This Picture Might Just Depict the Ultimate Military Weapon
Key point: For the time being, the MLRS still provides an effective rocket system for U.S. armored units.On February 24, 1991, the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm began. Over the next four days, the soldiers of an international coalition, formed to eject the Iraqi army of Saddam Hussein from the…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
A Known Secret: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Is Deadly And Ready
Key point: The country will likely not declare itself a nuclear power any time soon; ambiguity over ownership of nukes has served the country very well. In a private email leaked to the public in September of 2016, former secretary of state and retired U.S. …
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
Jack Ma, Grab eye opportunities in Singapore digital bank battle
SINGAPORE: Singapore is opening up its banking industry to digital lenders in a reform that could shake up the sector across Southeast Asia, with Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and ride-hailer Grab among those seeking licences. Traditional banks are being chall…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
This Kapyong River Valley Battle Determined The Fate Of The Korean War
Key point: The largest enemy offensive of the Korean War was blunted at a critical point, and the Communists never recovered from the setback in the Kapyong River Valley in April 1951. The Chinese always attacked at night. It was April 22, 1951, and the Comm…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
1912 polar mission holds vital clues to climate change
Image copyrightSPRI University of CambridgeImage caption Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans (all pictured) and Lawrence Oates reached the South Pole. They died attempting to return A scientific institution founded in the wake of …
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
Iran’s ‘catastrophic mistake’: Speculation, pressure, then admission
When a Boeing passenger jet crashed in Iran early on January 8, speculation immediately swirled that the only plausible explanation was that it had been shot down by Iran. The crash of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight came hours after Tehran h…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
Conor Skehan: ‘We need sceptics to inoculate us against toxic groupthink’
Six years later the Irishman and his ship played a pivotal part in one of Britain's greatest naval disasters. In October 1707, a royal navy fleet ran on to the coast of the Scilly Isles with the loss of four warships that claimed the lives of up to 4,000 men.…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
10 Comics To Read Before Phase 4 Of The MCU | CBR
Phase 4 of the MCU is jam-packed with some stellar content, varying from intergalactic space Chads to Russian super-spies all the way through to Multiverse shenanigans. As such, the next couple of years of Marvel's line-up may be somewhat daunting for non-com…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020
News24.com | Speculation, pressure and then admission: Iran’s Rouhani promises to punish those behind plane’s downing
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice, the Ukranian presidency said. Rouhani told Volodymyr Zelensky that "all the persons involved in this air d…
bubmagJanuary 12, 2020