Xi At WH: We Should Strengthen Communication, The Thucydides Trap Can Be Overcome

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the test firing of missiles with multiple reentry vehicles.  “The purpose of the test-fire is to verify the characteristics and power of cluster bomb warhead and fragmentation mine warhead applied to the tactical ballistic missile,” North Korean state media reported on Sunday. “Five tactical ballistic missiles, launched […]

Grenade-Type IED Found At Alabama Dam Raises Alarm Over Critical Infrastructure Threats Divers recovered and safely detonated a grenade-type improvised explosive device at the J.B. Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, Alabama, a federally designated critical infrastructure site that supplies the region's drinking water. Local outlet Fox10TV reports that the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated the grenade-type IED at the 3,600-acre artificial reservoir, which holds about 17 billion gallons of water and serves as the primary drinking water source for the 350,000 people in the Mobile...

Pentagon Prepares 'Options' For Trump To Strike Iran Before Midterms; Tanker Attacked Off Qatar Update(1615ET): The Atlantic is reporting Wednesday afternoon that the Pentagon is preparing strike options for the Commander-in-Chief to consider, and that Trump may actually pull the trigger before the midterm elections - though the report emphasizes that the decision is still being debated: After months of on-again, off-again fighting, the United States hasn’t struck Iran in several weeks. The stretch of relative tranquility is coinciding with the final phase of the midterm-election campaign, and the assumption has...