defences couldn't "accurately detect [incoming] missile launches" and that it would take at least a week to move its fighter jets to hardened shelters.

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If Beijing were to launch a pre-emptive strike, it could effectively wipe out large parts of Taiwan's fighter capabilities giving China early air superiority in an all-out war.

The stealthy WZ-8 drones could be used to help guide such a pre-emptive strike crippling Taiwan's defences.

According to the leaked documents, the drones would be released over the East China Sea by H6-M Badger bombers before climbing to a height of 100,000 feet and travelling three times the speed of sound.

Although the report doesn't state how the drone is propelled it notes its "engine features are primarily associated with rocket fuel".

The drone is believed to be for surveillance and guidance but it could be modified to carry out strikes and US air-to-air missiles may struggle to hit the stealthy, fast-moving target.

China has also successfully tested a new hypersonic missile the DF-27, according to a top-secret report compiled by the Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence directorate on February 28.

The new missile is described as a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile and is part of the Dongfeng series, all of which are capable of delivering nuclear warheads.

The leaked report states there is a "high probability" the missiles could penetrate US ballistic missile defences. As a hypersonic glide vehicle, it is capable of changing trajectory mid-flight meaning it could be extremely difficult to shoot down.

The files claim "the DF-27 is designed to enhance [China's] ability to hold targets at risk beyond the Second Island Chain and possesses a high probability of penetrating US" defences.

The leaks come amid soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen recently visited Washington to meet with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.

The high-profile visit enraged Beijing which retaliated with three days of war games surrounding the island. During the exercises, Chinese forces simulated striking "foreign military targets".

The thinly veiled threat appeared to be a reference to US and allied warships which could be protecting Taiwan in the event of an attempted invasion.

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Nord Stream sabotage could lead to WW3 Trump

Posted: December 12, 2022 at 5:03 am

Former US president hints Washington might have been behind the alleged attack on the gas pipelines

The alleged sabotage of Russian Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea could lead to World War III, former US President Donald Trump has warned.

Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, posting a clip from February in which his successor, President Joe Biden, told journalists that if Russia invades [Ukraine] there will be no longer Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it. When asked about how exactly Washington was planning to achieve that, considering that the pipeline was under the control of Germany, Biden replied: I promise you, we will be able to do it.

Wow, what a statement. World War III anyone? Trump wrote, in a short comment under the video.

The post was an apparent jab at Biden, hinting that the US couldve been linked to the leaks that were discovered earlier this week on the Nord Stream pipelines that connect Russia to Europe pipeline No2 specifically to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

The Daily Mail addressed Trumps spokesman Taylor Budowich for clarification, but he said only that the former US presidents statements speak for themselves.

Trump dedicated several posts to what he called sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. In one of the messages, he advised the US leadership to be cool, calm, and dry about the whole situation. The leaks were a big event that should not entail a big solution, at least not yet, he wrote.

The 76-year-old linked the incident to the conflict in Ukraine and claimed that a military confrontation between Moscow and Kiev would definitely not have happened if I were President.

Washington should work towards a negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine, Trump insisted. Both sides need and want it. The entire World is at stake. I will head up group??? he suggested.

Trump, who imposed sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 project while in office, reminded followers in another post that it was him whod brought the pipelines to the Worlds attention as President when I explained how crippling reliance on it could be for Germany and other parts of Europe.

Everybody laughed at the time, but they are not laughing anymore! he pointed out.

Denmark discovered leaks from the pipelines on Monday after the operator reported a loss of pressure in both Nord Stream lines 1 and 2. Danish and Swedish authorities later said there was a series of undersea explosions near the island of Bornholm. This led to Russia, the US, EU and Sweden suggesting the leaks may have been the result of a deliberate act.

The pipelines laying along the bottom of the Baltic Sea have been at the heart of the energy standoff between Moscow and Brussels since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in late February.

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Donald Trump has called for the immediate negotiation of a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine to avoid a third world war as he points to the destructive power of nuclear weapons. The former president, speaking to a rally in the US state of Nevada on Saturday, said there would be nothing left of our planet all because stupid people didn't have a clue about nuclear weapons and the impact of escalation.

The former Republican president, who left the White House in January 2021, previously said in March 2022 that if he were still in the Oval Office, he would threaten Moscow with nuclear submarines.

Current US President, Joe Biden, said on Thursday that the world was contending with nuclear "armageddon" for the first time in 60 years.

He told Democratic donors in New York: "For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat to the use of nuclear weapons, if in fact things continue down the path they'd been going."

He then added that the world has "not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis."

The White House was then quick to say President Bidens comments were not off the back of any new intelligence on the possibility of nuclear war.

But the Russian leader is "not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons, because his military is, you might say, is significantly underperforming", the US leader added.

He then questioned what Putins "off ramp" or "way out" of a nuclear confrontation could be.

Earlier in the week, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky told the BBC that he doubted the Kremlin was ready to launch any form of nuclear attack, but that those inside Russias borders were being prepared for this to happen.

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This includes the newly-annexed Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Moscow has now claimed as Russian territory.

Putin said during a ceremony to supposedly induct the territories into Russia: "Kyiv authorities have to respect the will of these people.

"We will protect our land using all our forces and means at our disposal, and will do everything to ensure peoples security.

"This is the great liberating mission of our people."

He then reiterated that allusions to Russias nuclear arsenal - the biggest in the world - were "not a bluff".

He then warned that "those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them".

But Putins posturing on nuclear weapons has flip-flopped throughout the stumbling invasion of Ukraine, admitting on August 1 there could "be no winners in nuclear war" and that such a conflict should "never be unleashed".

The Russian leader said in a written statement: "We proceed from the fact that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community."

But Putin had previously set Moscows nuclear arsenal on high alert, saying Russia was "one of the most powerful nuclear states" with the "advantage in several cutting-edge weapons".

Putin continued: "In this context, there should be no doubt for anyone that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should it directly attack our country."

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