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Russia will speed up initial deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, speaking at a press conference in Moscow together with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. Russia and Turkey agreed in December that Moscow would begin supplying the missile systems in the first quarter of 2020.

Fourth satellite in new Chinese spy fleet successfully launched

China launched the fourth in a series of high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites Saturday, expanding an orbiting fleet of reconnaissance craft that likely serve the Chinese military. The LKW-4 satellite lifted off at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Saturday on top of a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan launch base, a military-operated facility in the Gobi Desert situated in northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia region. China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported the “land exploration satellite” was successfully delivered to its planned orbit by the two-stage Long March 2D booster. “The satellite is the fourth of its kind and mainly used for exploration of land resources by remote sensing,” Xinhua reported. Chinese media did not provide details of the satellite’s design or capabilities, or which Chinese organizations will use the imagery collected by the spacecraft’s optical camera. Tracking data collected and published by the U.S. military indicated the LKW-4 satellite was deployed into ...

Trump’s Xi Jinping Joke Isn’t Funny

P resident Trump raised eyebrows with some remarks he made at a private Republican political fundraiser over the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. Trump praised Chinese president Xi Jinping’s recent consolidation of power which effectively made him president for life in a state that already has a totalitarian system. Trump stated : He’s now president for life. President for life. No, he’s great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day. Now I strongly suspect that Trump’s defenders would claim their man was merely joking, just as he was when he suggested his poll numbers wouldn’t be adversely affected if he were to shoot people in the middle of Fifth Avenue. Trump certainly wasn’t jesting on the occasions which he has praised the human-rights violations committed by Russian president Vladimir Putin , Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and...

Russian Navy Explains Stealth Unmanned Submarine Capabilities

Vladimir Korolyov, commander in chief of the Russian navy, shed some light on the country’s new underwater drone, calling the new machine practically invincible. The new unmanned sea vehicle, equipped with a new nuclear engine, is virtually impossible to intercept, Korolyov told a recent press conference. He said that the new apparatus will have an effectively unlimited travel range and will feature a low noise profile and high maneuverability. This all will allow the new weapon to stealthily approach targets "The new targeting system being developed specifically for this weapon will allow for the underwater devices to autonomously approach targets and destroy them with high precision," he said. The weapon "will allow the navy to complete a wide spectrum of tasks in remote maritime zones and in water areas in the vicinity of enemy territory." The drone will be introduced into the navy once all testing is complete, the...