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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