THE SECURITY PERIMETER

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by Athanasios Hristoulas a.k.a. SAKI

The editor of Russia's most prominent opposition newspaper plans to arm his staff

The editor of Russia's most prominent opposition newspaper plans to arm his staff

The editor of Russia’s most prominent opposition newspaper says he intends to arm his staff with guns that fire rubber bullets amid growing concern about attacks on journalists. Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov discussed his plans two days after Tatiana Felgenhauer of Russia’s only independent news radio station, Ekho Moskvy, was stabbed in her studio. Muratov told the station on Thursday that the newspaper is buying “traumatic weapons” for its journalists, providing cours

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize

A senior officer of a Soviet submarine who averted the outbreak of nuclear conflict during the cold war is to be honoured with a new prize, 55 years to the day after his heroic actions averted global catastrophe. On 27 October 1962, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was on board the Soviet submarine B-59 near Cuba when the US forces began dropping non-lethal depth charges. While the action was designed to encourage the Soviet submarines to surface, the crew of B-59 had been incom

U.S. Has Three Aircraft Carriers in West Pacific for First Time in a Decade

U.S. Has Three Aircraft Carriers in West Pacific for First Time in a Decade

The U.S. Navy has three aircraft carriers and their assorted missile-carrying vessels deployed to the western Pacific Ocean for the first time in a decade as tensions with North Korea remain high and President Donald Trump prepares to depart for Asia next week. The milestone was reached Wednesday when the USS Nimitz and its strike group entered the Western Pacific region after operating in the Middle East, according to a Navy press release. The USS Theodore Roosevelt strike g

This Is What a NATO vs. Russia War over the Baltics Would Look Like

This Is What a NATO vs. Russia War over the Baltics Would Look Like

How would a war between Russia and NATO in the Baltics play out? Chances of a Russian invasion of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia appear fairly remote. Even the RAND Corporation, which has been particularly hawkish, suggests that a Russian attack on a NATO member-state is low even though the alliance faces a conventional imbalance. “Our analysis suggests that NATO’s deterrent against a conventional attack by Russia on a NATO member is currently strong,” a recent RAND report sta

North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat 'literally'

North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat 'literally'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recent warning from North Korea’s foreign minister of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken literally, a senior North Korean official told CNN in an interview aired on Wednesday. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-northkorea-nuclear-warning/north-korea-diplomat-says-take-atmospheric-nuclear-test-threat-literally-idUKKBN1CU2EM #trending

(old but as fake as the new stuff) Check Out These 33 Awesome Soviet Era Space Propaganda Posters

(old but as fake as the new stuff) Check Out These 33 Awesome Soviet Era Space Propaganda Posters

During the late fifties and early sixties, at the dramatic height of the space race between the United States and Soviet Russia, propaganda was rife on both sides of the world but as these Soviet era propaganda posters attest to the Ruskies had an upper hand when it came to making striking and powerful propaganda posters. Painted in the Soviet realism style these posters featured bold colours, grand imagery and inspiring slogans meant to excite a generation behind the possibi

(Fake fake fake) Analyst: Clinton, DNC ‘Created Scandal’ Over Their Own Trump-Russia Research

(Fake fake fake) Analyst: Clinton, DNC ‘Created Scandal’ Over Their Own Trump-Russia Research

Completely legit news from the Kremlin, so true The incendiary Trump-Russia dossier, brimming with unverified claims that US President Donald Trump has acted as a puppet of the Kremlin for years, was revealed to be based on research funded by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The dossier, which is reportedly the basis for parts of the Department of Justice's investigation into alleged ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian actors,

(Spectacularly fake news from russia) America's War Addiction

(Spectacularly fake news from russia) America's War Addiction

This of course coming from peaceful russia, you know, chechnya, georgia, ukraine, syria, a new nuclear bomb called SATAN -- fake news, never happened. The US has a serious addiction problem. George W Bush previously warned about its “addiction to oil”. Current President Trump this week declared the nation’s addiction to opiate drugs an “emergency”. While his predecessor Barack Obama’s calls for firearms controls following numerous mass shootings fueled concerns of “gun addic

El juego nuclear entre Donald Trump y Kim Jong-un (in spanish)

El juego nuclear entre Donald Trump y Kim Jong-un (in spanish)

Una vez más el sistema internacional se enfrenta a una amenaza. En esta ocasión se trata del programa nuclear de Corea del Norte. En las últimas semanas, algunos analistas han hecho notar que la problemática se torna especialmente compleja dado la inestabilidad psicológica del líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un. Las declaraciones emitidas por la administración de Trump dejan ver un posicionamiento fuerte hacia las afrentas de Piongyang. Hasta el momento no ha habido una declaratori

(SO FREAKING FAKE) US Has No 'Coherent Plan for What to Do About N Korea,' Political Analyst

(SO FREAKING FAKE) US Has No 'Coherent Plan for What to Do About N Korea,' Political Analyst

Quick commentary: uhhh... war? Amid escalated tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the US Air Force reportedly intends to put its B-52 bombers back on 24-hour alert. Sputnik spoke with professor of political science John Dunn about this issue. The United States has started preparations to place its B-52 nuclear-armed bomberson combat alert for the first time since the end of the Cold War, according to the Defense One news outlet, citing US Air Force Chief General David Goldfein.

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