Navy

South China Sea: American Aggression Has Led to Rise of Militaristic China

21st Century Wire says…
Can we blame China for seeking to bolster its defences with the US acting so recklessly with military force throughout the world?
In the following episode of CrossTalk, three experts discuss the growing tensions in the South China Sea between both China and the United States. The central contention is that China is creating islands to repurpose as military outposts.

Virginia Navy Vet Exonerated by DNA 33-Years After Convicted by Dubious Bite Mark “Evidence”

Virginia freed an ex-navy sailor 33-years after wrongfully convicting him based on bite mark evidence, when the state’s high court granted him a writ of actual innocence.
Keith Allen Harward narrowly escaped the death penalty.
This week Harward, walked out of prison a free man.
DNA evidence exonerated Harward after serving 33-years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.

Discharged Trident whistleblower rebukes Royal Navy ‘spin’

RT | June 17, 2015 Nuclear whistleblower William McNeilly, who had been dishonorably discharged from the Royal Navy, says military “spin doctors” have tried to obscure the safety and security concerns he raised in an extensive dossier last month. McNeilly now claims to have been dishonorably discharged from the service, having not been heard from […]

NATO & allies stage thousands-strong drills across Europe

RT | May 4, 2015 Three sets of military exercises kicked off in Europe on Monday, involving thousands of servicemen from a variety of NATO nations and their allies, amid a wave of similar action across the area. Estonia is holding its largest-ever military drills. Named Siil-2015 (Hedgehog), the maneuvers involve about 13,000 personnel. The […]

Dozens of arrests as anti-nuclear protesters demand end to UK’s Trident sub program

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at Faslane naval base, April 13 2015. (Photo by Veronika Tudhope) RT | April 13, 2015 Some 36 anti-nuclear activists have been arrested at Faslane naval base in Scotland, according to organizers, as hundreds of protesters blockaded the home of Britain’s nuclear weapons system. Workers at the naval facility were sent home after […]

Government deems security risks too low to ‘exempt defense from austerity,’ says think tank

RT | March 9, 2015 The government believes strategic threats posed to Britain are not serious enough to merit insulating military spending from budget cuts, according to a report by a top defense think-tank. The paper by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) centers on the economics of defense under austerity. It concludes: “The government […]

Nuclear safety incidents soar 54% at UK’s Clyde sub base & arms depot

RT | March 3, 2015 The number of “nuclear safety events” at Britain’s submarine base and warhead depot at the Clyde has drastically soared according to official records that showed 105 incidents in 2013-2014, compared to just 68 in the previous period. Almost all of the incidents involved the reactors on Trident and other nuclear […]