(Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images As we watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, we canno...
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Spain’s Got A Lot Of Old, Broken Leopard 2 Tanks. How Many It Sends To Ukraine Depends On How Many It Can Repair.
A Spanish army Leopard 2E. Wikimedia Commons Spain could end up being one of the biggest donors of surplus Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine—or one of the smallest. The uncertainty over Madrid’s tank pledge ...
Shell Reports Record Profits As Oil Giants—Including Exxon, Chevron—Cash In On Sky-High Prices After Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Topline British energy giant Shell on Thursday reported its highest-ever annual profits, beating expectations and following record announcements from American heavyweights Chevron and Exxon Mobil as t...
Ukraine Uses Camouflage Nets To Snare Russian Drones Attacking Its Artillery
VERKHNOTORETSKE, DONETSK, UKRAINE – 2021/12/27: Ukrainian army vehicle seen under the masking net in … [+] the Verkhnotoretske village that is situated on the very frontline between Ukrain...
Ukraine’s New M-2 Fighting Vehicles Know A High-Tech Trick—Each Can See What The Others See
An M-2A2 ODS SA loads onto a cargo ship in Charleston, South Carolina for onward transportation to Ukraine. U.S. Transportation Command photo At least some of the autocannon- and missile-armed M-2 Bra...
Abrams Is The Best Main Battle Tank In The World. But Improving It Should Still Be A Priority.
Fighting in Ukraine has settled into a stalemate reminiscent of the Western Front circa 1916. Lots of artillery barrages and trenches, but little real movement. A favorite adjective of observers for d...
Euro zone GDP Q4 2022
The latest euro zone growth numbers are out as the ECB considers what to do next. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The euro zone beat expectations on Tuesday by posting positive growth in the final ...
European Solar And Wind Surpass Gas Power For The First Time
Harvesting soybeans under hanging solar panels in Amance, eastern France. Solar and wind overtook … [+] natural gas electricity generation to produce more than a fifth of the EU’s electric...
Russian Marines Just Attempted Another Frontal Assault On Ukrainian Positions Around Pavlivka. The Result Was Predictably Bloody.
An M-109 howitzer reportedly belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Three months after it got wrecked trying and failing to punch through Ukr...
IMF hikes global growth forecast as inflation cools
The IMF has revised its global economic outlook upwards. Norberto Duarte | Afp | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund on Monday revised upward its global growth projections for the year, but w...
Ex U.K. Leader Boris Johnson Claims Putin Threatened To Kill Him With Missile Before Russia Invaded Ukraine
Topline Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him in a missile strike just weeks before invading Ukraine, a chilling allegation as...
Covert Israeli Operations Against Iranian Missiles And Drone Plants Might Help Ukraine
Israel is the prime suspect behind the suspected drone attack on Saturday against a military target near the central Iranian city of Isfahan. The attack occurred a little over a day after an Israeli o...
Beaten Twice In Ukraine, Russia’s Elite 1st Guards Tank Army Is Poised To Attack Yet Again
Destroyed tanks from the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army around Chernihiv in early 2022. Via social media The Russian army apparently is repositioning heavy forces in advance of a widely-anticipated wint...
Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. But It’s Running Out Of Optics.
T-72B1 Obr. 2022s. Via social media The Ukrainian army isn’t the only one getting new tanks. Well, new-ish. As Kyiv’s allies pledge more and more of the best NATO-style tanks to Ukraine’s war effort, ...
Artists Pussy Riot and Shepard Fairey Team Up to Raise Money for Ukraine Through NFT Collection
Tolokonnikova began creating Putin’s Ashes in August, when Pussy Riot members burned an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin in a protest. Collecting the ashes from the event, Tolokonnikova bottl...
The Tungsten M-1—How Ukraine’s Tanks Will Differ From America’s
From left, Polish major general Adam Joks and U.S. Army colonel Ken Braeger speak while standing on top of an M-1A2 Abrams tank as part of the Abrams Operations Summit at Bucierz Range, Drawsko Pomors...
Is Italy Sending Israel’s Tank-Busting Loitering Munitions To Ukraine?
An article in Italy’s leading newspaper on Wednesday suggested that Ukraine will soon receive Israeli-designed loitering munitions assembled in Italy. Israel has consistently declined to supply arms t...
Canada Donates Leopard 2A4 Tank Platoon To Ukraine
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces showing to the public Leopard II tank, during the K-Days … [+] Festival in Edmonton. On Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur...
Ukraine’s American-Made M-1A2 Tanks Are Fast-Searching Hunter-Killers
A U.S. Army M-1A2 with a CITV—the optics on the right of the image. U.S. Army photo The 31 M-1 Abrams tanks the United States has pledged to Ukraine will be high-end A2 variants rather than older M-1A...
Russians Claim To Develop Smartphone App To Locate Ukrainian Artillery
The Russian military has developed software for networked smartphones to locate Ukrainian artillery, reviving a technology first used over a century ago in WW1. Artillery duels have become an importan...
Ukraine Receives Military Equipment To Counter Russia’s Expected Surge In Landmine Usage
The recent military aid package from the United States to Ukraine included equipment specifically designed for mine warfare, including mine rollers, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), a...
Ukraine Is Getting American M-1 Tanks. It Might Take A While.
A U.S. Marine Corps M-1A1. DVIDS photo When the Polish army went on one of history’s great tank-buying sprees starting a couple of years ago, it added to its multi-billion-dollar purchases of brand-ne...
Ukraine’s American-Made M-1 Tanks Will Be A Giant Pain To Maintain
A U.S. Army M-1A1 in Germany. Wikimedia Commons The United States has pledged to Ukraine an initial 31 M-1 Abrams tanks, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Wednesday. The 70-ton M-1s with their ...
Germany Will Send Battle Tanks To Ukraine In Major Policy Reversal
Topline Germany will supply Ukraine with heavy battle tanks and greenlight plans for its allies to do the same, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Wednesday, u-turning after months of international p...
Germany Plans Sending Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine After Months Of Pressure, Reports Claim
Topline After months of debate and pressure from the west, German officials are set to agree to a plan to send advanced Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, providing Ukrainian forces with much-needed military...
Leopard 2 Tanks From All Over Europe Are Heading To Ukraine As German Resistance Collapses
Polish army Leopard 2s. Wikimedia Commons Germany on Tuesday not only signed off on Poland’s request to export to Ukraine German-made Leopard 2 tanks—Berlin also will donate its own small batch of the...
The U.K. Is Giving Ukraine Lots of Artillery. Now The British Army Can Get Newer And Better Guns.
A British Army AS-90. Crown Copyright The British Army’s artillery corps was in pretty bad shape before Russia widened its war on Ukraine starting 11 months ago. Its guns and launchers were too few in...
NATO Countries Are Giving Ukraine Hundreds Of Their Old Howitzers—and Replacing Them With South Korea’s Excellent K-9
South Korean marines in a K-9 prepare to return fire after North Korean shells started a blaze behind them during a 2010 skirmish. South Korean defense ministry photo NATO’s eastern and northern membe...
Doomsday Clock—Measuring Humanity’s Threat Of Self-Annihilation—Updates Tuesday. Here’s What To Know.
Topline The hands of the Doomsday Clock, used by top scientists to use to assess how close humanity is to self-annihilation, will be moved Tuesday for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine and i...
Global Trade More Fizzle Than Sizzle Until 2031
The World Economic Forum, held in Davos Switzerland, brings together the world’s global elite and … [+] its most prominent globalists. AFP via Getty Images Nikolaus Lang says there are thr...
Germany Okays A Dozen Polish Tanks For Ukraine. Hundreds More Could Follow.
A Polish army Leopard 2. Wikimedia Commons In an important reversal, the German government this weekend signaled it wouldn’t try to stop the government of Poland from supplying German-built Leopard 2 ...