US Launches Its 43rd Airstrike of the Year in Somalia

The UK announced on Tuesday that its military will fly Typhoon fighter jets over Saudi Arabia on “defensive missions” to help repel attacks from Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, marking an escalation of British involvement in the war. “The UK will fly defensive counter-air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities […]

The Pentagon's Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already In Its Own Warehouses Authored by Matt Bedingfield via RealClearDefenseolitics, Last week, U.S. Navy destroyers began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz under Project Freedom, the most aggressive American action in the strait since Iran shut it down in March. The naval blockade of Iranian ports is now in its fifth week. U.S. warships are running mine-clearance operations, intercepting Iranian-flagged cargo, and absorbing drone threats daily. And the permanent magnets in those destroyers' guidance systems are still refined in China. So are the...

NSA Blocked Reports Of China Interference In US Elections From Reaching Trump: Declassified Docs Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Newly declassified intelligence emails reveal that decisions were made by National Security Agency (NSA) leadership to block reports of Chinese influence in American elections from reaching President Donald Trump. Four pages of emails, all dated March 13, 2020, were released on Aug. 18 by the White House Government Transparency Task Force. According to one email—written by an unidentified NSA employee following a meeting about intelligence reporting foreign efforts to target the...