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- China's military power, including naval power is meeting and now exceeding that of the US; - Chinese shipbuilding, both commercial and military, surpasses the US by multiple times; - Proposals by US arms manufacturers to meet or exceed Chinese industrial production are fantastical, ignoring the many and multiplying advantages China has and the practical inability of the US to "out-innovate" China and other competitors; - Methods the US seeks to use to "out-innovate" China are methods already extensively employed across Chinese industry; References: AP - U.S. Navy shipbuilding is the worst in 25 years, widening the fleet’s gap with China (August 11, 2024): https://fortune.com/2024/08/11/us-navy-shipbuilding-worst-25-years-warships-fleet-gap-china/ US DoD - DOD Releases National Defense Strategy, Missile Defense, Nuclear Posture Reviews (2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3202438/dod-releases-national-defense-strategy-missile-defense-nuclear-posture-reviews/ US DoD - National Defense Industrial Strategy (2023): https://www.businessdefense.gov/NDIS.html Forbes - The Countries With the Most STEM Graduates (2017): https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/ Porsche, MHP - The Software Race (2023): https://www.mhp.com/fileadmin/www.mhp.com/downloads/studien/MHPStudy_The-Software-Race_EN.pdf Defense Once - China is winning the shipbuilding numbers game—and that’s a problem, INDOPACOM nom says (February 2024): https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/02/china-winning-shipbuilding-numbers-gameand-s-problem-indopacom-nom-says/393904/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 19, 2024… - As Ukrainian forces continue military operations in Kursk, Russia, the actual line of contact continues to crumble as Russian forces advance; - Ukrainian progress in Kursk was due to a lack of Russian troops which are now flooding the area to contain and then roll back Ukrainian troops; - Russian advances along the line of contact consists of overtaking extensive Ukrainian defensive positions; - The Kursk incursion will raise the cost for Russia, but ultimately will accelerate the collapse of Ukraine’s own fighting capacity; - US JASSM cruise missiles are being considered for Ukraine, a critical munition required for any future operation against China and a munition that is not produced in quantities equal or larger than even Russian-made cruise missiles; - JASSMs are air-launched, meaning their use will be restricted by Ukraine’s small number of military aircraft capable of launching them; For Daily Updates on Ukraine: The Duran (Telegram): https://t.me/thedurancom + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos Scott of Kalibrated (Telegram): https://t.me/kalibrated + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kalibratedwithscott/videos Mark Sleboda (Telegram): https://t.me/TheRealPolitick + Substack: https://marksleboda.substack.com/ References: Politico - As Kyiv makes gains in Kursk, Russia strikes back in Donetsk (August 15, 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-offensive-prisoners-of-war-invasion-kursk-zelenskyy-putin/ Washington Post - Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine (December 2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/04/ukraine-counteroffensive-us-planning-russia-war/ NY Times - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (February 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html NYT - A Mysterious Plot Prompts a Rare Call From Russia to the Pentagon (July 26, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/politics/austin-russia-ukraine-defense-plot.html War Zone - JASSM Stealth Cruise Missiles Now On The Table For Ukraine: Report (August 15, 2024): https://www.twz.com/air/jassm-stealth-cruise-missiles-now-on-the-table-for-ukraine-report Politico - Biden ‘open’ to sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine (August 15, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/15/biden-missiles-ukraine-russia-00174147 Air and Space Forces Magazine - Lockheed Martin Looks to Boost LRASM Production as US Rushes to Buy Anti-Ship Weapons (April 2023): https://www.airandspaceforces.com/lockheed-martin-double-lrasm-production/ Long War Journal - Estimating Russia’s Kh-101 Production Capacity (December 2022): https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2022/12/estimating-russias-kh-101-production-capacity.php Reuters - Ukraine says Russia has launched over 8,000 missiles, 4,630 drones during war (February 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-has-launched-over-8000-missiles-4630-drones-during-war-2024-02-22/ Kyiv Post - GUR Reveals Russia's Missile Stockpile and Production Capacity (November 2023): https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23736 RFE/RL - Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine (November 2023): https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ramping-up-war-production/32658857.html CSIS - The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (January 2023): https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/230109_Cancian_FirstBattle_NextWar.pdf?VersionId=XlDrfCUHet8OZSOYW_9PWx3xtc0ScGHn Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235

References: Voice of America - Bangladesh Politician Faces Discipline Over Threat Against US Envoy (November 15, 2023): https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-politician-faces-discipline-over-threat-against-us-envoy/7356551.html BBC - Bangladesh PM blames political foes for violence (July 23, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72056rg2zpo VOA (republishing AP) - Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead (): https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-bans-jamaat-e-islami-party-following-violent-protests-that-left-more-than-200-dead/7725744.html US State Department - 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bangladesh: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bangladesh/ The Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (November 2004): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (April 2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) - Unified List of Recognized Terrorist Organizations: http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/npd/terror.htm Time Magazine - Bangladesh Protesters Pitch Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to Lead Interim Government (August 6, 2024): https://time.com/7008183/bangladesh-muhammad-yunus-interim-government-leader-protesters/ Fulbright - Muhammad Yunus: https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/muhammad-yunus/ CMIB - Project Head Team: https://cmibd.com/Contents/Project%20Head%20Team Yunus Centre - Professor Yunus among 16 Recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009): https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/417/professor-yunus-among-16-recipients-of-presidential-medal-of-freedom Yunus Centre - Dr. Muhammad Yunus, first American Muslim recipient of Congressional Gold Medal (2013): https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/1104/dr-muhammad-yunus-first-american-muslim-recipient-of-congressional-gold-medal Wikileaks - NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING BANGLADESH POLITICS (2007): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07KOLKATA50_a.html Wikileaks - NOBEL LAUREATE REQUESTS USG HELP ON GRAMEEN BANK RULES (2009): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09DHAKA469_a.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 11, 2024… - Ukraine’s “offensive” into Kursk, Russia was another example of Kiev’s costly public relations campaigns, this time designed to prove Ukraine can “bring the war to Russian soil;” - In reality, Ukraine expended manpower and equipment it does not have to spare, as well as stretching its already struggling logistical network; - Additional attempts by Ukraine to appear strong as its strategically collapses include alleged special military operations in Africa aimed at undermining Russian security cooperation in the region; - Ukraine’s suggested involvement in military operations in Mali resulting in the death of government troops has resulted in the severing of relations between Mali and Niger with Ukraine; - “Ukrainian” operations worldwide provide cover for what are likely Western activities conducted by proxy against Russia just as it does against Chinese interests around the globe and is doing in Ukraine against Russia, which itself is a proxy war; For Daily Updates on Ukraine: The Duran (Telegram): https://t.me/thedurancom + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos Scott of Kalibrated (Telegram): https://t.me/kalibrated + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kalibratedwithscott/videos Mark Sleboda (Telegram): https://t.me/TheRealPolitick + Substack: https://marksleboda.substack.com/ References: US Department of Defense - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (August 9, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3868082/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ CNN - Russia says Ukrainian troops crossed into its territory and launched ‘massive attack’ (August 7, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/07/europe/russia-ukrainian-troops-cross-border-intl/index.html Kyiv Indepdent - Ukraine's unprecedented attack on Kursk Oblast brings war back to Russian soil (August 8, 2024): https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-brings-war-back-to-russian-soil-with-unprecedented-attack-on-kursk-oblast/ Foreign Affairs - Can Ukraine Get Back on the Offensive? (August 8, 2024): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/can-ukraine-get-back-offensive BBC - Niger's junta cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine (August 8, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd7493309eo The Economist - Russia’s bloody summer offensive is hurting Ukraine (August 6, 2024): https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/06/russias-bloody-summer-offensive-is-hurting-ukraine Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- US foreign and domestic policy is developed with think tanks funded by the most powerful corporate-financier interests across the West; - Policy papers published by these think tanks are turned into bills by lawyers, brought to Washington by lobbyists, and signed off by Congress and the White House regardless of political affiliation or supposed political agenda; - Multipolarism has challenged US political, military, and economic power by creating alternatives to the corporate-financier monopolies in the West driving US policies at home and abroad; - Americans can create a better balance of power by redirecting their monthly income, time, energy, and attention away from these corporate-financier interest and toward local and foreign alternatives; References: Voice of America - What's Behind the 'Think Tanks' That Influence US Policy? (April 2018): https://www.voanews.com/a/think-tanks-us-policy/4338913.html CBS News - Who Actually Writes The Bills In Congress? (December 2017): https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-bill-congress/ USA Today - You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead (2019): https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/03/abortion-gun-laws-stand-your-ground-model-bills-conservatives-liberal-corporate-influence-lobbyists/3162173002/ US News - Not So Dirty Little Secret, There are better criticisms to lay against GOPers who voted for Trumpcare than 'you didn't read it.' (May 2017): https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-05-05/trumpcares-not-unusual-members-of-congress-often-dont-read-bills The White House - The Legislative Branch: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/ AEI - Board of Trustees: https://www.aei.org/about/board-of-trustees/ RAND Corporation - How We Are Funded: https://www.rand.org/about/how-we-are-funded.html RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html Brookings Institution - Contributors List (2020): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Brookings-Institutions-Contributors-List-Fiscal-Year-2020.pdf Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 4, 2024… - Western media admits to continued Russian advances along the line of contact together with growing arms, ammunition, and manpower shortages among Ukrainian forces; - Western military assistance is now being drawn from monthly production which has failed to be sufficiently expanded and is incapable of meeting Ukraine's requirements on the battlefield; - The reality of Ukraine's impending defeat has prompting increasingly desperate attempts to pressure nations like China into forcing Russia's capitulation despite Russia's successes on the battlefield; - The US proxy war in Ukraine is just one of several conflicts the US is perpetuating in an attempt to reestablish primacy over the globe and prevent the rise of multipolarism; References: SITREP CNN - Russia creeps toward key eastern Ukrainian supply city (July 30, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/30/europe/russia-advance-pokrovsk-ukraine-intl/index.html Guardian - Ukraine war briefing: Waves of Russian bombings and infantry assaults drive major gains in east (August 3, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/03/ukraine-war-briefing-waves-of-russian-bombings-and-infantry-assaults-drive-major-gains-in-east Guardian - Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s forces strike Russian military airfield in Crimea (July 27, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/ukraine-war-briefing-kyivs-forces-strike-russian-military-airfield-in-crimea ARMS AND AMMUNITION Guardian - Ukraine war briefing: First F-16 fighter jets arrive – officials (August 1, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/ukraine-war-briefing-first-f-16-fighter-jets-arrive-officials WSJ - U.S. to Arm Ukraine’s F-16 Jets With Advanced Weapons (July 30, 2024): https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-to-arm-ukraines-f-16-jets-with-advanced-weapons-71d81e20 US Department of Defense - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (July 29, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3852671/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ Washington Post - U.S. will boost Ukraine’s air defense by pausing exports to allies (June 20, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/20/ukraine-patriot-air-defense/ Jane’s - Stinger missile production to rise 50% by 2025, US Army says (January 2023): https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/industry/stinger-missile-production-to-rise-50-by-2025-us-army-says The War Zone - Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover (MAY 28, 2024): https://www.twz.com/sea/ukraines-frankensam-that-used-rim-7-sea-sparrow-missiles-breaks-cover Washington Post - Basic training in Ukraine is barely covering the basics, commanders say (June 2, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/02/ukraine-training-soldiers-mobilization-war/ GEOPOLITICS Reuters - Ukraine's Zelenskiy wants China to put more pressure on Russia (August 1, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/zelenskiy-says-ukraine-does-not-want-china-mediator-2024-07-31/ VOA - Ukraine invites Chinese foreign minister to visit (July 30, 2024): https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-puts-out-oil-depot-fire-sparked-by-ukrainian-drone-/7718281.html Washington Post - Ukraine watches warily as prisoner swap proves Moscow and West can negotiate (August 2, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/02/ukraine-russia-prisoner-swap-war/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- The US had previously possessed the Philippines as a colony from 1898-1945 including brutally suppressing a war of independence killing over 200k Filipinos, including the use concentration camps and torture; - Since gaining its independence from the US, Washington has used the Philippines as part of a long-standing policy of containing China along the "Southeast Asia front;" - The US has maintained the presence of its military forces in the Philippines for decades, breifly facing expulsion under the adminstration of President Rodrigo Duterte, then expanding it recently with the election of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - The US has previously and deliberately lied to the Philippine public about fabricated threats Chinese healthcare products posed during the recent healthcare crisis; - The US is now militarizing the Philippines through a $500 million military assistance package, using ordinary maritime disputes in the South China Sea as a pretext to stir up conflict between the Philippines and its largest trade partner, China; - Philippine subordination to the US has caused the nation to fall behind the rest of Southeast Asia, having the 2nd largest population but 6th largest GDP; - Like Ukraine, the Philippines stands to lose much more if the political capture, use, and abuse of the nation continues by Washington; References: US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war US State Department, Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965): https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189 Reuters - Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (June 14, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ Reuters - U.S. told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort (July 26, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/us-told-philippines-it-made-missteps-secret-anti-vax-propaganda-effort-2024-07-26/ Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Philippines Exports by Partner (2021): https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=174&queryLevel=location&product=undefined&year=2021&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined Statista - Leading trading partners for imports to the Philippines in 2023, by FOB value (2023): https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140217/philippines-import-value-major-trade-partners-by-country-or-region/#:~:text=China%20was%20the%20leading%20import,U.S.%20dollars%20worth%20of%20imports. CSIS, China Power - How Much Trade Transits the South China Sea?: https://chinapower.csis.org/much-trade-transits-south-china-sea/ SCMP - China-Philippines ties on ‘brink of total breakdown’: unpacking the collapse (June 2024): https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3268506/china-philippines-ties-brink-total-breakdown-unpacking-collapse US Department of Defense - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles "CQ" Brown Jr Hold a Press Conference (July 25, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3850467/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-sta/ Defense One - Austin heads to Asia with $500M for the Philippines (July 26, 2024): https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2024/07/austin-heads-asia-500-mil-philippines/398358/ CSIS - The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (January 2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle-next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Ukraine’s Commander in Chief General Syrsky is admitting that Ukraine is outgunned, outnumbered, and being outfought; - In a recent interview General Syrsky admitted Ukraine itself is having trouble mobilizing badly needed manpower; - In the same interview General Syrsky failed to articulate a coherent strategy to avoid what is essentially irreversible and inevitable defeat; - The US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine was always designed to draw Russia into a costly fight in the hopes of overextending Russia but at the cost of Ukraine; - US policy is dominated by corporate-financier interests whom Washington serve, the only way to change US policy is to divert public money, time, attention, and energy away from these interests by paying into alternatives to them just as multipolarism is creating alternatives undermining long-standing Western monopolies; For Daily Updates on Ukraine: The Duran (Telegram): https://t.me/thedurancom + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos Scott of Kalibrated (Telegram): https://t.me/kalibrated + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kalibratedwithscott/videos Mark Sleboda (Telegram): https://t.me/TheRealPolitick + Substack: https://marksleboda.substack.com/ References: SITREP NYT - Facing Russian Advance, a Top Ukrainian General Paints a Bleak Picture (May 14, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-kharkiv.html The Guardian - ‘I know we will win – and how’: Ukraine’s top general on turning the tables against Russia (July 24, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/24/i-know-we-will-win-and-how-ukraines-top-general-on-turning-the-tables-against-russia Foreign Affairs - Beyond Ukraine’s Offensive (May 10, 2023): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-war-beyond-ukraines-offensive GEOPOLITICS Geopolitical Economy Report - Donald Trump is NOT a 'threat to the deep state'. Here is his warmongering record (July 16, 2024): https://youtu.be/5wwm4OiYY5M?si=W-ltsCy0HurU8VSa ABC News - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (October 2019): https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898 RAND Corporation - Extending Russia, Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html Campaign for RAND - Supporters: https://campaign.rand.org/our-supporters/ RAND Corporation - Board of Trustees: https://www.rand.org/about/organization/randtrustees.html Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa Foreign Policy - Trump’s VP Pick Goes America First on Foreign Policy (July 18, 2024): https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/j-d-vance-trump-foreign-policy-china-ukraine-vice-president-pick/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Western experts continuously make inappropriate comparisons between Russia’s air campaign in Ukraine to the US air campaign in Iraq in the 1990s and against in 2003; - Such experts ignore the primary difference where Iraq lacked modern integrated air defenses while Ukraine began in 2022 with significant defenses; - These same experts ignore the significant losses US military aviation suffered in contested airspace such as over Vietnam where the US lost over 10,000 aircraft or the necessity of US military aviation to use stand-off strikes in Syria because of the presence of modern air defense capabilities; - While Western experts laud the performance of the US-made Patriot missile system, the fact that interceptors cannot be made in large enough quantities detracts from its overall efficacy; - Russia’s use of military aviation in Ukraine reflects the realities both on and above the battlefield, realities that would effect Western air forces were they in Russia’s place; References NEO - The West is Learning the Wrong Lessons about Airpower in Ukraine (July 23, 2024): https://journal-neo.su/2024/07/23/the-west-is-learning-the-wrong-lessons-about-airpower-in-ukraine/ Business Insider - Russia's showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine (July 13, 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-war-teaching-nato-air-forces-lessons-fighting-russia-2024-7 The Mitchell Institute - US Fixed Wing Aircraft Losses of the Vietnam War 1962-1973 (June 2018): https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/us-fixed-wing-aircraft-losses-of-the-vietnam-war-1962-1973/ CNN - ‘Their tactics have changed’: Russia’s bid to blow apart Ukraine’s power grid (April 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/14/europe/russia-tactics-ukraine-energy-power-strikes-intl/index.html Al Jazeera - Saudi Arabia may run out of interceptor missiles in ‘months’ (January 2022): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/saudi-arabia-may-run-out-of-interceptor-missiles-in-months-ft CNN - Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine (March 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Western media admits Ukraine is losing ground and suffering from growing manpower, arms, and ammunition shortages; - After US-European pledges to increase artillery shell production, both have fallen far short of their targets and will be producing less ammunition in 2026 than Russia is producing now; - Western policymakers promoting claims that robots, automation, and simplifying manufacturing can allow the West to match Russian and Chinese production are unrealistic; References: SITREP BBC - Europe must brace for decade of Ukraine war - Nato chief (July 19, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03l9eky1p9o Politico - Top NATO general praises Ukraine’s ‘great’ war strategy (July 19, 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-has-great-war-strategy-but-needs-to-be-able-to-prosecute-it-top-nato-general-says/ CNN - The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working (July 15, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/europe/western-weapons-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html Artillery Shells RFE/RL - EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises (July 8, 2024): https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation/33025300.html Reuters - Years of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukraine (July 19, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-artillery/ Drone Warfare Forbes - Supply Chain Drones: Novelty Or News? (June 20, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinomarah/2024/06/20/supply-chain-drones-novelty-or-news/ Phys dot Org - AI-enhanced model predicts wheat health across diverse soils using drone data (December 2023): https://phys.org/news/2023-12-ai-enhanced-wheat-health-diverse-soils.html#google_vignette Business Insider - Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones, report says (January 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/google-eric-schmidt-ai-attack-drones-white-stork-2024-1 Business Insider - Eric Schmidt is poaching from Apple, SpaceX, and Google for his secretive AI military drone project (June 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-poaches-apple-spacex-google-ai-drones-report-2024-6 Politico - ‘Our Oppenheimer moment’ — In Ukraine, the robot wars have already begun (May 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/robots-coming-ukraine-testing-ground-ai-artificial-intelligence-powered-combat-war-russia/ Guardian - AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield (July 14, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/ais-oppenheimer-moment-autonomous-weapons-enter-the-battlefield Robots and Skilled Labor Statista - China Leads Growth of Global Industrial Robot Stock (November 2023): https://www.statista.com/chart/31337/new-installations-of-industrial-robots-by-country/ European Commission - World Robotics Report 2020 by International Federation of Robots (January 2021): https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/rtd/items/700621/en Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Space-based military capabilities allow for precision-guided weapons, navigation, and communication on the battlefield below; - Russia has developed significant countermeasures for many of the space-based military capabilities the US has used to dominate the planet militarily for much of the 20th century; - China is closing the gap in terms of space-based capabilities, matching the US in some areas, exceeding it in others; - The US maintains advantages solely because of SpaceX and its pursuit of reusable launch systems; - China is already testing prototypes for its own reusable launch systems; References: Forbes - Russia’s Losing In Long-Predicted Space War 1 To The West (June 26, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/06/26/so-far-russia-is-losing-the-long-predicted-space-war-against-the-west/ Military Satellites Business Insider - China is providing satellite intelligence for military purposes to Russia, US warns, says report (April 7, 2024): https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-providing-satellite-intelligence-military-135205726.html?guccounter=1 Newsweek - China's Military Satellites Are Watching America's Every Move (May 8, 2024): https://www.newsweek.com/china-military-satellites-space-tracking-conflict-1898177 Economist - China’s satellites are improving rapidly. The PLA will benefit (March 7, 2024): https://www.economist.com/china/2024/03/07/chinas-satellites-are-improving-rapidly-the-pla-will-benefit Defense One - Chinese satellites are breaking the US 'monopoly' on long-range targeting (May 2024): https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/05/new-chinese-satellites-ending-us-monopoly-ability-track-and-hit-long-distance-targets/396272/ Space-Based Weapons CNN - US assesses Russia likely launched a counter space weapon last week (May 21, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/21/politics/us-assesses-russia-launched-counter-space-weapon/index.html Economist - A Russian anti-satellite missile test puts the ISS in peril (November 2021): https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/11/18/a-russian-anti-satellite-missile-test-puts-the-iss-in-peril BBC - X-37B: Secrets of the US military spaceplane (November 2014): https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20121123-secrets-of-us-military-spaceplane Jamming Space-Based Capabilities Washington Post - Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine (May 24, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/24/russia-jamming-us-weapons-ukraine/ New York Times - Russia, in New Push, Increasingly Disrupts Ukraine’s Starlink Service (May 24, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/ukraine-russia-starlink.html CNN - Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems complicates Ukraine’s war effort (May 2023): https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/russia-jamming-himars-rockets-ukraine/index.html China’s Reusable Rockets Video From Space - Blastoff! Chinese reusable rocket soars 7 miles high and lands in test (June 24, 2024): https://youtu.be/nTcUaZ9bLD4?si=ffWQBpTF8X4uE4pf Space News - China to debut large reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026 (March 2024): https://spacenews.com/china-to-debut-large-reusable-rockets-in-2025-and-2026/ SAST - China Successfully Completes Its First 10 km-level Vertical Takeoff and Landing Flight Test of Reusable Launch Vehicle (June 26, 2024): https://www.sast.net/news/247.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Major security lapses raise questions regarding the nature of the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump now 2024 US presidential candidate; - Whether successful or not, the violence was meant to divert public attention away from on going foreign and domestic crises and deepen public attention in animosity among themselves and in what is an inconsequential election; - The true nature of US security and law enforcement agencies necessitates serious suspicions regarding the official narrative of events; References: X post: https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1812372868971560960 FBI - Oregon Resident Arrested in Plot to Bomb Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Portland (November 2010): https://archive.ph/p3tG NYT - Bomb Informer's Tapes Give Rare Glimpse of F.B.I. Dealings (1993): https://archive.ph/Pjqyr#selection-421.0-442.0 Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- The Western media is now admitting to a wide variety of metrics indicating Ukraine's spiral downward amid the ongoing conflict with Russia; - Reports indicate not only manpower shortages but a problem with properly training conscripts for combat; - Ukraine continues to suffer from a wide variety of arms and ammunition shortages, with the West now finally admitting Western military industrial production has categorically failed to meet the demands of the conflict in Ukraine; - NATO's summit in Washington DC pledged to expand Western military industrial production but failed to lay out any of the key steps required to do so beyond political posturing; For daily updates on the conflict in Ukraine: The Duran (Telegram): https://t.me/thedurancom Scott of Kalibrated (Telegram): https://t.me/kalibrated Mark Sleboda (Telegram): https://t.me/TheRealPolitick References: DoD - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (July 11, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3835746/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises (July 8, 2024): https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation/33025300.html Wall Street Journal - NATO Allies Confront ‘Serious Gap’ in Arms Production to Counter Russia (July 9, 2024): https://www.wsj.com/world/nato-allies-confront-serious-gap-in-arms-production-to-counter-russia-3b5b75f9 CSIS - The State of Russia's Defense Industry After Two Years of War and Sanctions (June 25, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/live/00tPLu0g_es?si=g_g_3_SmcIZ_29Wq WSJ - High-Tech American Weapons Work Against Russia—Until They Don’t (July 10, 2024 https://www.wsj.com/world/us-weapons-russia-ukraine-0eed240c Bloomberg - Ukraine’s F-16 Ambitions Snarled by Language Barrier, Runways and Parts (July 12, 2024): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-12/ukraine-s-f-16-ambitions-snarled-by-language-barrier-runways-and-parts Washington Post - Basic training in Ukraine is barely covering the basics, commanders say (June 2, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/02/ukraine-training-soldiers-mobilization-war/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- The US has dominated the foreign and domestic policy of the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines for decades, having formally ruled the nation as a colony from 1898-1946; - The Philippines has been used for US military basing throughout the Cold War and is now enlarging its military footprint on the Philippines under the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - It was under President Rodrigo Duterte that the US was being pressured to leave the nation while also expanding closer ties with China who was and still is the Philippines’ largest trade partner; - Today, infrastructure projects underway during President Duterte’s administration have been literally torn down, instead military bases are being built to point missiles at the Philippines’ largest trade partner, China; - The US through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has created large numbers of media platforms, political organizations, and education programs meant to convince the Philippine people that serving US foreign policy objectives is in their own best interests; - The ultimate irony is that these US efforts have convinced Filipinos that fighting China is necessary to protect their sovereignty, when in fact US influence over Philippine foreign policy already constitutes the usurpation of Philippine sovereignty; - Ukraine provides an example of where this process of the US using the Philippines as a proxy against China ultimately leads if the Philippine people are unable to recognize their current government is serving US interests at the expense of their own interests; References: SCMP - China-Philippines ties on ‘brink of total breakdown’: unpacking the collapse (June 29, 2024): https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3268506/china-philippines-ties-brink-total-breakdown-unpacking-collapse AP - China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines (May 3, 2024): https://apnews.com/article/china-south-china-sea-philippines-alleged-agreement-0006abb98502727972872bcecfd49a51 SCMP - South China Sea: Philippine admiral at centre of ‘new deal’ saga breaks silence on alleged pact with Beijing (May 2024): https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3263692/south-china-sea-philippine-admiral-centre-new-deal-saga-breaks-silence-alleged-pact-beijing US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war Rappler - Duterte falsely claims CIA funds Rappler (October 2017): https://www.rappler.com/philippines/185098-duterte-false-claim-cia-funds-rappler-american-ownership/ National Endowment for Democracy (NED) - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Joins World Movement for Democracy at NED as Chairperson (October 2022): https://www.ned.org/nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa-joins-world-movement-for-democracy-at-ned-as-chairperson/ WDM - Maria Ressa – Chair: https://www.movedemocracy.org/person/maria-ressa-chair NYT - Political Meddling by Outsiders: Not New for U.S. (1997): https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/31/us/political-meddling-by-outsiders-not-new-for-us.html NYT - MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM (1986): https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/world/missionaries-for-democracy-us-aid-for-global-pluralism.html The Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (November 2004): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (April 2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html Reuters - Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (June 14, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for July 7, 2024… - Ukraine has suffered serious losses regarding what is left of the military aviation in a series of missile strikes on Ukrainian air bases; - Ukrainian air defenses are severely depleted, preventing Ukraine from intercepting missiles, drones, and Russian military aviation both deep behind the line of contact and along it; - The US and its allies are admittedly out of Patriot missiles and systems to send Ukraine, forcing the collective West to resort to increasingly desperate measures to replace damaged or destroyed air defense systems; - A recent arms transfer to Ukraine includes antiquated “HAWK” air defense systems which the US has not used for decades, along with the allocation of money to buy additional Patriot and NASAMS interceptors when they are finally manufactured; - In addition to a worsening missile and drone war, Ukraine is also losing territory along the line of contact, with the Western media clearly laying out Russia’s strategy of attrition, placing pressure long the LOC forcing Ukraine to shift scarce reserves from one area to another, allowing Russian forces to make gains where Ukrainian lines are weakest; - Articles spanning from the beginning of Russia’s opening of the Kharkov front to Russian gains in Chasov Yar illustrate exactly how this strategy is working for Russian forces; - Ukraine has been officially barred from joining NATO at the moment, citing rampant corruption. An example of such corruption is the “people’s satellite” story which the Western media itself eagerly promoted, where money was raised to access civilian satellite networks supposedly to acquire target information for long-range weapons. Unfortunately, the Western media already explained in depth how these long-range strikes are done using US-NATO intel acquired from much more accurate military satellites, begging the question of what the money was really spent on; References: The Telegraph - Ukraine’s new F-16 fighter jets will be destroyed as soon as they arrive (July 4, 2024): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/04/ukraine-f16-fighter-jets-airbases-missile-drone-attacks/ UK Government - UK condemns Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure: UK statement to the OSCE (April 2024): https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-condemns-russias-bombardment-of-ukrainian-cities-and-energy-infrastructure-uk-statement-to-the-osce NYT - Europe Seeks to Solve the ‘Patriot Puzzle’ in Ukraine (July 4, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/us/politics/ukraine-nato-patriot-air-defense.html DoD - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (July 3, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3827072/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ DoD - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (June 7, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3799832/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ Voice of America - US sending Ukraine badly needed air defense missiles (July 3, 2024): https://www.voanews.com/a/us-sending-ukraine-badly-needed-air-defense-missiles/7684294.html Army Recognition - Germany delivers third Patriot air defense system to Ukraine amid rising Russian missile attacks (July 5, 2024): https://armyrecognition.com/focus-analysis-conflicts/army/conflicts-in-the-world/russia-ukraine-war-2022/germany-delivers-third-patriot-air-defense-system-to-ukraine-amid-rising-russian-missile-attacks Reuters - Zelenskiy: Ukraine wants to double air defence capabilities through the summer (July 6, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-receives-third-patriot-air-defence-system-germany-envoy-says-2024-07-05/ The Guardian - Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar (July 5, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/05/ukraine-war-briefing-ukrainian-army-confirms-retreat-from-part-of-key-town-of-chasiv-yar NYT - Facing Russian Advance, a Top Ukrainian General Paints a Bleak Picture (May 14, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-kharkiv.html Telegraph - Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato (July 2, 2024): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/02/ukraine-to-be-told-it-is-too-corrupt-to-join-nato/ New Voice of Ukraine - Anti-corruption group reveals fake companies in Kharkiv fortification contracts (May 2024): https://english.nv.ua/nation/anti-corruption-activist-exposes-suspicious-wood-supply-contracts-for-fortifications-in-kharkiv-obla-50418691.html Washington Post - Ukraine says defense officials stole $40 million meant for ammunition (January 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/28/ukraine-defense-corruption-artillery-shells/ Politico - Ukraine’s ‘people’s satellite’ wreaks havoc on Russian targets (July 1, 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-satellite-russian-targets-crowdfunded-intelligence-hur/ Washington Post - Ukraine’s rocket campaign reliant on U.S. precision targeting, officials say (February 2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/ukraine-himars-rocket-artillery-russia/ NYT - Ukraine Asks U.S. to Provide More Intelligence on Targets in Russia (May 17, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/ukraine-intelligence-russia-targets.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law. - US plans to create a drone "hellscape" off China's coasts ignore China's ability to create more drones, faster, and with greater capabilities than the US; - A recent US arms deal made with the administration of the Chinese island province of Taiwan includes negligible numbers of over-priced drones proven ineffective on modern battlefields; - Russian industry is producing more drones of greater capabilities than those sold to Taiwan per month (and in some cases, per day) and at vastly cheaper costs; References: Washington Post - The U.S. military plans a ‘Hellscape’ to deter China from attacking Taiwan (June 10, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/10/taiwan-china-hellscape-military-plan/ US State Department - US Relations with Taiwan: https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/ Wilson Center - Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (Shanghai Communiqué) (1972): https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/joint-communique-between-united-states-and-china United Nations - UN Charter (full text): https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text Global Times - If there is a war of drone, the US military would definitely lose (June 12, 2024): https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202406/1314004.shtml Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Taiwan, Exports by Partner (2021): https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=249&queryLevel=location&product=undefined&year=2021&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Taiwan, Imports by Partner (2021): https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=249&queryLevel=location&product=undefined&year=2021&tradeDirection=import&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined CSIS - The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (January 2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle-next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- A deadly ATACMS strike on a Crimean beach left several civilians dead including children, followed by Moscow blaming Washington for the attack; - Senior Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak refused to apologize for the attack, instead insisting civilians are considered “occupiers” and that signs of peaceful life on the peninsula cannot be allowed; - The US provides Ukraine with all targeting data for HIMARS/M270 strikes for both shorter range guided rockets and longer range ATACMS; - Leaked audio between senior German military officers reveal that all NATO long-range weapons require NATO mission planning and targeting data transferred to Ukrainians, with the addition of US and British personnel on the ground helping prepare weapons for strikes; References: NEO - US-Ukrainian ATACMS Strikes on Crimea Vindicate Moscow (June 28, 2024): https://journal-neo.su/2024/06/28/us-ukrainian-atacms-strikes-on-crimea-vindicate-moscow/ Ukrinform - There cannot be any "beaches," "tourist zones" and other fictitious signs of "peaceful life" in Crimea, temporarily occupied by the Russians (June 25, 2024): https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3878303-podolyak-on-explosions-in-crimea-there-cannot-be-any-beaches-and-tourist-zones-on-peninsula.html The Telegraph - Ukraine suspected of ATACMS strike on Russian space control centre in Crimea, Ukraine: The Latest (June 25, 2024): https://youtu.be/e_MvjQ7Ip_8?si=kvRg2vznukWbuc_F The Telegraph - Crimean sunbathers struck by deadly shrapnel shower from Ukrainian missile (June 23, 2024): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/23/shrapnel-from-missile-fired-by-ukraine-hits-tourists-crimea/ The Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (November 2014): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa USAID, IRI - Public Opinion Survey Residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea May 16 – 30, 2013: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnaec705.pdf BBC - Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine (March 2014): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26400035 Washington Post - Ukraine’s rocket campaign reliant on U.S. precision targeting, officials say (February 2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/ukraine-himars-rocket-artillery-russia/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 30, 2024... - Western media admits Ukraine’s forces are stretched, forcing Kiev to move troops engaged in one desperate battle to another to prevent lines from collapsing; - Ukraine’s mobilization is faced by large numbers of Ukrainian men fleeing the country; - Ukraine is now resorting to recruiting from prisons; - Western arms supplies are admittedly not enough to reach all sections of the Ukrainian front; - Moves to secure more Patriot systems do not solve the problem of too few interceptor missiles being produced annually; - Additional Patriot missile launchers may allow Ukraine to temporarily disrupt Russian glide bomb operations, but only until Russia eliminates Patriots near the line of contact as it did earlier this year; - Initial claims that Russia’s FAB-3000 bomb was impractical have been proven false by a series of strikes using the munition; - Russian glide bombs have been steadily improved and built in greater numbers since their appearance in the conflict and will continue to be advanced in quantities, range, and capabilities; References: BBC - 'There was no preparation': One marine's story of defending Kharkiv (June 29, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjerdw9g159o Guardian - ‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (June 29, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/i-am-not-made-for-war-the-men-fleeing-ukraine-to-evade-conscription Al Jazeera - Russia suffers setbacks as Ukraine braces for tough month on battlefield (June 27, 2024): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/russia-suffers-setbacks-as-ukraine-braces-for-tough-month-on-battlefield Forbes - Don’t Fear Russia’s 3.3-Ton Glide-Bomb. It’s Massive Overkill When A 1.1-Ton Glide-Bomb Will Kill You Just Fine (May 26, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/25/dont-fear-russias-66-ton-glide-bomb-its-massive-overkill-when-a-11-ton-glide-bomb-will-kill-you-just-fine/ Forbes - FORBES BUSINESS AEROSPACE & DEFENSE Russia’s 3.3-Ton Glide Bombs Scatter Shrapnel Farther Than Half A Mile. But The Bombs Are Scarier Than They Are Effective (June 22, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/06/22/russias-33-ton-glide-bombs-scatter-shrapnel-farther-than-half-a-mile-but-the-bombs-are-scarier-than-they-are-effective/ The Drive’s Warzone - Is This Our First Look At Russia’s New Monster Glide Bomb Striking Ukraine? (June 20, 2024): https://www.twz.com/air/is-this-our-first-look-at-russias-new-monster-glide-bomb-striking-ukraine Kyiv Indepedent - Inside Ukraine’s prison recruitment efforts to bolster front-line troops (June 12, 2024): https://kyivindependent.com/inside-ukraines-prisoner-recruitment-efforts-to-bolster-front-line-troops/ AP - US is expected to send Ukraine $150 million more in munitions to fight off Russia’s attacks (June 25, 2024): https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-missiles-russia-military-aid-us-10508d1ea26ed047a183a1daea02d773 FT - US in talks to send Israel’s Patriot systems to Ukraine (June 2024): https://www.ft.com/content/1c938d86-ab11-4d75-b005-1e02bf9b4dda CNN - Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine (June 25, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-ukraine/index.html Business Insider - Ukraine destroyed columns of waiting Russian troops as soon as it was allowed to strike across the border, commander says (June 24, 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-destroyed-columns-russia-soldiers-himars-us-restrictions-lifted-commander-2024-6 BBC - Zelensky sacks top general accused of incompetence (June 25, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7225wrzlpqo Forbes - Don’t Fear Russia’s 3.3-Ton Glide-Bomb. It’s Massive Overkill When A 1.1-Ton Glide-Bomb Will Kill You Just Fine (May 26, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/25/dont-fear-russias-66-ton-glide-bomb-its-massive-overkill-when-a-11-ton-glide-bomb-will-kill-you-just-fine/ Forbes - Russia’s 3.3-Ton Glide Bombs Scatter Shrapnel Farther Than Half A Mile. But The Bombs Are Scarier Than They Are Effective (June 22, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/06/22/russias-33-ton-glide-bombs-scatter-shrapnel-farther-than-half-a-mile-but-the-bombs-are-scarier-than-they-are-effective/ The Drive’s Warzone - Is This Our First Look At Russia’s New Monster Glide Bomb Striking Ukraine? 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- US use of terrorism to advance foreign policy objectives is based on decades of evidence and includes support for militants in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, Chechen separatists inside Russia in the 1990s and 2000s, and Al Qaeda and ISIS in Syria from against Syrian, Iranian, and Russian forces; - More recently, US foreign policymakers have laid out plans to use listed terrorist organizations as proxies to carry out attacks in targeted nations like Iran and Pakistan; - Ukraine has already carried out an extensive terror campaign aimed at Russian civilians deep within Russian territory including in Belgorod, St. Petersburg, and Moscow; - US media admits collaboration between US intelligence and Ukrainian intelligence from 2014 onward while also admitting Ukraine has carried out a number of attacks on civilians inside Russia including Darya Dugina and Vladen Tatarsky; - US media also admits that despite the US claiming to have warned Russia of an impending terrorist attack, information was withheld due to the “adversarial relationship” between the US and Russia; - Leading up to the deadly Moscow attack, US foreign policymakers had repeatedly stated the need to make ordinary Russians “feel the pinch” of the conflict; References: NYT - Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack (March 28, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/world/europe/russia-concert-attack-security-failures.html RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html The New Yorker - The Redirection, by Seymour Hersh (2007): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection NYT - C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition (2012): https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html NYT - Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A. (March 2013): https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/arms-airlift-to-syrian-rebels-expands-with-cia-aid.html Washington Post - ‘Al-Qaeda is eating us’: Syrian rebels are losing out to extremists (2017): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/al-qaeda-is-eating-us-syrian-rebels-are-losing-out-to-extremists/2017/02/23/f9c6d1d4-f885-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html BBC - Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps (2018): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27838034 Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf BBC - US removes Iran group MEK from terror list (2012): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19767043 Foreign Policy - Two Cheers for Syrian Islamists (2012): https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/23/two-cheers-for-syrian-islamists/ Russia Maters -Claim (in 2004, 2015 and 2017): The U.S. government supported Chechen separatism: https://www.russiamatters.org/node/20317 RFE/RL - Chechen Separatist Fighters Defend Ukraine Against 'Common Enemy' Russia (November 2022): https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-chechens-common-enemy-russia/32136592.html NY Times - Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack (March 28, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/world/europe/russia-concert-attack-security-failures.html NYT - U.S. Believes Ukrainians Were Behind an Assassination in Russia (October 2022): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/politics/ukraine-russia-dugina-assassination.html NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (February 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

US-based SpaceX’ Starship program and its implications on geopolitics… - SpaceX continues developing its Starship program after its 2nd integrated flight test (IFT2) on September 18, 2023; - Starship, when operational, will be the first fully reusable launch system able to recover and reuse both the 1st stage booster like SpaceX’ current Falcon family of rockets, but also the 2nd stage; - Starship is also the largest, most powerful launch system on Earth at the moment; - Reusability drives costs down and enables nations with access to such systems to establish orbital infrastructure quicker, cheaper, and on larger scales; - SpaceX’ Falcon 9 rockets have already allowed SpaceX to create the Starlink constellation of satellites providing lower-latency satellite communication with greater coverage than any other current or even planned networks; - In the event of conflict in space where nations begin targeting navigational, surveillance, and communication satellites, the nation with the ability to launch new satellites into space quicker and cheaper will have a clear advantage; - Resources in the Earth’s solar system vastly dwarf resources found on Earth and can support a multiplanetary civilization on a scale of size and abundance hitherto unimaginable, reusability is the key to tapping this potential; References: NSF - After upgrades, Starship achieves numerous successes during second test flight (November 17, 2023): https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/ift-2-launch/ Our World in Data - Cost of space launches to low Earth orbit: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cost-space-launches-low-earth-orbit Follow Spaceflight: NASASpaceflight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight Dongfang Hour on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DongfangHour Everyday Astronaut on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EverydayAstronaut Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 13, 2023… - Ukraine is losing its conflict with Russia according to a growing list of metrics reported on by the Western media; - This includes the net loss of territory despite a 5 month offensive; - Ukraine and its Western backers are losing in terms of military industrial production; - Ukraine is also losing in qualitative terms, admittedly being outfought in the air, through electronic warfare, and counter-battery operations; - The collective West has no plan even being discussed that can reverse any of these factors; References: Newsweek - Ukraine Map Shows Avdiivka Almost Fully Encircled by Russia's 40K Troops (November 10, 2023): https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-map-avdiivka-russia-troops-counteroffensive-1842601 France24 - The Dnipro River, a key front line between Russian and Ukrainian troops (November 10, 2023): https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231110-the-dnipro-river-a-rampart-winding-through-ukraine-war RAND Corporation - Extending Russia, Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html The Telegraph - Ukraine’s army is running out of men to recruit, and time to win (August 2023): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/ukraines-army-is-running-out-of-men-to-recruit/ Mediazona - Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated (November 3, 2023): https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng Business Insider - Ukraine official says it can't properly use its Western kit because it has so few soldiers left, report says (October 31, 2023): https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-cant-use-western-weapons-due-to-soldier-shortage-report-2023-10 The Washington Post - Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow (March 2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/ New York TImes - Who’s Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One (September 2023): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-map-front-line.html Reuters - Ukrainian refugees: how will the economy recover with a diminished population? (July 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/however-war-ends-ukraines-diminished-population-will-hit-economy-years-2023-07-07/ NBC News - U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say (Nov 4, 2023): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-european-officials-broach-topic-peace-negotiations-ukraine-sources-rcna123628 Mark Sleboda on Substack - Kiev Regime General Zaluzhny Tells the Economist What He Needs to Win - "Wunderwaffe" Future Miracle Weapons and his own equivalent Russian Army, the Future of War, more… (November 4, 2023): https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/kiev-regime-general-zaluzhny-tells#details Simplicius The Thinker on Substack - Zaluzhny Pens Oped for The Economist: "How to Win the War" - Analysis (November 4, 2023): https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-pens-oped-for-the-economist?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2 Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine + Middle East for October 17, 2023 - Russia continues overturning what negligible gains Ukraine made during its over 4 month-long offensive in Zaporozhye; - Russian operations in Avdeevka continue, however no major “offensive” has been announced by Russian military or political leaders; - Attempts by Russia to exploit possible opportunities along the line of contact are measured, with limitations identified by Russian commanders in stark contrast to Ukraine’s stand-and-fight approach; - In the Middle East, fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as Israeli military operations continue to target Gaza; - Israel has taken action to compel Palestinians to evacuate from northern parts of Gaza in what is likely an attempt to seize the territory and prevent a future return by Palestinians to the area; - Israel’s continued violation of international law and belligerence toward its neighbors is an unsustainable policy that undermines its own self-preservation, like most US proxies; - Russia and China are in a better position now than ever to advance the two-state solution and are creating a region in which this solution can actually materialize; References: Politico - Putin hammers Ukraine with West distracted by Middle East crisis (October 16, 2023): https://www.politico.eu/article/leaders-distracted-war-hamas-israel-crisis-russia-putin-attacks-ukraine-kherson/ VOA - Russian Military Operations Slacken Near Strategic Town of Avdiivka (OOctober 16, 2023): https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-returns-several-ukrainian-children-in-qatar-brokered-deal-/7312473.html TASS - Russian forces continuing to implement master plan during special op — Shoigu (October 16, 2023): https://tass.com/politics/1691503 CNN - Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems complicates Ukraine’s war effort (May 2023): https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/russia-jamming-himars-rockets-ukraine/index.html Defense News - Lockheed wins $4.8B guided rockets contract (April 2023): https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/aaaa/2023/04/27/lockheed-wins-48b-guided-rockets-contract/ Times of Israel - Hezbollah shoots at IDF posts, fires missile at tank in fresh Lebanon border clashes (October 16, 2023): https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-shoots-at-idf-posts-fires-missile-at-tank-in-fresh-lebanon-border-clashes/ The Telegraph - Israeli tanks with Ukraine-style ‘anti-drone cages’ line up on Gaza border (October 16, 2023): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/16/israel-tanks-installed-cope-cages-drone-bomb-defence/ Haaretz - Hezbollah Anti-tank Fire Causing Most IDF Casualties in Lebanon (August 2006): https://www.haaretz.com/2006-08-06/ty-article/hezbollah-anti-tank-fire-causing-most-idf-casualties-in-lebanon/0000017f-dbc4-d856-a37f-ffc41fc50000 NYT - A Disciplined Hezbollah Surprises Israel With Its Training, Tactics and Weapons (August 2006): https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/world/middleeast/07hezbollah.html RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html CSIS - The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle-next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on the conflict in Ukraine + Israeli-Palestinian conflict for October 14, 2023 - Ukraine’s offensive has culminated, in many areas is being overturned by Russian counter-offensives; - Western military assistance continues to dwindle for Ukraine and is now being divided between both Ukraine and Israel; - Israel’s military and political leadership have openly announced a deliberate intention to cut off civilians from food and fuel while bombarding them with military aviation and other long-range weapons; - Israel is contemplating a ground operation into Gaza; - The Middle East has been pivoting slowly away from US primacy, toward a Russian-Chinese led multipolar order; - Hamas raids and Israel’s disproportionate response pose a danger to this process - forcing the region to be drawn into an armed conflict at risk of escalating; - Hamas’ background and actions over the last 2 decades have served US foreign policy objectives, including supporting regime change attempts in Syria and to perpetuate, not end Israeli occupation and military aggression; - Russia/China seek a two-state solution, in accordance with the UN, and seeks to reshape the region in a way that will make the two-state solution possible; Reference: Ukraine Defense News - Germany to send Ukraine $1B in air defense tech, plus more tanks (October 11, 2023): https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/10/11/germany-to-send-ukraine-1b-in-air-defense-tech-plus-more-tanks/ US DoD - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (October 11, 2023): https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3553644/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/ TIME - Biden and Congress Craft $2 Billion Aid Package as Israel Vows to ‘Crush’ Hamas (October 11, 2023): https://time.com/6322820/israel-aid-biden-congress-hamas/ Bloomberg - US Gives First Iron Dome Interceptors to Israel (October 13, 2023): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-12/pentagon-owned-stocks-in-israel-transfered-to-defense-forces Israeli Ops EI - Gaza’s beauty and struggle from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2mMjs8nMMs BBC - Hamas attack: 12 Thais killed and 11 kidnapped in Israel (October 11, 2023): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67052021 Guardian - ‘Emphasis is on damage, not accuracy’: ground offensive into Gaza seems imminent (October 10, 2023): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/right-now-it-is-one-day-at-a-time-life-on-israels-frontline-with-gaza BBC - Israel's military says it fully controls communities on Gaza border (October 10, 2023): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67050127 Business Insider - For people in Gaza, life is about to get even worse, with Israel's siege about to 'starve the population,' NGO says (October 11, 2023): https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-strip-life-get-worse-israel-cut-food-fuel-power-2023-10 Russia and China Politico - Putin blames US for Israel-Hamas conflict (October 10, 2023): https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-russia-blames-us-over-isreal-hamas-conflict/ GT - US' biased stance risks undermining efforts to defuse Israel-Gaza tension (October 11, 2023): https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1299692.shtml Hamas: Background, Current Role NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (April 2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html WSJ - How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas (January 2009): https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123275572295011847 Haaretz - Why Did Netanyahu Want to Strengthen Hamas? (October 11, 2023): https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-11/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-needed-a-strong-hamas/0000018b-1e9f-d47b-a7fb-bfdfd8f30000 The New Yorker - The Redirection (by Seymour Hersh, 2007): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection Reuters - Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt (February 2012): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-palestinians-idUSTRE81N1CC20120224 WaPo - U.S., Qatar agree to stop Iran from tapping $6 billion fund after Hamas attack (October 12, 2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/12/iran-oil-fund-us-israel/ Govinfo - HAMAS' BENEFACTORS: A NETWORK OF TERROR (2014): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113hhrg89738/html/CHRG-113hhrg89738.htm AJ - Israel to create a unity government and war cabinet to oversee the fight against Hamas (October 13, 2023): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/13/israel-unity-government Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235

LIVE update on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for October 11, 2023 - Gaza is being flattened by Israeli airstrikes following several days of Hamas raids into Israeli-held territory; - war crimes are being committed on both sides; - attempts by the Western politicians to implicate Iran while the US moves military assets into the region for a possible escalation beyond Israel and Palestine; - it is important to separate emotions from facts because short-term “revenge” almost always complicates long-term strategic victory; Follow Angelo Giuliano here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oKpKMe2jGynKCu-l_vOGg Twitter: https://twitter.com/Angelo4justice3?s=09 (@Angelo4justice3) Support Angelo via BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoffee.com/angelogiuliano (https://t.co/SP0lenUbcN) References: SITREP Reuters - Israel prepares ground offensive; Biden pledges support after Hamas attacks (October 10, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-prepares-ground-offensive-biden-pledges-support-after-hamas-attacks-2023-10-10/ Israeli Violations of International Law UNOHCHR - Five years after UNSC Resolution 2334, international accountability to end the Israeli occupation is more important than ever (2021): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/12/five-years-after-unsc-resolution-2334-international-accountability-end#:~:text=Resolution%202334%2C%20adopted%20by%20the,â%C2%80%C2%9Cimmediately%20and%20completely%20cease.%22 Hamas Backing US Proxy War Against Syria Reuters - Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt (February 2012): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-palestinians-idUSTRE81N1CC20120224 BBC - Gaza fighters head to Syria as refugees flow in (December 2013): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25362202 FT - Egypt cut ties to Assad regime and calls for support of rebels (2013): https://www.ft.com/content/8088e7f6-d685-11e2-9214-00144feab7de AJ - Egypt’s Sisi expresses support for Syria’s military (2016): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/23/egypts-sisi-expresses-support-for-syrias-military Arab Spring: Feigned Surprise by Western Intelligence Community LA Times - U.S. intelligence official acknowledges missed Arab Spring signs (July 2012): https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/world-now/story/2012-07-19/u-s-intelligence-official-acknowledges-missed-arab-spring-signs NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (April 2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html Inaugural AYM SUmmit and Egypt’s Shabab April 6 Movement (2011 - Archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20110410231924/http://www.movements.org/blog/entry/first-aym-summit/ AYM Summit 2008 (Archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20111107205508/http://allyoumov.3cdn.net/f734ac45131b2bbcdb_w6m6idptn.pdf US State Department - Secretary Clinton Addresses Youth Movement Summit (video 2009): https://youtu.be/OcBG7B6sgOk?si=bMkAGgtBCeT3IIUn Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

Update on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for October 9, 2023 - As US proxy war in Ukraine continues to tip in Russia's favor, armed conflict has broken out between Palestinian-based Hamas militants and Israeli forces; - Israeli-Palestinian tensions stem from the Israeli government's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory in violation of international law and laid out specifically in UN resolutions; - Both Hamas and Israeli forces are currently targeting both military targets and civilians; -Israel has for decades served the purpose of a foothold for first British then American hegemony in the Middle East; - Hamas has a problematic background that complicates Palestine's ability to resolve hostilities between it and Israel; - Hamas has previously served as a proxy along with Israel in the US proxy war against Syria; - Israel is requesting additional military aid from a depleted United States, limiting its ability to escalate vs. Hamas and within the wider region; References: CNN - Israel formally declares war against Hamas as it battles to push militants off its soil (October 8, 2023): https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/middleeast/israel-gaza-attack-hostages-response-intl-hnk/index.html Reuters - U.S. redirecting Israel-stored munitions to Ukraine - New York Times (January 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-sent-israel-stored-munitions-ukraine-new-york-times-2023-01-18/ Defense News - Israel orders tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells from Elbit (August 2023): https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/08/04/israel-orders-tens-of-thousands-of-155mm-artillery-shells-from-elbit/ Elbit Systems - Artillery Ammunition Portfolio: https://elbitsystems.com/product/artillery-ammunition-portfolio/ NYT - U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis (2006): https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/world/middleeast/22military.html Background UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner - Five years after UNSC Resolution 2334, international accountability to end the Israeli occupation is more important than ever (December 2021): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/12/five-years-after-unsc-resolution-2334-international-accountability-end#:~:text=Resolution%202334%2C%20adopted%20by%20the,“immediately%20and%20completely%20cease.%22 Reuters - Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt (2012): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-palestinians-idUSTRE81N1CC20120224 BBC - Gaza fighters head to Syria as refugees flow in (2013): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25362202 Reuters - Hamas to restore Syria ties after 10 years of dispute, sources say (2022): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-restore-syria-ties-after-10-years-dispute-sources-say-2022-06-21/ FT - Egypt cut ties to Assad regime and calls for support of rebels (2013): https://www.ft.com/content/8088e7f6-d685-11e2-9214-00144feab7de Al Jazeera - Egypt’s Sisi expresses support for Syria’s military (2016): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/23/egypts-sisi-expresses-support-for-syrias-military Reuters - Russia calls on Israel and Palestinians to cease fire (October 7, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-calls-israel-palestinians-cease-fire-2023-10-07/ Bloomberg - China Reiterates Two-State Solution Needed for Israel, Palestine (October 8, 2023): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-08/china-reiterates-two-state-solution-needed-for-israel-palestine Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR