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Last Updated: Apr 10, 2021 - 2:10:04 PM |
Dark Side
Submarines: Narco Sub Production Moves To Europe
In southern Spain (Malaga province, just east of the Straits of Gibraltar), a March 2021 police raid on a drug gang coastal warehouse found a ten-meter (31 foot) narco-sub (drug smuggling submersible vessel) under construction and nearly completed
Apr 9, 2021 - 11:06:50 AM
Analyses
The Syrian Economy: In Ruins, with Few Prospects of Recovery
Syria’s reconstruction will cost an estimated $250 billion, as large areas have been destroyed in the bloody decade-long civil war and many civilians are suffering from the collapsed economy. Is reconstruction of this divided country even possible, and wherein lie Israel’s interests?
Apr 9, 2021 - 11:05:21 AM
Dysfunctions
Tensions Escalate in Donbas and on Ukrainian Border
Increasingly deadly skirmishes between Moscow-backed “separatist” forces and the Ukrainian military in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas have claimed the lives of dozens of combatants and civilians since January 1
Apr 9, 2021 - 11:04:17 AM
Business
Moscow Struggles to Improve and Extend Siberian Railways to Preserve China Trade
Moscow has long wanted to develop its railway network east of the Urals, both to promote the development of that largely road-less region and to expand the export of raw materials like coal.
Apr 9, 2021 - 11:03:09 AM
Defence & Arms
Ukraine’s Fighter Jets Are Near The End Of The Line—It Should Turn To Drones And Missiles Instead
The Ukrainian air force hasn’t acquired a new manned combat plane since 1991. That was the year the Soviet Union dissolved, leaving on Ukrainian soil hundreds of relatively modern fighters, bombers, attack planes, transports and helicopters.
Apr 9, 2021 - 11:01:40 AM
