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North Korean Tensions Increase Ahead of Trump Visit to China and South Korea

Three US aircraft carrier strike groups have now converged in the waters off the Korean peninsula including the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan. This comes after the US replenishment and increase in munitions being held in Guam, reported concerns that Secretary of State Tillerson’s efforts to find a diplomatic solution had hit an impasse, and reports that the US was in the process of increasing the readiness and alert status of its strategic,

US Prepared to Increase Readiness of Nuclear Triad in the Face of Threats from the Axis of Evil.

The US Air Force is reportedly preparing its fleet of B-52 nuclear-capable bombers for 24-hour alert at Barksdale Air Force Base. The alert would see the strategic bombers equipped with nuclear weapons stationed out on nine concrete pads at the end of the runway called the ‘Christmas Tree,’ and ready for immediate take-off. Nearby barracks are being restored and readied for crews. If the alert is given It seems very likely that the US will follow-up with forward deployment of

North Korea Starts Moving to a War Footing in Last 24 Hours

North Korea has warned the US of an “unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time” in response to on-going joint US-South Korean naval exercises. The Maritime Counter Special Operations Forces Exercise (MCSOFEX), involve fighter aircraft, helicopters and 40 surface combatants and submarines from both countries, centered around the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. There are reports that North Korea has been distributing live ammunition to forward units and moved to a war-foo

UK Facing Large and Sophisticated Terror Threat Prepares to Fortify Christmas Markets

UK Facing Large and Sophisticated Terror Threat Prepares to Fortify Christmas Markets In North America, a US federal jury has convicted a man of planting two bombs on New York City streets, that injured 31 people when it detonated. On Monday 29-year-old Afghani-American Ahmad Khan Rahimi was found guilty of all charges, including counts of using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place using the 'al-Qaeda playbook.' In Europe, Britain’s MI5 Director-General, An

North Korea Preparing For More Tests and Iran Under the Microscope

South Korean and US intelligence have recently reported that 30 Scud Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs) were moved from Hwangju, south of the capital Pyongyang, to a missile maintenance facility in the western coastal city of Nampo. It is believed that North Korea is preparing to fire multiple SRBMs on or about the opening of the Chinese Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress on October 18th. If true, this would be the fourth time in just over a year that North Korea h

Quick, Quick, Blame it on Trump: Trudeau Liberals are Losing NAFTA Deal and its all on Their Watch!

There is a sinking feeling of panic gripping International Trade, Global Affairs and Finance Canada that we are about to lose our North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the US, once, and for all. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is telling anyone who will listen that “its Donald Trump’s fault” and the PMO communications apparatus is running a full tilt trying to position the Trudeau government ahead of its biggest foreign and economic policy failure. Perhaps the bi

Tillerson on His Way Out and Bolton on a Come Back?

US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is likely on his way out and John Bolton, former UN Ambassador and former Ambassador for Disarmament, a long-shot by most accounts, looks like a potential successor. In a salacious revelation it was reported that at a July 20th meeting of key military and foreign policy advisers reviewing America’s defense posture that US President, Donald Trump, demanded what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the US nuclear arsenal. In the afterma

Kim Jong-un Prepares for the Next Provocation on or About October 9th/10th as he Names his Sister hi

October 10th the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Communist Party is upon us as well as the US Columbus Day and the next North Korean provocations could take several forms including: Test-firing four nuclear-capable Hwasong-12 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM) over Guam as the North Threatened earlier. The North has proven now that the Hwasong-12 has the range to put Guam within its reach. Launch Pukkŭksŏng-1 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile over

US and NATO Under Attack by Cyber Axis of Evil

The US and NATO are under attack again this time from the Cyber Axis of Evil, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. It has now been revealed that Russia was behind interruptions in Latvia’s mobile communications network before the commencement of Russia’s Zapad-17 war games last month. The mobile phone network along Latvia’s western coast was disrupted for seven hours on August 30th by communications jammer or jammers aimed towards Sweden from Russia’s Baltic outpost Kalining

'Barking Dogs Don't Bite:' Cognitive Dissonance and the North Korean Crisis

North Korean rhetoric is legendary and likely to heat up this week as North Korea prepares for its next provocations on or about October 10th. On Monday, North Korea threatened to bring “nuclear clouds” to Japan and mocked Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, for acting like a “headless chicken.” North Korea's UN Ambassador has accused the US of imposing “an economic blockade” on his country and “clinging to unprecedented nuclear threats and blackmail, economic sanctions and

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North Korean Tensions Increase Ahead of Trump Visit to China and South Korea

US Prepared to Increase Readiness of Nuclear Triad in the Face of Threats from the Axis of Evil.

North Korea Starts Moving to a War Footing in Last 24 Hours

UK Facing Large and Sophisticated Terror Threat Prepares to Fortify Christmas Markets

North Korea Preparing For More Tests and Iran Under the Microscope

Quick, Quick, Blame it on Trump: Trudeau Liberals are Losing NAFTA Deal and its all on Their Watch!

Tillerson on His Way Out and Bolton on a Come Back?

Kim Jong-un Prepares for the Next Provocation on or About October 9th/10th as he Names his Sister hi

US and NATO Under Attack by Cyber Axis of Evil

'Barking Dogs Don't Bite:' Cognitive Dissonance and the North Korean Crisis

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