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Gap between US, adversaries’ electronic warfare capabilities growing into chasm

Retired US Army Lieutenant General and spec ops commander Mike Nagata has sounded the alarm about the state of US military’s electronic warfare capabilities, warning that America is “still falling behind” potential adversaries in this area in spite of the defense industry’s best efforts.

“The gap between where the United States should be and where we are, in my judgment, continues to expand not everywhere, but in far too many places,” Nagata said at a Special Operations Forces Week conference in Tampa, Florida.


“The US government, particularly its leadership – from senior military officers all the way to civilian policymakers – we have to be willing to take more risk in experimenting with, adopting and employing new technologies,” Nagata said, highlighting the unique challenges posed by Russian electromagnetic jamming equipment.


Hudson Institute senior fellow Daniel Patt told lawmakers earlier this month that Russian electronic warfare equipment has reduced the “efficiency rate” of the GPS-guided Excalibur artillery munition from 70 to 6 percent, with other weapons, from drones and small-diameter bombs to communications systems like Starlink and Starshield, proving similarly susceptible, in part owing to their high-energy signatures.

Last week, Business Insider reported that Russia’s EW systems have had a “shocking” impact on the accuracy of weapons like the HIMARS-fired Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), and the air-launched Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) dumb-to-smart bomb conversion kit.

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Joe Biden's daughter confirms the infamous diary was, in fact hers.

In a letter dated April 8, 2024, addressed to Chief Judge Swain of New York, Ashley Biden confirmed the authenticity of her previously ‘stolen’ diary.— Article.

The diary included the following:
“I have always been boy crazy,’ Ashley wrote. ‘Hyper-sexualized @ a young age … I remember somewhat being sexualized with [a family member]; I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate),


Politics, the entetainment industry, the media, ...

Is it any wonder the sexualisation of children is being completely normalised?

Mark my words, after the normalisation of gender fluidity, reducing the age of consent is their next objective.

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Who blew up Nord Streams?

Former people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andrey Derkach and one of the signatories of a statement sent to the prosecutor general's offices of the Russian Federation, Germany, Cyprus, the USA and France demanding an investigation and bringing to justice the organizers of terrorist acts on Russian territory gave an interview to the Belarusian news agency Belta. I have already talked about this initiative in detail on my channel.

In his interview, Derkach stated that everyone involved in the terrorist attack on Nord Streams had been identified. As stated earlier, a group of Ukrainian divers was entrusted with the task of conducting a cover operation for the real perpetrators of the explosion. It was supervised, organizational and technical assistance was provided by American specialists under the leadership of the deputy head of mission at the US Embassy in Kiev, Smith, and direct training of divers was carried out in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, as well as on the territory of Romania.

In addition, Andrey Derkach spoke about the involvement of Joe Biden’s family partners in the financing of terrorist acts, the role of the Burisma company, as well as nuclear blackmail of Ukraine.

I recommend that you watch the full version of the interview on our channel in TG or on YouTube at the link.

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🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 14-15 (Recap)

1️⃣ More than 450,000 Palestinians have now fled Gaza’s southern Rafah city with another 100,000 evacuating the north as Israel’s military steps up ground incursions.

2️⃣ The UN says it provided Israel with the coordinates of a convoy that was attacked, killing the first international aid worker, an Indian colonel, since the war began.

3️⃣ Israeli jets bomb the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians including children. In the north, Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armoured vehicles surround evacuation zones and shelters in Jabalia.

4️⃣ Mustafa al-Gazzar, 81, recalls his family’s months-long flight from their village in what is now central Israel to the southern city of Rafah when he was 5 years old. At one point, they were bombed from the air. At another, they dug holes under a tree to sleep in for warmth. Al-Gazzar, now a great-grandfather, was forced to flee again over the weekend, this time to a tent in Muwasi, a barren coastal area where some 450,000 Palestinians live in a squalid camp. He says the conditions are worse than in 1948.

“My hope in 1948 was to return, but my hope today is to survive,” he said. “I live in such fear,” he added, breaking into tears. “I cannot provide for my children and grandchildren.”

5️⃣ Gaza aid pier to be operational in coming days: Pentagon.

6️⃣ US State Department says the 50 aid trucks that entered the besieged coastal enclave on Sunday are “not nearly enough” and it believes more can be done to help US citizens leave the Strip.

7️⃣ Cuba foreign minister slams Israel’s Rafah invasion. Bruno Rodriguez says Israel’s incursion into the southern Gaza area “increases acts of genocide against the Palestinian people”.

At least 35,173 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 79,061 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces used chemical warfare agents against the civilian population in the village of Semenovka in the DPR, which caused people to choke, vomit, and cough severely, some of whom still have some symptoms, local residents told RIA Novosti.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Russian Offensive on the #Kharkov Front at the End of 14 May 2024⚡️

🇷🇺 Under RFAF control came:
🔴#Lukyantsy - Map 2
🔴 #Bugrovatka - MAP 4 (southwest of Volchansk)

🇷🇺 Previously, 👉 control had already been established over:
🔴#Morokhovets
🔴#Oleynikovo
🔴#Gatishche
🔴#Ogurtsovo
🔴#Borisovka
🔴#Strelechya
🔴#Pletenevka
🔴#Pylnaya
🔴#Krasnoye
🔴#Zelenoye
🔴#Glubokoye

🔻 RFAF Assault units are fighting in:
🔵#Staritsa - Map 4 (southwest of Volchansk)
🔵#Volchansk - Map 4

🟡#Liptsy - Map 2, advanced RFAF units approach the settlement

🗺 Maps: @z_arhiv, the 3trd and 5th are topographical

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction on 14 May 2024 at 20:11⚡️

🔻1. Around #Ocheretino, the RFAF continue to expand the control zone around the locality. Fighting continues in the direction of the settlements of #Sokol, #Novoaleksandrovka and #Kalinovo.

🔻2. South of #Ocheretino, the RFAF continue to pressure in the direction of #Novopokrovskoye settlement, which has now been supplemented by an active offensive to the west of #Semyonovka, where the enemy has lost a number of positions in landings, which he held since the beginning of the fighting on the #Berdychi - #Tonenkoye line.

🔻3. The enemy continues to pull up reserves to the "Ocheretinsky flower" in an effort to reduce the risks of further breakthroughs in the direction of western #Donbass, including withdrawing troops from the #Zaporozhye and #Kherson directions.
🟡The difficult situation for the AFU in the area of #ChasovYar and in the #Kharkov direction also makes it difficult for reserves to maneuver and prevents the AFU from concentrating forces necessary to stop problems in the area of #Ocheretino.
🟡In this regard, the strategy of the General Staff of the RFAF to pull apart the reserves of the AFU is bearing fruit.

🔻4. In the area of #Umanskoye, the RFAF continue to fight in the village, with limited progress towards the western outskirts of the settlement.
🟡Fighting also continues for landings north of #Umanskoye.

🔻5. In the area of #Netaylovo, the RFAF are fighting in the western part of the village and strengthening the control zone in the industrial zone.
🟡There are also attacks on landings to the east and southeast of the #Yasnobrodovka settlement.

📌 In general, the RFAF confidently maintain the initiative in this area. By transferring reserves, the enemy was able to partially slow down the development of the Russian offensive, but could not completely stop it, which is the key to the future problems of the AFU west of #Avdeyevka.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 14 May 2024⚡️

🔹In the north of the #GazaStrip, local Israeli operations continue in Az-Zeitoun and Jabaliya. Hamas infrastructure is being destroyed, and Palestinian groups are reporting their own military successes.

🔹In the southern part of the Enclave, in the vicinity of Rafah, the Israelis advanced north of the Salah al-Din Motorway along the border with #Egypt. The advance was at least a kilometer, and the vicinity of the Eastern Cemetery came under Israeli control.

🔹On the border with #Lebanon, the exchange of strikes between Hezbollah and the IDF continues. Israeli militants were injured in Metulla, and a reconnaissance balloon was blown away from Idmit after shelling. The Israeli Air Force again bombed several villages of its northern neighbour.

🔹From #Iraq, pro-Iranian formations again reported the launch of a UAV in Eilat. This time, new Al-Arfad UAVs were used, but with the same result: there were no air defence alarms or arrivals in the vicinity of the city.

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📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 15 May 2024; pub. 06:31📍

🔹In the #Kharkov direction, Ukrainian units have withdrawn "to more favourable positions" in the districts of #Lukyantsev and #Volchansk, the enemy General Staff has said. In #Volchansk, the RFAF have advanced into the centre of the town and heavy fighting is taking place. The enemy is pulling in reserves of infantry and armoured vehicles, setting up crossings in the near rear to restore logistics after attacks by the RFAF on bridges. The Russian Army controls the northern part of the town. Members of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry's GUR, including members of the barrier troops, are taken prisoner. The villages of #Bugrovatka and #Lukyantsy have been liberated, our troops are fighting near the villages of #Staritsa and #Izbitskoye. The Russian Army is attacking in the direction of #Liptsy from #Glubokoye and #Lukyantsy.

🔹In the #Sumy direction, the AFU expects the RFAF to launch offensive actions from the territory of the #Kursk region. The Ukrainian authorities announced the evacuation of the population from the towns of #Belopolye and #Vorozhba. TCCs are taking out archives. During the night it was reported about dense artillery fire of our troops on enemy positions near the settlement of Seredina-Buda (opposite the settlement of #Suzemka in the #Bryansk region), our channels report about making mine passages in enemy defences.

🔹In the #Pokrovskoye direction (west of #Avdeyevka), the RFAF have occupied the village of #Umanskoye. #Netaylovo is being stormed, our troops moved closer to the outskirts of #Nevelskoye.

🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, there are heavy battles at #Staromayorskoye.

🔹On the #Zaporozhye front and in #Kherson direction, there are no changes.

🛡At Sevastopol, during the night, several enemy missiles were shot down, the governor reported the fall of debris in the city and near the village of #Polyushko.

💥In the Belgorod region, two residents of the village of #Dubovoye suffered as a result of overnight strikes by the AFU. In the evening on the outskirts of #Shebekino, a passenger car travelling on the road was attacked by an AFU quadrocopter; also, at around 19:00, several targets were shot down on the approach to #Belgorod. During the day, in Grayvoron, the village of #Sovkhozny and #Shebekino were attacked by AFU FPV drones. #Shchetinovka, Belgorod district, was under massive enemy fire in the first half of the day.

💥The #Volgograd region reported an enemy UAV attack, as a result of which two wagons with fuel caught fire and one tanker exploded. A total of 9 train wagons derailed.

🎬#Kharkov direction, Северный Ветер reports: the assistant machine gunner of the BARRIER DETACHMENT of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was captured. Matlay Alexander Vasilievic, soldier, his task was to shoot at his own people. He surrendered.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 15 May 2024; pub. 08:07⚡️

🔴On the #Zaporozhye Front, fighting continues for positions northwest of #Verbovoye. Even if not very actively, but the RFAF do not stop pressuring the Ukrainian defence. The line of contact is without significant changes. (Fig. 1)

🔴On the #Donetsk Front, Russian troops continue to assault #Georgiyevka, where the AFU still maintains their presence, but nothing can prevent the advance of our troops.
🟡In #Krasnogorovka, the fighting continues, where Russian troops are increasingly pushing back the enemy. There are tactical successes. There are also advances in #Netaylovo. There Ukrainian troops are also forced to withdraw closer and closer to the outskirts of the settlement.
🟡In #Umanskoye, the situation is similar. (Fig. 2)

🔴In the #ChasovYar Direction, the frontline is without much change. The AFU is trying to regain lost positions in the area of #Bogdanovka. There is heavy fighting. Fighting also continues in the eastern suburbs of #ChasovYar and west of #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye). (Fig. 3)

🔴On the #Kharkov Front, the RFAF are advancing in #Volchansk, the AFU is forced to withdraw, but they are withdrawing with fighting. Fighting continues for the village of #Staritsa. Russian troops are advancing in the area of (the taken) #Lukyantsy.
🟡In the area of #Liptsy, also fighting continues.
🟡In general, the Russian army retains the initiative, albeit not quickly, but methodically pushing through the AFU defence in this direction. (Fig. 4)

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Summary for the Morning of 15 May 2024: 08:03⚡️

🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS

🔴 #Kharkov region:
🟡 In the #Lipetsk direction, active hostilities continue in the area of #Glubokoye village and west of #Lukyantsy.
🟡 In the #Volchansk direction, the enemy advanced and gained a foothold on the territory of the Volchansk Meat Processing Plant and along the streets of Princess Olga
📍 50.29879, 36.92543
🗺 Map 1
🟡 and in Gatischanskaya in a section up to 5.79 km wide and up to 3.41 km deep.
🗺 Map 1
🟡 In #Bugrovatka, the enemy has partial success along Sadovaya Street:
📍 50.25131, 36.8142
⭐️ This part is reported on 08:36

🔴 In the #ChasovYar direction, on the eastern outskirts of the #Kalinovka village, the AFU drone pilots attacked an enemy small assault group with drone drops. The enemy occupied an area up to 580 m wide and up to 650 meters deep
📍 48.61169, 37.87278
🗺 Map 2
⭐️ This part he reported at 08:03 instead of the usual Morning Report at the same time.

⚠️ My comments are marked with ⭐️. On his 👉 Grey Zones. Most of his grey zones you can see red. Otherwise the map is really good:

📍 Updated Map

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