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Israeli tanks have pressed into the heart of Gaza City as its military ordered the residents out after massive bombardment in areas it said had been largely cleared months ago.
Terrified families’ as Israel ordered Gaza City evacuation yet again after nightime blitz
Two women send desperate messages from Gaza City, detailing the panicked rush for safety as Israel attacked.
“I started trying to call my husband to tell him what happened, to no avail,” Rima told Al Jazeera over phone messages.
Not knowing what was going to happen, she grabbed her children and a few belongings she could find and “just started running towards the north of the city”.
Rima’s mother, who is unwell and cannot move on her own, could not leave with her because she had to wait till her sons could source a wheelchair for her.
Gaza City residents ordered by Israel’s army to move to central Deir el-Balah, which the UN says is ‘already overcrowded’ with displaced Palestinians.
At least 50 killed in new Israeli attacks as Gaza City fighting rages
Gaza City residents report ‘explosions and numerous gun battles’ as well as helicopter strikes in southwestern neighbourhoods [File: Amir Cohen/Reuters]
Israeli forces ramped up attacks on areas across the northern Gaza Strip despite new ceasefire discussions taking place.
At least 50 people were killed in the latest 24-hour reporting period and dozens wounded in strikes throughout the besieged coastal enclave, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The first F-16 fighter jets are on their way from the Netherlands and Denmark to Ukraine now!! – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during the NATO War Summit !
Putin explained Russia’s ‘WW3-RedLine’ from the start. The US and proxies happily ignored it.
Putin explained that the US is right now delivering new Nuclear B61-12 bombs to half a dozen NATO countries on Russia’s ‘doorstep’. How this is worse for Russia than the Cuban Missile Crisis was for the USA..
🚨🚨🚨Update: World War 3! The first F-16 fighter jets are on their way from the Netherlands and Denmark to Ukraine now!! – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced today during the NATO War summit in Washington!!🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/RIqcXIRkNI
— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) July 10, 2024
Putin has also explained how the US has torn up Nuclear Control Treaties, has adopted a FIRST STRIKE DECAPITATION agenda, has attacked Russian Nuclear Missile Tracking Stations via its Ukraine proxy… and now gifts nuclear capable jets, now due to arrive as the macho Generals in Washington cheer and party.
Russia has patiently explained how they entered Ukraine because NATO has expanded to have Nuclear Obliteration just a few minutes from Moscow.
How the US war economy pays off and controls its political puppets and billionaires who are assured that Putin must back down, and if not that they (and only they) will survive Armageddon after a ’40 year party in their luxury bunkers’.
Michael Beckerman@MMBeckermanFollow This is actually worse than the Cuban Missile Crisis. We are literally moments away from WWIII here at any time. People don’t actually realize just how bad this situation actually is. It’s bad – VERY bad.
The ‘Doctor Strangeloves’ in the Pentagon have set up a Nuclear Chicken confrontation with Russia, in the style of schoolyard bullies, with the fate of us all in the balance.
The US has ended up betting on Russia backing down and losing the War, so they can happily carve up Ukraine and go on to loot and dismember Russia itself.
NATO proxies incredibly go along with war on Russia, but the majority of the world has more common sense.
Fed up with the US attacking friends and enemies with Sanctions and bullying, most of the Planet by now supports a more equitable multilateral system, BRICS and plans to drop the US dollar hegemony.
So will Nuclear War break out when Russia targets F-16 Jets even when stationed in NATO States outside Ukraine?
The F-16 Hunt is about to begin, with medals and large bonuses on offer!
Apart from the Nuclear threat the old F-16s, though backed with NATO’s satellite and integrated war systems, are perhaps just the latest ‘Wonder Weapon’ hyped up to keep the Arms bonanza rolling.
The German Leopard Tanks, for example which were supposed to win the war for Ukraine have all but disappeared in the famous Leopard Hunt as Russian soldiers gained large prizes for eliminating them .
The same goes for the US Abrams and British Challengers with Russia finding ways to counter the best NATO weapons and missiles on offer so far, even the deadly ATACMS and other missiles are often blocked with electronic warfare.
It will take some time, months hopefully, for the Nuclear capable jets and more Patriot systems to be deployed.
If you stand back from the rhetoric of any particular war and look at the totality emanating from all wars, the hypocrisy will make you puke. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com: Western empire managers do not actually believe that there is anything “abhorrent” or “horrific” about attacking a hospital — at least not one which provides services […]
By Lucy HamiltonJul 8, 2024 https://johnmenadue.com/the-atlas-networks-transnational-revolution/ Twice in a fortnight, the president of the Heritage Foundation has declared that America is experiencing its second revolution. The revolution would remain bloodless (because their side is “winning”) “if the left allows it to be.” The two bodies whose acts provoked the announcements are leading Atlas Network partners. They are also […]
Lab meat—flesh grown in massive tanks instead of in the bodies of sentient animals—offers the promise of having our steak and eating it guilt-free, too. No vast amounts of… 721 more words The Bloody Secret Behind Lab-Grown Meat — Mother Jones
The US Department of Defense will continue developing its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) despite an 81% increase in costs as Washington seeks to update its ‘nuclear triad’.
The approval of the Sentinel ICBM attracted considerable criticism, prompting more than 700 US scientists representing institutions across the country to send a letter to US President Joe Biden and Congress on Monday.
The Sentinel ICBM program, which is intended to replace aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles, is now expected to cost $140.9 billion – almost double the original estimate of $77.7 billion, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.
The ballooning cost of the nuclear warhead program has triggered what is known as a Nunn-McCurdy breach, which occurs if the cost of developing a new program increases by 25%, and requires a Department of Defense review to justify its continuation
However Russia as warned the US not to launch their “Decapitation Strike”, claiming that “with their Nuclear Submarine Fleet, ‘Dead Hand’ Plan and the now deployed Satan 2 unstoppable multiple Hypersonic ICBMs, they would destroy all US targets and cities in the first 15 minutes of the war”.
Following this review, the Pentagon has found that there are no viable alternatives to the Sentinel.
William LaPlante, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, said his office was “fully aware of the costs…But we are also aware of the risks of not modernizing our nuclear forces and not addressing the very real threats we confront,” he added in the statement.
Much of the cost increase has been attributed not only to building the new missile but also to the large-scale modernization of ground-based facilities, including launch control centers, nuclear missile bases, and testing facilities.
The 700 dissenting Scientists urged the Pentagon to drop the “expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary” nuclear warhead program.
They argued that “there is no sound technical or strategic rationale for spending tens of billions of dollars building new nuclear weapons.”
“These weapons – stored in silos across the Plains states – place a target on communities and increase the risk of nuclear war while offering no meaningful security benefits,” said Tara Drozdenko, director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The size of the US nuclear arsenal is currently limited by New START, a treaty negotiated with Russia in 2010. It is set to expire in 2026, with no indications that it might be renewed.
Loading new Nuclear Bombs for Europe delivery
Last year, Russia formally suspended its participation in New START, citing US sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and encouragement of Kiev’s attacks on Russian strategic air bases.
However, Moscow has continued to observe the treaty’s provisions, capping its number of nuclear weapons and delivery systems.
While the 2,000 warhead scenario looks devastating, and the Russians have over 6,000 warheads, most of those are NOT already on a missile, launcher or in a bomb bay ready to go.
More likely would be the 500 targets as shown with the purple triangle. I would hope it never actually happens, but I think some would fail to launch/explode and some get taken out even before such a human catastrophe. edited
FEMA’s analysis is off base. The agency and contractor responsible for targeting the US nuclear arsenal have lists of their targets, and they know the lists of our adversaries. The first strikes in a nuclear war would be designed to take out all communications, and disrupt the locations of people who must make decisions. Right after that would be the locations that would allow the attacked party to shoot back. To be effective a first strike would need to be massive – not selective. China might be selective in Taiwan, but once they start shooting at the US or our bases, they would empty the closet. The #1 regional target would be Washington, DC for obvious reasons. #2 would be Puget Sound because it is home to two (2) carrier bases, a naval aviation base, a joint Army/Air Force base, 3 major Boeing Concentrations, and numerous suppliers to all of those (like Microsoft and, yes, Amazon). Each of those would be targeted by numerous warheads.
But the #1 reason why Puget Sound is #2 right behind DC is the Bangor Trident Submarine base because while many of the Boomers are deployed, eventually they need to come home and be refueled and rearmed. One Trident Sub can sit on the bottom of the ocean for a year, and then surface and kill everyone in China (or Russia). Trident subs scare the bejesus out of our adversaries, and with good reason. The mere prospect of this potential armageddon (supported by all the missiles in those other places that survive the first wave) will hopefully dissuade the Chinese from doing anything foolish. MAD still lives on.
Does it really matter that they take out the base the subs must eventually go to in order to resupply? Everyone important on both sides would be dead on the first day. Both Russia and the USA use ground burst nukes to hit their rival’s hidey-holes.
Our governments have brought us to this without any choice. What are they preparing for our survival, or is it just too bad for us, while they survive safely in their luxury bunkers?
Mr Putin said in December that Russia may change its policy of not being the first to use nuclear arms in a military conflict.
The US should now be on a “Launch on Warning” alert to prevent her ICBM force being taken out. One good thing is the US Force can be targeted at Russian military, economic and political targets, not empty Russian ICBM silos. edited
Amazing interview with of the former MI6 chief with the Atlantic Council's @B_judah (the whole gang present) where the intel goon *admits* that many western "intel leaks" media outlets are dutifully conveying aren't real leaks but propaganda messages designed to undercut Putin. pic.twitter.com/UOzBxG5F5H
Russia are now in a position to secretly MIRV or worse still MARV all her missiles. Accuracy of her weapons is now good enough to make a direct hit on all US ICBM sites, airbases and their alternates. In the past the inaccuracy of her missiles meant many silos would be safe, but today is different.
Targeting the Trident bases would remove all but a handful of boats at sea which have only a reduced number of warheads in each missile, which was required to stay within START guidelines. It would also destroy the “spare” missiles and if you hit the warhead plant (s) that would be that. The US replacement plan for the Ohio class has 12 boats with only 16 tubes each compared with the 18 Ohio’s built with 24 tubes.
Ridiculous! Launching missiles at America will see similar retaliation long before Russian missiles reached apogee. The US missiles will wave to the Russian missiles as they pass. Both countries would cease to exist. You cannot win such a war; it is suicide.
‘To defend Russia and our people, we doubtlessly will use all weapons resources at our disposal,’ Putin said ‘This is not a bluff.’
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