#submarines

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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"A major fire has engulfed BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, #Cumbria, which builds Britain’s new generation of #nuclear #submarines.

Two people were taken to a hospital for suspected smoke inhalation after the fire broke out at the site around 12.30am on Wednesday.

Police said there was “no nuclear risk” from the incident.

“At this time there are no other casualties and everyone else has been evacuated from the Devonshire Dock Hall and are accounted for,” a statement from Cumbria Constabulary read.

BAE’s site in Barrow-in-Furness manufactures the Royal Navy’s Astute and Dreadnought submarines and is the second-largest indoor shipbuilding complex in Europe, covering around six acres.

Photos on social media showed large #flames ripping through a tall building and smoke billowing into the air. Police advised people living nearby to remain indoors and to keep doors and windows closed."

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

Whole #pod of 77 #whales die in 'biggest mass stranding in decades'
Some years ago I heard an interview with some US-tech-prodigy from 60's (Rense? Brain-device inventor? Sorry, I don't have names atm.), and he gave a good hypothesis:

US and others began years ago using #ultra-low #EM [?] communication to/from #submarines.
This drives higher animals like whales and #dolphins #crazy.

faab64@diasp.org

The #US Marine Corps wants to launch thousands of kamikaze drones from unmanned submarines and surface ships to prepare for a possible war with #China or #Russia

The US Marine Corps wants to arm itself with unmanned #submarines and surface ships capable of launching swarms of kamikaze #drones. This is reported by Defence News, citing a senior official who is working on the modernisation.

Launching disposable UAVs from unmanned surface ships or submarines would expand the Marine Corps' capabilities. Kamikaze drones equipped with cameras will not only be able to strike but also conduct reconnaissance. Such weapons have already proved effective in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

#Military #AddictedToWar #politics #Idiocracy

https://gagadget.com/en/uav/312001-the-us-marine-corps-wants-to-launch-thousands-of-kamikaze-drones-from-unmanned-submarines-and-surface-ships-to-prepar/

faab64@diasp.org

Israeli Intelligence and Political Circles are starting to doubt the validity and constraints of the Camp David Treaty, signed in 1979, and considered one of the most important treaties in relations to Israel.

The Mossad believes that :

1 - The Egyptian Border Security forces have become "lackluster" and purposefully allow certain smuggling operations to occur unrestricted, this comes after #Hamas and all other organizations in #Gaza purged themselves of #MuslimBrotherhood elements and made promises that the weapons and arms being sent to them will not be smuggled back or directed towards Egyptian forces.

2 - The Egyptian government refuses to cooperate with the Israeli one on the recent shootout that killed 4 Israeli soldiers stationed on the border, Mossad believes that the higher-ups, under the table, are purposefully being "off-hands" in regards to the soldiers and that more operations committed are possible, and that the Egyptian border can not be considered "safe." anymore.

3 - Mossad notes that Egypt has become the third largest importer of #weapons globally over the past several years, and a sizeable amount of the weapons imported are of an offensive nature, coupled with points 1 and point 2, alongside other points that will be written about, the situation can escalate from "cold peace" to passive or outright hostility.

4 - Israeli lobby attempts in #Germany to prevent the sale of Type 209 #Submarines, which directly threaten the Israeli navy presence in the #RedSea and the Eastern àMediterranean, have failed, although they are succeeding in America by forcing the Americans to refuse to upgrade the arms of "sensitive" fields - like the #Airforce, the same efforts are not bearing fruits in other countries.

5 - The Attempts of diversification from American arms, although tolerated at first, are now considered a national security threat to Israel, because one of the main points of the Camp David Treaty was that Israel would always maintain a Qualitative Edge over American-supplied partners in the region, the recent purchase of #Russian, àChinese, #Indian, #SouthKorean, and #European countries arms, with most of these purchases being of an offensive nature, is causing circles in #TelAviv to be seriously concerned, especially there are Hardliners of a Military and Political nature in Egypt who never believed in #CampDavid in the first place as a long term plan, a researcher at the Israeli Command and Staff college and #Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security links this path to the same one taken by #Nasser, a staunch Egyptian leader who fought 3 #wars against Israel.

6 - Normalization with #Iran is panicking the Israelis, and coupled with the previous points, the noose is figurately, and perhaps literally, being tightened around their necks.

7 - àMossad also noted that although #Egypt is ranked around 40-45th globally in terms of military spending, the quantity, and increase of size, logistical centers, and military factories has increased the standing of Egypt, militarily and industrially, on a regional and international scale around the top 20.

#palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics

faab64@diasp.org

#US, #UK, #Australia Unveil #AUKUS Nuclear-Powered #Submarine Deal - Australia expects the plan to cost up to $245 billion by 2055

Australia will purchase up to five conventionally armed, nuclear powered US submarines starting early in the 2030s followed a decade later by production of a new class of “SSN Aukus” nuclear-powered submarines developed in partnership with the US and Britain to counter China’s growing regional footprint, American officials said.

The formal announcement by President Joe #Biden, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister Anthony #Albanese in San Diego on Monday comes 18 months after the three nations unveiled a military alliance dubbed Aukus that has stoked Beijing’s ire.#

#Britain #submarines #Militarism #Politics #China