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President Trump finally weighs in on the Chagos/Diego Garcia affair...Amazing that it has taken so long.
Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of
With all the headlines about Russia's alleged 'Shadow Fleet' and similar, including dramatic intercepts in recent weeks of tankers in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, here's a taster of a look at the topic. As published at the end of 2024 (ahead of the majority of mainstream
A Russian naval aviation Tupolev Tu-142 (Bear F) long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft has been intercepted by a pair of Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) F-35A fighter jets on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duty. Occurring Just over a week ago, it was the first
Our Odin's Eye comment on such woeful hubris from a less than spectacular ex-UK Secretary of State for Defence:
'Just embarassing to boast about this - the fact that he sent a barely armed patrol ship, and not much of a 'gun boat', to allegedly do the job of an amphibious task
Twitter feed video.
As Defence Secretary I sent a gun boat to Venezuela to defend neighbouring Commonwealth country Guyana. Maduro is a dictator who stole the election and it's very good he's been removed.
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