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Ukraine Faces Growing Air Defense Crisis As Patriot Supplies Dwindle Via RFE/RL, Ukraine failed to intercept any of the 24 ballistic missiles and four Zircon cruise missiles Russia fired in the August 5 attack, underscoring the strain on its missile defenses. U.S. Patriot availability has become a significant constraint after extensive interceptor use during the Iran conflict. Kyiv is increasingly seeking European inventories, expanded production, and eventually licensed or joint Patriot manufacturing to secure its air defenses ahead of winter. Ukraine's failure to intercept a single Russian missile during a large-scale overnight attack this week...

Why China's Population Decline Is Irreversible Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times, China’s demographic collapse is so advanced that even an immediate return to replacement-level fertility cannot prevent a massive population decline because there are simply too few women of childbearing age. The ageing crisis facing China is well documented and widely reported. The crisis stems from a combination of longer life expectancies and a reduction in births below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. The result is a smaller workforce, a smaller pool of taxpayers, a smaller...

Search Intensifies Off Nantucket After Gulfstream Jet Vanishes From Radar A massive search is underway off Nantucket on Saturday morning after a Gulfstream G100 carrying six people disappeared from radar while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The G100 was operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, which provides medical evacuation and repatriation services. BREAKING: Gulfstream G100 with 6 persons on board has reportedly crashed into the Atlantic while flying from Bermuda to Boston pic.twitter.com/gHZI5Sq2vc — Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) October 3, 2026 Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows the area of interest where aerial and sea-based...