Russia’s killer Lancet drone runs on American AI
When the Ukrainians have taken apart Russian weapons, they have found them stuffed with Western electronics, mainly American.
Stephen Bryen in asian news
Nothing preposterous about our Foreign Legion story
As Asia Times has noted in updated versions of a Stephen Bryen article that appears on our home page, France denied Russian non-governmental reports of a French Foreign Legion deployment to Ukraine – and the Associated Press put out a “fake news alert.” We remain unpersuaded that the basic report of legionnaires sent to Ukraine is wrong.
France sends combat troops to Ukraine battlefront
France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère).
Europe makes missiles for Patriots as Israel retires them
While Europe is in the process of setting up a production line to manufacture GEM-T missiles for European Patriot batteries, Israel has decided to take its Patriot systems out of service. Do the Israelis know something the Europeans do not?
NATO starts deploying troops as Russia races to win
NATO is starting to deploy combat troops to Ukraine. Soldiers from Poland, France, the UK, Finland and other NATO members are arriving in larger numbers.
Israel’s attack on Iran: what we know so far
Israel’s air force, possibly with drones, attacked an air base or hit nearby facilities in Isfahan, Iran.
Apply Israel-Iran lessons to Taiwan
There is still a great deal to learn about Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel. Even so, it is very clear that if such an attack were launched by China against Taiwan, the results could well be dismal and Taiwan would suffer greatly.
Preliminary takeaways of Iran’s assault on Israel
Here are the preliminary results from the Iranian attacks on Israel over the weekend: