Newworldupdates

Alarm in UK over the report of China poaching it's ex-military pilots. Image According to BBC, China is headcounting former pilots to train PLA.  Up to 30 ex-military pilots I believed to be training PLA personnel. These pilots have served not just in RAF but across the British military. China is said to be offering huge amount of money to former military pilots of Britain.  According to UK official, ex-military pilots are been offered as much as $500,000 a year to help the Chinese understand how Western planes operate.  Experts say such information is critical for China in case of conflicts in Taiwan. According to UK official, China also try to poach serving pilot but none of them accepted the offer. Reports confirmed that Beijing is keen to tap in f-35 pilots; US air Force operate the latest 5th generation aircraft. BBC report also suggested that pilots of other nations have also been targeted and a South African flying academy is said to be involved.  UK

US national security advisor says Joe Biden has no plans to meet Saudi prince. I hope the United States president will not meet Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali. The United States NSA said Biden will act methodically when it comes to re-evaluating ties with Saudi. The White House official said options includes changes to US security assistance to Riyadh. Washington is upset after saudi-led OPEC and its allies decided to make huge cuts in oil output. Even though Saudi rejected charges by US and justified its decision as "purely economic" , Biden administration has accused Riyadh led oil cartel of knowingly boosting Russian interests. We already stormy US-Saudi ties have further strained by the production cuts. The move last week by OPEC is expected to send prices soaring and amid the energy crisis in Europe. The diplomatic setback for United States from the war of words with Saudi also threatens to darken Biden

Putin's men destroyed launchers of the Ukrainian s-300 surface-to-air missile system. A Russian drone destroy the s-300, designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s. The Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile at the Russian Lancet drone but the drone was not intercepted by the missile. The s-300 engages aircraft, provide some Cruise and ballistic missile defence capability. The s-300 system warhead is equivalent to 143 kg (48N6) of high explosive. For putin annexed areas create a key corridor between Russia and the Crimean peninsula. Crimea +Donetsk, Luhansk , Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions make up around 20% of Ukraine.  In 2014 when Russian attempt to keep Ukraine in its orbit failed Putin annexed Crimea. However, Russian forces do not have complete control over Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Moscow says the goal is to demilitarize Ukraine and protect Russian speaking communities. The West has been accusing Moscow of waging an imperial style  wa

Top officials in sevastopol, in Russian annexed Crimea said explosion were head in the city. An object was reportedly shut down after a nearby anti-aircraft system was triggered. The sumy  governor claims Russia struck the region with machine guns while targeting communities in the shostka district. A fire broke out in the seredina-Buda community after Russia fired artillery and mortars. Russian forces reportedly continue after offensive in Donesk, focusing it's effort on Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. according to Ukrainian military,the Russian army is using electronic warfare to attack ukraine's border areas from Belarus.  Ukrainian army inflicted significant damage to the Antonovsky bridge in kherson region after it  struck the bridge again. Russia reportedly building a pontoon bridge across the river to re-establish a steady flow of supplies and personnel. Kyiv's army claims to have annihilate several Russian equipments in southern Ukraine. Alleged  Russi

Over the past two weeks Russian military site in Crimea has been hit by explosions. Ukraine stepped up short of taking credit but high-ranking officials termed the blast just as the beginning and demilitarization in action. August 9, large explosion in saky airbase in Western Crimea. 130 miles south of the war's frontlines Air base hosted aviation forces of the Russian Black Sea fleet. Explosions explosions damage at least eight Russian aircraft.            August 16th Russian ammunition dump explodes in the village of maiskoye. Located located near the city of Dzhankoi in northern Crimea. Dzhankoi, an important road and rail junction connecting Crimea to Ukraine. Explosion damage a  nearby railway and power station sub-station. Smoke smoke seen rising from Gvardeyskoye airbase. Another Russian military Outpost in central Crimea No visible damage to the base or it's aircrafts.  Russia claimed the August 9 explosion was caused by a fire at an ammunition depot on the saky airbase

Russian submarine "Novorossiysk"  surface near France off the Brittany coast. Did Russia tried to sabotage undersea cables in Bay of Biscay?   A Russian submarine was spotted sailing on the surface off the Brittany coast on September 29th, as per reports. The French FREMM frigate Normandie and a Caiman helicopter tracked the Russian kilo-class submarine Novorossiysk. As per reports,the French Navy escorted the Russian submarine in the Bay of Biscay. British and Spanish warships had also been involved in monitoring the submarine's movements. The French Atlantic fleet commander Oliver Lebas said this is the first time a Russian submarine has been sighted near the Bay of Biscay. Reports say that the Russian submarine was accompanied by  seagoing Tug boat" Sergey Balk".     The "Ominivorous" Submarine The B-261 "Novorossiysk" is a  Russian project 636-3 Varshavyanka diesel- electric submarine. It