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Monday, November 28, 2016

Politics Washington Post 7 hours ago

One might be tempted to think of Donald Trump’s latest insane tweet that he won the popular vote if you “deduct” the millions of people who voted illegally as just one further example of The Donald’s quirky irresponsibility. But it isn’t. There’s a difference. The difference is that he is now president-elect of the United States, and I just had to replace my computer several times because it kept locking up and burning out when I typed that phrase. But nevertheless, that’s what he is, and because he is still willing to make such baseless and damaging assertions about the actual electoral apparatus of our democracy, by blaming the voters themselves, it’s pretty clear that he is simply an irresponsible ...

Saturday, November 26, 2016

World Keith Zhai, David Tweed,Bloomberg Thu, Nov 24 8:55 PM PST

American military vessels and aircraft carried out more than 700 patrols in the South China Sea region during 2015, making China the U.S.’s No. 1 surveillance target, according to a report by China’s only state-backed institution dedicated to research of the waters. The patrols pose a threat to China’s sovereignty and security interests, said the report by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, which is headquartered in Hainan island. The document, the first of its kind released by China, warned that continued targeted operations by U.S. patrols would lead to militarization of the waters. “China could possibly set up an Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea if the ...

World Newsweek 20 hours ago

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday to make a U-turn on peace talks with Abu Sayyaf, the radical Islamist militant group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and beheaded two Canadian nationals this year. Speaking on a visit to wounded soldiers at a military hospital in the southern city of Zamboanga, the firebrand leader appealed to the group to come to the negotiating table for the good of the population, and appeared to suggest that he would consider federalism for the country’s Muslim minorities. Duterte has previously said that he could not negotiate with Abu Sayyaf, which mainly operates in the southern Philippines, because they are primarily motivated by their criminal activities. ...

World nextbigfuture.com 18 hours ago

The missile is about 28 percent of the length of the J-16, which measures 22 meters (about 72 feet). The puts the missile at about 19 feet, and roughly 13 inches in diameter. The missile appears to have four tailfins. Reports are that the size would put into the category of a very long range air to air missile (VLRAAM) with ranges exceeding 300 km (roughly 186 miles), likely max out between 250 and 310 miles. (As a point of comparison, the smaller 13.8-foot, 15-inch-diameter Russian R-37 missile has a 249-mile range). This missile would easily outrange any American (or other NATO) air-to-air missile. The VLRAAM's powerful rocket engine will push it to Mach 6 speeds, which will increase the no ...

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

World Fox News 2016-11-22T17:37:00Z

Cheeky North Korea has sent a nine-page letter to the U.S. demanding it stops the ‘hostile nuclear threats’ towards the rogue state and its despotic leader. The missive sets out what it now expects from American and is being seen by many in Washington as a direct message to new President-elect Donald Trump. North Korea has kept pretty silent about Trump’s shock victory in the November 8 election but it has now laid out what it wants of the incoming US administration. The statement, carried by the official Korea Central News Agency, claims Barack Obama’s administration went out of it’s way to “overthrow” Kim Jong Un and his country. It also accused Obama of “constantly heaping malicious slander ...

World The Motley Fool 2016-11-22T16:17:00Z

Over-budget, behind schedule, and -- reportedly -- not a particularly good fighter jet, Lockheed Martin's (NYSE:LMT) ultramodern Joint Strike Fighter may be destined for the scrap heap. Unfortunately, it turns out that the F-35 may not do the "invisibility" thing very well, either. As DefenseNews.com recently revealed, China has a new device that may be able to track Lockheed's F-35 fighter with "passive" radar detection technology. Dubbed the DWL002, China's equipment can apparently detect stealth aircraft at distances of up to 400 kilometers -- and 600 kilometers for larger "stealth" targets -- processing "pulse, frequency agility, pulse duration, tactical air navigation system, distance measuring equipment, jitter/stagger radar, and identification friend or foe" signals emitted by the otherwise stealthy aircraft to determine its location. ...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Trump just proved he’s a pathological liar. Which part is worse: The lying or the pathology?

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano spews ash miles into the air

Quake rattles northwest China

Mega-earthquakes strike where fault lines are flat

U.S. Naval Patrols Threaten Sovereignty, Chinese Think Tank Warns

Philippines' Duterte makes U-turn on peace talks with ISIS affiliate

China successfully fires radical 300+ mile range hypersonic missile that would put key parts of US air operations at risk

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Kim Jong Un writes 9-page letter to Trump, demanding end to 'hostile nuclear threats'

Did China Just Render America's $1 Trillion Stealth Fighter Program Obsolete? -- The Motley Fool