Day: August 15, 2019

North Korea Appears To Have Built Its First Real Ballistic Missile Submarine

(Worthy News) – There is a corner of North Korea’s nuclear program that we should take notice of. Hidden behind the distraction of the recent spate of tactical missile tests is a greater development with strategic implications: New submarines that will allow the Hermit Kingdom to improve the lethality and survivability of its nuclear arsenal.

On July 23, North Korean state media released images of Kim Jong-un inspecting a submarine. The boat (submarines are always called boats) was described as newly constructed, although it is likely an old boat that has been newly modified. The images, which do not show the entire submarine, can nonetheless be pieced together to reveal that it is a variant of the 1950s vintage Russian Project 633 submarine, known to NATO as the Romeo class. North Korea has operated as many as twenty of these submarines, with most being built locally with Chinese assistance. The last local construction was in 1996. The age of the underlying design notwithstanding, it appears to have a new capability that should energize strategists: it looks like a ballistic missile submarine. [ Source: Forbes (Read More…) ]

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Iranian commander: Hezbollah honed its skills in Syria, can destroy Israel

(Worthy News) – Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami declared on Wednesday that Lebanese terrorist group “Hezbollah has acquired capabilities in Syria that allow it to destroy Israel alone.”

The warring comments seem to affirm Israel’s concerns over Iranian-backed activity in war-torn Syria, where the Jewish state has admitted to conducting “hundreds of strikes” on Iranian-linked targets. [ Source: Israel Hayom (Read More…) ]

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US Stocks Plunge 3% on Recession Fears

(Worthy News) – Stock markets in Japan fell Thursday, but not as drastically as the plummets experienced by U.S. markets a day earlier that amplified recession fears.

Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed down 1.2% Thursday while elsewhere in Asia, China’s Shanghai Composite Index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng were about even in late trading.

U.S. market futures pointed to slight gains Thursday, rebounding from Wednesday’s trading that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard and Poors 500 and Nasdaq all down 3%. [ Source: VOA News (Read More…) ]

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One in four babies aborted in England and Wales

(Worthy News) – Nearly a quarter of babies are aborted in England and Wales, shocking new statistics reveal.

Excluding stillbirths and miscarriages, 23.8 per cent of pregnancies were cut short by abortions in 2018.

While there were 657,076 live births last year, 205,295 unborn babies were killed – meaning that for every three babies born, there was one abortion. [ Source: Christian Institute (Read More…) ]

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