(2021-09-28). DARPA touts 'historic free flight test' of Raytheon's hypersonic missile prototype as US struggles to catch up with Russia. rt.com 
The US military's secretive R&D wing has announced a successful flight test for a hypersonic missile system developed by Raytheon, after a previous trial using Lockheed Martin's rival model ended in failure last year. | The free-flight launch for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was conducted successfully last week and met "all primary test objectives," the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said in a "This brings us o…
(2021-09-28). U.S. Gets Much Needed Win In Hypersonic Technology Testing. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in cooperation with the US Air Force completed a "free flight" of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). | The missile, built by Raytheon Technologies, was released from an aircraft seconds before its Northrop Grumman scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engine kicked on. | The engine compressed incoming air mixed with its hydrocarbon fuel and began igniting that fast-moving airflow mixture, propelli…
(2021-09-28). In Height of Hypocrisy, Nuclear-Armed Israeli PM Bennett slams Iran, which has no weapons or program, for "crossing all red Lines" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, ignored the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and focused instead on the issue of Iran. He alleged that the Iranian nuclear program had "surpassed all red lines," asserting that Iran …
(2021-09-28). Houthis To Seize Ma'rib, Take Control Over Whole Northern Yemen (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In Yemen, fighting is raging for the town of Ma'rib, capital of the province of the same name, following the expiration of the ultimatum issued by the militants of Ansar Allah (the Houthis). Houthi military forces are intensifying their push towards the central Yemeni city from its western outskirts. | The Houthis asked Saudi-backed forces to lay down their weapons a week ago. After their conditions were not met, they launched an offensive in several districts of the province. | On September 28, the Houthis took control over the Al-Ghayul, Al-Sai'd, Samira, Al-Ahdhan heights and Nas…
(2021-09-28). Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties. middleeasteye.net 
Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties | Move to replace obsolete Soviet-made weapons follows Prague's opening of the Jerusalem office of its embassy in March | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 08: 39 | The air defence system, used to protect cities, nuclear power plants and other potential targets, will be supplied by 2026 (Wikimedia) | The Czech defence ministry said o…
(2021-09-27). Palestine Action Targets The Landlords Of War Criminals. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have taken action at the London offices of LaSalle Investment Management, and at two other sites of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), demanding an end to their facilitation of Elbit Systems' contributions to Israeli war crimes. Elbit Systems' drones, military hardware, surveillance tech and more are used extensively in Israel's repression of the Palestinian people, and their UK headquarters is in LaSalle's building at 77 Kingsway, London. This operational hub is where Elbit's manufacturing of drones and arms in Britain is organised, with LaSalle thus complicit in the war crimes committed with these produ…
(2021-09-27). Pakistan, Turkey to jointly produce combat drones used in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pakistan And Turkey Will Produce Anka Drones Together Turkey's premier arms producer Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) and Pakistan's missile manufacturer and civilian R&D organization National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM) have signed an agreement to produce parts of the Turkish medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) Anka armed drone. **** "This way, our UAVs will be strengthened. It …
(2021-09-27). Rapid shift to clean energy could save 'trillions.' But corporate-backed groups are fighting the transition in U.S. Budget Bill. mronline.org 
Wind, solar, and batteries are already the cheapest source of electricity and an aggressive shift to clean energy makes more economic sense than a slow one, according to a new study. However, an enormous lobbying effort is underway to block climate policy in the $3.5 trillion budget bill under consideration.
(2021-09-27). Humanity's Call to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons. commondreams.org "Which cities will follow its lead?" asked one advocate, after 56% of voters told Berlin's municipal government to transfer thousands of homes to public ownership.
(2021-09-27). The Military Stood Up to Trump, But Who Will Stand Up to the Military? counterpunch.org When he was trying to win the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon famously told his chief of staff that he wanted Communist leaders—in the Soviet Union, in North Vietnam—to think that the U.S. president was a mad man, that he was capable of doing pretty much anything up to and including the use of nuclear weapons.
(2021-09-27). Social Democrats, Greens Eye Coalition After Outgoing Merkel's Bloc Ousted in German Elections. commondreams.org Citizens around the world are calling on their governments to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty—and the United States has a leading role to play.
(2021-09-27). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com 
By Alan Macleod — Sep 20, 2021 | While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. | HAVANA — It started in 2016. U.S. officials in Havana, Cuba, began complaining en masse about hearing strange noises, suffering recurring headaches, nausea, hearing and memory loss. From there it spread around the world, with hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats in the United Kingdom, Colombia, China, U…