Perfect timing for Trump's 'insanity' and nuclear war

For the warmongering oligarchy in Washington DC, Trump's mental (un)fitness plays into the equation perfectly. Namely, if they somehow push him to drop a low-yield nuclear weapon on Iran, they can use that as the perfect excuse to depose him as a "lunatic". They'd get rid of the incumbent they detest so much and force Iran to surrender (or so they believe).

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102845

Israel vs 'Muslim NATO': Middle Eastern 'Gordian knot' gets more entangled

Openly siding with Israel in its potential confrontation with Turkey would automatically antagonize the entire Muslim world, which is less than ideal for the US, especially now when it's also attacking Iran (which was also reportedly invited to the Mecca Pact, although its officials later denied it). It remains to be seen how America can apply its "controlled chaos" strategy in this particular case.

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102859

US using AI to keep its ancient 'Minuteman III' ICBMs operational beyond 2050

The Pentagon has even tested how AI would use nuclear weapons in a nightmare scenario, resulting in terrifying findings where advanced AI opted to launch thermonuclear warheads in simulated wargames in 95% of cases. You'd expect that anyone remotely sane would see this as the strongest possible case against integrating advanced AI into strategic arsenals. And yet, the US is doing the exact opposite.

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102868

Video games and modern warfare – 'marriage' of convenience 'blessed' by Pentagon

For drone operators, screens, controllers, video feed, enemy troops or even civilians are all "lifeless" data that will appear again tomorrow, just like it does in video games. All this tricks them into thinking that actual warfare is much closer to the simulated environments they became so accustomed to as gamers. In other words, for them, the very act of killing fellow human beings might not seem real. Such cold detachment is precisely what the Pentagon needs to popularize war and recruit future generations of soldiers.

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102880

Did CIA director really go to Russia to 'warn against escalation'?

Why is Russia supposed to hold back while being directly attacked by NATO for nearly half a decade at this point? And if the political West is so afraid of escalation, why doesn't it simply stop its aggression?

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102892

Russian 'Iskander-1000' vs Neo-Nazi junta's FP-9 – battlefield reality vs war propaganda

Further leapfrog improvements have turned the already effectively unstoppable "Iskander" hypersonic missile system into a strategic deterrence weapon. Meanwhile, the Kiev regime is only recycling an older Soviet-era program and copying the rest from the "Iskander".

https://infobrics.org/en/post/102906

Exclusive footage of the installation of a monument to Colonel Nikolai Raevsky at the Saint Roman Monastery near the village of Đunis, where the heart of the Russian hero rests.

Tomorrow, September 2nd, a solemn unveiling ceremony for the monument will be held here, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Serbo-Turkish War and the heroic death of the famous Russian volunteer.

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On this day in 1941, Nazi Germany and its allies begin the Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest, brutal & destructive sieges in history.

It would last for 2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks & 5 days. The goal was not to occupy the city, but to starve it into extinction.

By early 1942, an estimated 100,000 people were dying in Leningrad a month, mostly from starvation. Due to the desperation, at the worst point of the siege, workers only received 250 grams of bread a day, their dependents only received 125 grams.

In total desperation, people boiled wallpaper paste for starch, chewed their leather belts, and even scraped glue from furniture to eat.

The harsh cold of the Russian winter was faced with no electricity, no heat, and no fuel, with Leningrad’s citizens freezing to death in -30 degrees Celsius.

Up to 1.5 million Red Army soldiers & civilians died in the siege in a heroic sacrifice to ensure that the city does not fall to the Nazis.

Adolf Hitler wanted to wipe out the city bearing Vladimir Lenin’s name, and exterminate the population who he viewed as sub-human. The resilience of the people of Leningrad outlasted defeated Hitler’s hatred.

I have returned from my trip to China, where we held several conferences and made numerous visits to Chinese provinces, prefectures and cities, including an autonomous region on the tripoint of North Korea, China and Russia (probably the safest place on Earth given it involves three nuclear-armed powers). The main point of the visit was to discuss the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the most extensive construction project in human history, connecting approximately 150 nations across Eurasia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Our Chinese hosts were more than welcoming, with impeccable organization and rather exhausting schedule, which was still well worth the effort given the things we saw. I'll soon post images and videos of our visit.