Monthly Archives: March 2020
Pentagon Seeks To Classify Future Year Defense Spending Plans
The Pentagon has requested a number of legislative changes this year, in addition to the FYDP classification attempt. Among the notable requests are one that would remove the requirement for the Secretary of Defense to “notify the Senate and House Armed Services Committees whenever the Secretary establishes or modifies an end-of-quarter strength level;” requested the […]
Putin’s Leadership Damaged By Chain Of Recent Blunders
Putin’s Leadership Damaged by Chain of Recent Blunders Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 41 By: Pavel K. Baev March 30, 2020 04:01 PM Age: 15 mins (Source: Sputnik News) Russian society appears sharply divided regarding the indefinite extension of President Vladimir Putin’s “reign”—with 48 percent in favor and 47 against. Yet, amidst the present-day confusion […]
North Korea Fine Tunes Its Precision Strike Capabilities Amidst Pandemic
North Korea Fine Tunes its Precision Strike Capabilities Amidst Pandemic – Beyond Parallel beyondparallel.csis.org · by Victor Cha · March 30, 2020 March 30, 2020, by Share this page On March 29, 2020 at 6:10 am KST, North Korea launched two projectiles speculated to be short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area in Kangwon province into the sea […]
North Korea ‘Is Using The Bodies Of Political Prisoners As FERTILISER To Grow Crops For Guards’, Former Captive Claims
North Korea ‘is using the bodies of political prisoners as FERTILISER to grow crops for guards’, former captive claims Daily Mail · by Michael Havis For Mailonline · March 31, 2020 North Korea is using the bodies of political prisoners as fertiliser to grow crops for the facility’s guards, a former captive has claimed. The former prisoner, who used […]
China And Huawei Propose Reinvention Of The Internet
The proposal has caused concerns among western countries including the UK, Sweden and the US, who believe the system would splinter the global internet and give state-run internet service providers granular control over citizens’ internet use. It has gained the support of Russia, and potentially Saudi Arabia, according to western representatives at the ITU. “Below the surface, […]
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