China Preps For War: Spy Balloon Belies Much Larger Economic Warning Signs

Volkswagen May Convert German Auto Plant Into Iron Dome War Factory Struggling German automaker Volkswagen may soon begin transforming its Lower Saxony factory from producing T-Roc Cabriolets to manufacturing parts for the Iron Dome missile interceptor system, according to a new Financial Times report. This reveals a new reality for the West: a nation's auto industry can become a dual-use industrial base in times of conflict. FT reports that Israel's Rafael Advanced Defence Systems is in talks with VW regarding its troubled Osnabrück plant to produce Iron Dome components.  "The aim is to...

US Africa Command announced in a press release that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on Sunday, March 8, the first known US strike in the country since the day the US and Israel launched the war with Iran. AFRICOM said that the airstrike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region about […]

Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the Pentagon prepares for potential ground operations in Iran, The Intercept reported Tuesday, citing two US government officials. The New York Times reported a day earlier that the US War […]