veteranstoday--2020-02-23--Russia deploys its ‘NATO Killer’ Smersh 300mm against Turkey, but why is Erdogan laughing?

Veterans Today/Damascus : Russian contacts in Damascus have asked us to pass on to our very good friends ( really ) in Turkey that the armour seeker/killer missiles for the Smersh , range 90km , are deployed with all of Idlib and adjacent areas of Turkey as well in range .
One salvo will destroy a tank unit or an entire battalion of Patriot missiles and do it from beyond range of any retaliation .
Russia used these weapons in 2014 and 2015 to destroy the main formations of ISIS , done in days .
VT ’ s own observation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simple .
We know that Erdogan sent units he suspected were involved in the coup attempt against him into Idlib .
We know they have 2nd rate equipment and 3rd rate leaders , Erdogan using this as an opportunity to eliminate his enemies in the Army and then settle it all with Putin .
Erdogan may be crazy…crazy like a fox .
It was all theatre .
The Smerch system is rated as the most powerful MLRS in the world .
Its purpose is the defeat of manpower , military equipment , fortifications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from 20 to 70 km .
The system was developed in the early 1980s by the State Research and Production Enterprise Splav in collaboration with more than 20 other enterprises of the USSR and in 1987 it was adopted by the Soviet Army .
Currently , the Smerch MLRS is in service with the armies of Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates .
Representatives of India and China showed interest in acquiring this system .
MLRS 9K58 “ Smerch ” includes a launcher 9A52-2,300 mm rockets , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ machine 9T234-2 , training aids and a set of arsenal equipment .
The launcher consists of an artillery unit and a four-axle chassis of an all-terrain vehicle MA3-543M .
The layout is classic .
The artillery unit is mounted in the stern of the wheeled chassis , in front of the left are the driver ’ s cab , the engine-transmission compartment and the crew cabin , in which radio communications and fire control equipment are mounted .
The artillery unit includes a package of 12 tubular guides , a rotary base , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sights , an electric drive and auxiliary equipment .
The guides are smooth-walled tubes equipped with a screw U-shaped groove for the promotion of shells .
Guiding mechanisms using power drives induce a package of guides in a vertical plane in the range of angles from 0 ° to + 55 ° .
The angle of horizontal fire is 60 ° ( 30 ° to the left and right of the axis of the machine ) .
Between the wheels of the third and fourth bridges , hydraulic bearings are mounted on which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to increase its stability during firing .
The rockets developed by GNPP “ Alloy ” for the Smerch rocket launcher have a unique design that ensures hit accuracy that is 2-3 times higher than that of foreign systems .
The shells are equipped with a flight control system that corrects the trajectory of the pitch and yaw .
Correction is carried out by gas-dynamic rudders driven by high-pressure gas from an onboard gas generator .
In addition , the stabilization of the projectile in flight occurs due to its rotation around the longitudinal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unwinding during extension along the tubular guide and supported in flight by installing the expanding stabilizer blades at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the projectile .
When firing in volley , the dispersion of shells of this design does not exceed 0.21 % of the firing range .
The 300-mm shells of the Smerch MLRS are equipped with a mixed-fuel solid-fuel jet engine , they have a length of 7.5 m and a weight of 800 kg .
The weight of the head is 280 kg .
It can be monoblock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shells are available : ■ 9M55F high-explosive fragmentation shell with a single-unit warhead ( explosive weight is 92.5 kg , the shell is used to destroy fortifications , command posts , missile launching sites , etc . )
; ■ 9M55K shell with a cluster warhead containing 72 fragmentation warheads weighing 2 kg each ( the main purpose of the shell is to defeat the enemy ’ s manpower , 10-16 of these shells are enough to guarantee the destruction of a motorized infantry company ) ; ■ 9M55K1 shell with a cluster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( a tank company in the area of concentration is hit by a volley of four vehicles firing such shells ) .
Recently , the Smerch-M complex was created with a 9A52-2 combat vehicle on the M A3-543-A1 chassis and a 9T234-2 transport and loading vehicle on a similar chassis .
A family of rockets has been developed with a range increased to 90 km due to the implementation of a set of measures similar to those adopted when increasing the range of the modernized Grad system to 35–40 km .
primarily related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to Jane ’ s reference book , the newly developed products include the following : ■ 9M525 missile with a cluster head equipped with 72 warheads weighing 1.75 kg each ; ■ 9M526 missile with a cluster head equipped with five combat self-aiming elements with dual-band infrared coordinators ; ■ 9M527 missile with a cluster head equipped with 25 anti-tank mines weighing 4.8 kg each ; ■ 9M528 rocket with a mass of 815 kg with a single-shell high-explosive warhead equipped with a charge of 95 kg ; ■ 9M529 rocket with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of volume-detonating filler ; ■ 9M530 missile with a penetrating HE shell ; ■ 9M531 missile with a cluster warhead with 646 warheads with 120 mm armor piercing .
Along with the use of rockets of the Smerch and Smerch-M systems as weapons for hitting targets , they can be used in the corresponding modification as a means of delivery to the reconnaissance object of R-90 disposable unmanned aerial vehicles developed at the Kazan Research Center ENIKO and repeatedly exhibited at air shows , starting with MAKS-93 .
The unmanned reconnaissance vehicle is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ navigation system , and means for transmitting television information to a range of up to 70 km .
The unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with a pulsating jet engine and tandem wings of large elongation , which are opened after separation .
The unmanned vehicle is capable of carrying out software reconnaissance flight lasting up to half an hour at a speed of up to 145 km / h. MLRS “ Smerch ” can fire single shells or in one gulp .
A full salvo of a combat vehicle is made in 38 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided from the cockpit of a combat vehicle or using an external remote control .
The volley power of the three Smerch MLRS systems is equal in its effectiveness to the “ work ” of two brigades armed with 9K79 Tochka-U missile systems .
A salvo of one machine covers an area of 672,000 m2 .
The high efficiency of the combat use of the Smerch MLRS is ensured through the use of the Vivarium automated fire control system developed and manufactured by the Tomsk Production Association Kontur .
The following principles are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , compactness and high reliability of equipment ; ■ autonomy and mobility of system elements ; ■ hardware and software compatibility with existing and developed ACS field artillery fire ; ■ the possibility of operation in any environmental conditions and in a wide temperature range ( from – 50 ° С to + 40 ° С ) .
The Vivarium control system was adopted in the early 90s and became widespread .
It is intended for the automated and non-automated control of a MLRS brigade armed with the 9K58 Smerch complex , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means provide information exchange with higher , subordinate and interacting governing bodies , solve the tasks of planning concentrated fire and column fire , prepare data for firing , collect and analyze information about the state of artillery units .
The Vivarium control system is based on command and staff vehicles ( KSHM ) , which are at the disposal of the commander and chief of staff of the brigade , as well as subordinate commanders of divisions ( up to three ) and batteries ( up to eighteen ) .
The KShM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ body .
4310 mounted on the chassis of the KamAZ-4310 car .
It includes communications , classified data communications equipment , a digital computer , displays and printers .
The main technical tool for solving computational problems is the on-board digital computer E-715-1.1 .
Its speed for combined mode is 500,000 short operations , for uncombined – 250,000 .
The amount of RAM is 96 , the permanent memory is 288 KB .
In ShKM of all control points of the brigade , special mathematical and software is implemented that provides : ■ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and generation of messages in a formalized and non-formalized form ; ■ transmitting to higher levels of management messages about the location and combat readiness of each unit , bringing subordinate units and units of teams for preparing strikes ; ■ protection of stored and processed information from unauthorized access of service personnel and officials , as well as from unauthorized use of input-output means .
All calculation tasks are called up for solution by a command entered by the operator into a specialized digital computer using the ADC control panel .
An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data for a target , which is solved automatically when messages are received to strike with an indication of the contractor involved in the launch of the volley .
To control the process of solving problems at the workplace of the commander and operators of the KShM installed television display devices .
Communication facilities are represented by a set of VHF and HF radio stations that allow you to confidently conduct radio traffic in traffic up to 50 km , and in the parking lot – 350 km .
The body of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ensure reliable operation of radio stations .
Radiotelephone communication is carried out both from the driver ’ s cab and from the operational compartment through the T-240D equipment .
If necessary , it is possible to automatically switch to a backup communication channel in a few seconds , which virtually eliminates the loss of information during transmission .
Exchange of data in motion is not provided .
The complex of communication facilities provides pairing and access to the following channel-forming facilities : satellite , tropospheric and radio-relay communication stations , medium and high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communication nodes , and wired communication lines .
The power supply of all equipment both on the spot and in motion is carried out from the portable diesel power station ED2x8-T400-18PS .
To ensure normal working conditions of the commander and operators , air conditioners , FVUA-10OP-24 filter-ventilation units and OV-65G heating units were installed in the KShM .
The machine set includes primary degassing equipment DK-4D , chemical and radiation reconnaissance devices , as well as spare parts .
It should be noted that all command and staff vehicles that are part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the same type of equipment and if one of them fails , its functions can be assigned to any other .
This significantly increases the survivability of the system in the conduct of hostilities .
The operating procedure can be graphically presented using an example of a combat application .
At the command post of the brigade commander , data on the enemy are received from combat reconnaissance vehicles , as well as from higher command and control bodies .
Computing tools of the commander and chief of staff of the brigade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the same time , the capabilities of the fire units , the presence of ammunition are evaluated , the method of hitting targets is selected , the density of fire is determined , various options for solving the task are developed .
Then , automatically through the communication channels , the necessary data and orders are transmitted to the command post of one of the divisions selected to solve the fire problem .
At the command post of the division commander , information about the enemy ( character , type and coordinates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ location tasks are solved , meteorological bulletins are compiled based on data from automated meteorological reconnaissance systems .
After that , based on operational information about the location and combat readiness of subordinates to the division commander , the necessary information is transmitted to their command posts through communication channels .
The computing tools of the battery CABM process the received information and form a flight mission for six Smerch MLRS combat vehicles .
According to Russian military experts , the Vivarium automated control system significantly increases the combat readiness of units equipped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and efficiency of firing .
It is not inferior to the similar American automated control system “ Takfire ” , For loading the launcher , the 9K58 Smerch MLRS includes a transport and loading vehicle 9T234-2 , developed on the chassis of the MA3-543A .
This machine has crane equipment and carries twelve shells .
The loading process of the launcher is mechanized and takes about 35 minutes .
The chassis used to create the launcher and the transport-loading machine have almost the same design and are equipped with a V-shaped twelve-cylinder diesel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hp .
( at 2000 rpm ) .
The transmission is hydromechanical , with a torque converter and a planetary three-speed gearbox with automatic switching .
The chassis is made according to the wheel formula 8×8 .
Managed are two front pairs of wheels .
The suspension of all wheels is independent , torsion bar .
Wide-profile tires are installed on the wheels , the air pressure in which is regulated by a centralized system ( with air supply through the pins and hubs ) .
When driving on a highway , cars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ / h , they can move on roads of all categories and outside them , overcoming steep slopes of up to 30 ° and fords 1 meter deep .
Cruising range of fuel is 850 km .
In general , 9K58 Smerch MLRS has very high combat effectiveness .
One volley of this MLRS provides target destruction on an area of 67 hectares ( 670,000 square meters ! )
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The performance characteristics of the MLRS 9K58 “ Smerch ” The number of guides ……………………………… .
12 Calculation , people …… .
…………………………………….. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ …………………………….. 43,7 Overall dimensions , mm : length ….. ………………………………………….. 12400 width ………………………………………… …… .
3100 height in the stowed position ……………… .
3100 Projectile weight , kg ………….. ………………………… 800 Firing range , km : maximum ………… .
…………………………… .
70 minimum ………………………………………… .
20 Area of destruction , m² ………………………………… .
672 thousand .
Duration of a volley , s ……………………………….. 38 Time of reloading , min ….. ……………………………… 36 Engine power .
hp …………………………………… .
525 Maximum speed , km / h ……………… 60 Cruising range , km ………………….. ……………………….. @

VT/Damascus: Russian contacts in Damascus have asked us to pass on to our very good friends (really) in Turkey that the armor seeker/killer missiles for the Smersh, range 90km, are deployed with all of Idlib and adjacent areas of Turkey as well in range.
One salvo will destroy a tank unit or an entire battalion of Patriot missiles and do it from beyond the range of any retaliation. Russia used these weapons in 2014 and 2015 to destroy the main formations of ISIS, done in days.
VT’s own observation, which we pass on, is simple. We know that Erdogan sent units he suspected were involved in the coup attempt against him into Idlib. We know they have 2nd rate equipment and 3rd rate leaders, Erdogan using this as an opportunity to eliminate his enemies in the Army and then settle it all with Putin.
Erdogan may be crazy…crazy like a fox.
It was all theatre.
The Smerch system is rated as the most powerful MLRS in the world. Its purpose is the defeat of manpower, military equipment, fortifications and command and control posts at ranges from 20 to 70 km.
The system was developed in the early 1980s by the State Research and Production Enterprise Splav in collaboration with more than 20 other enterprises of the USSR and in 1987 it was adopted by the Soviet Army.
Currently, the Smerch MLRS is in service with the armies of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Representatives of India and China showed interest in acquiring this system.
MLRS 9K58 “Tornado” – video
MLRS 9K58 “Smerch” includes a launcher 9A52-2,300 mm rockets, fire control system, transport and loading machine 9T234-2, training aids and a set of arsenal equipment. The launcher consists of an artillery unit and a four-axle chassis of an all-terrain vehicle MA3-543M. The layout is classic.
The artillery unit is mounted in the stern of the wheeled chassis, in front of the left are the driver’s cab, the engine-transmission compartment, and the crew cabin, in which radio communications and fire control equipment are mounted.
The artillery unit includes a package of 12 tubular guides, a rotary base, lifting, rotary and balancing mechanisms, sights, an electric drive, and auxiliary equipment. The guides are smooth-walled tubes equipped with a screw U-shaped groove for the promotion of shells.
Guiding mechanisms using power drives induce a package of guides in a vertical plane in the range of angles from 0 ° to + 55 °. The angle of horizontal fire is 60 ° (30 ° to the left and right of the axis of the machine). Between the wheels of the third and fourth bridges, hydraulic bearings are mounted on which the stern of the launcher is hung to increase its stability during firing.
The rockets developed by GNPP “Alloy” for the Smerch rocket launcher have a unique design that ensures hit accuracy that is 2-3 times higher than that of foreign systems. The shells are equipped with a flight control system that corrects the trajectory of the pitch and yaw. Correction is carried out by gas-dynamic rudders driven by high-pressure gas from an onboard gas generator.
In addition, the stabilization of the projectile in flight occurs due to its rotation around the longitudinal axis, which is provided by preliminary unwinding during extension along with the tubular guide and supported in flight by installing the expanding stabilizer blades at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the projectile. When firing in a volley, the dispersion of shells of this design does not exceed 0.21% of the firing range.
The 300-mm shells of the Smerch MLRS are equipped with a mixed-fuel solid-fuel jet engine, they have a length of 7.5 m and a weight of 800 kg. The weight of the head is 280 kg. It can be monoblock or cassette.
The following types of shells are available:
■ 9M55F high-explosive fragmentation shell with a single-unit warhead (explosive weight is 92.5 kg, the shell is used to destroy fortifications, command posts, missile launching sites, etc.);
■ 9M55K shell with a cluster warhead containing 72 fragmentation warheads weighing 2 kg each (the main purpose of the shell is to defeat the enemy’s manpower, 10-16 of these shells are enough to guarantee the destruction of a motorized infantry company);
■ 9M55K1 shell with a cluster head containing five Motiv high-performance self-aiming ammunition (a tank company in the area of concentration is hit by a volley of four vehicles firing such shells).
Recently, the Smerch-M complex was created with a 9A52-2 combat vehicle on the M A3-543-A1 chassis and a 9T234-2 transport and loading vehicle on a similar chassis. A family of rockets has been developed with a range increased to 90 km due to the implementation of a set of measures similar to those adopted when increasing the range of the modernized Grad system to 35–40 km. primarily related to the improvement of the engine.
According to Jane’s reference book, the newly developed products include the following:
■ 9M525 missile with a cluster head equipped with 72 warheads weighing 1.75 kg each;
■ 9M526 missile with a cluster head equipped with five combat self-aiming elements with dual-band infrared coordinators;
■ 9M527 missile with a cluster head equipped with 25 anti-tank mines weighing 4.8 kg each;
■ 9M528 rocket with a mass of 815 kg with a single-shell high-explosive warhead equipped with a charge of 95 kg;
■ 9M529 rocket with a monoblock thermobaric warhead containing 100 kg of volume-detonating filler;
■ 9M530 missile with a penetrating HE shell;
■ 9M531 missile with a cluster warhead with 646 warheads with 120 mm armor-piercing.
Along with the use of rockets of the Smerch and Smerch-M systems as weapons for hitting targets, they can be used in the corresponding modification as a means of delivery to the reconnaissance object of R-90 disposable unmanned aerial vehicles developed at the Kazan Research Center ENIKO and repeatedly exhibited at air shows, starting with MAKS-93.
The unmanned reconnaissance vehicle is equipped with television equipment, a satellite navigation system, and means for transmitting television information to a range of up to 70 km. The unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with a pulsating jet engine and tandem wings of large elongation, which are opened after separation. The unmanned vehicle is capable of carrying out software reconnaissance flight lasting up to half an hour at a speed of up to 145 km / h.
MLRS “Smerch” can fire single shells or in one gulp. A full salvo of a combat vehicle is made in 38 seconds. The launch of shells is provided from the cockpit of a combat vehicle or using external remote control. The volley power of the three Smerch MLRS systems is equal in its effectiveness to the “work” of two brigades armed with 9K79 Tochka-U missile systems.
A salvo of one machine covers an area of 672,000 m2. The high efficiency of the combat use of the Smerch MLRS is ensured through the use of the Vivarium automated fire control system developed and manufactured by the Tomsk Production Association Kontur.
The following principles are implemented in this system:
■ simplicity, compactness and high reliability of equipment;
■ autonomy and mobility of system elements;
■ hardware and software compatibility with existing and developed ACS field artillery fire;
■ the possibility of operation in any environmental conditions and in a wide temperature range (from – 50 ° С to + 40 ° С).
The Vivarium control system was adopted in the early 90s and became widespread. It is intended for the automated and non-automated control of an MLRS brigade armed with the 9K58 Smerch complex, as well as 9K57 Hurricane.
Its technical means provide information exchange with higher, subordinate and interacting governing bodies, solve the tasks of planning concentrated fire and column fire, prepare data for firing, collect and analyze information about the state of artillery units.
The Vivarium control system is based on command and staff vehicles (KSHM), which are at the disposal of the commander and chief of staff of the brigade, as well as subordinate commanders of divisions (up to three) and batteries (up to eighteen). The KShM equipment is located in a K1 box body. 4310 mounted on the chassis of the KamAZ-4310 car.
It includes communications, classified data communications equipment, a digital computer, displays, and printers. The main technical tool for solving computational problems is the onboard digital computer E-715-1.1. Its speed for combined mode is 500,000 short operations, for uncombined – 250,000. The amount of RAM is 96, the permanent memory is 288 KB.
In ShKM of all control points of the brigade, special mathematical and software is implemented that provides:
■ reception, processing, storage, display and generation of messages in a formalized and non-formalized form;
■ transmitting to higher levels of management messages about the location and combat readiness of each unit, bringing subordinate units and units of teams for preparing strikes;
■ protection of stored and processed information from unauthorized access of service personnel and officials, as well as from unauthorized use of input-output means.
All calculation tasks are called up for solution by a command entered by the operator into a specialized digital computer using the ADC control panel. An exception is a task of calculating control data for a target, which is solved automatically when messages are received to strike with an indication of the contractor involved in the launch of the volley.
To control the process of solving problems at the workplace of the commander and operators of the KShM installed television display devices. Communication facilities are represented by a set of VHF and HF radio stations that allow you to confidently conduct radio traffic in traffic up to 50 km, and in the parking lot – 350 km.
The body of the van is equipped with antenna devices that ensure the reliable operation of radio stations. Radiotelephone communication is carried out both from the driver’s cab and from the operational compartment through the T-240D equipment. If necessary, it is possible to automatically switch to a backup communication channel in a few seconds, which virtually eliminates the loss of information during transmission. The exchange of data in motion is not provided.
The complex communication facilities provides pairing and access to the following channel-forming facilities: satellite, tropospheric and radio-relay communication stations, medium and high voltage VHF and VHF stations, hardware communication nodes, and wired communication lines.
The power supply of all equipment both on the spot and in motion is carried out from the portable diesel power station ED2x8-T400-18PS. To ensure normal working conditions of the commander and operators, air conditioners, FVUA-10OP-24 filter-ventilation units, and OV-65G heating units were installed in the KShM.
The machine set includes primary degassing equipment DK-4D, chemical, and radiation reconnaissance devices, as well as spare parts. It should be noted that all command and staff vehicles that are part of the Vivarium control system, have the same type of equipment and if one of them fails, its functions can be assigned to any other. This significantly increases the survivability of the system in the conduct of hostilities.
The operating procedure can be graphically presented using an example of a combat application. At the command post of the brigade commander, data on the enemy are received from combat reconnaissance vehicles, as well as from higher command and control bodies. Computing tools of the commander and chief of staff of the brigade solve the problem of planning fire.
At the same time, the capabilities of the fire units, the presence of ammunition are evaluated, the method of hitting targets is selected, the density of fire is determined, various options for solving the task are developed. Then, automatically through the communication channels, the necessary data and orders are transmitted to the command post of one of the divisions selected to solve the fire problem.
At the command post of the division commander, information about the enemy (character, type and coordinates of targets) is specified, topographic location tasks are solved, meteorological bulletins are compiled based on data from automated meteorological reconnaissance systems. After that, based on operational information about the location and combat readiness of subordinates to the division commander, the necessary information is transmitted to their command posts through communication channels.
The computing tools of the battery CABM process the received information and form a flight mission for six Smerch MLRS combat vehicles. According to Russian military experts, the Vivarium automated control system significantly increases the combat readiness of units equipped with Smerch systems, and the accuracy and efficiency of firing. It is not inferior to the similar American automated control system “Takfire”,
For loading the launcher, the 9K58 Smerch MLRS includes a transport and loading vehicle 9T234-2, developed on the chassis of the MA3-543A. This machine has crane equipment and carries twelve shells. The loading process of the launcher is mechanized and takes about 35 minutes.
The chassis used to create the launcher and the transport-loading machine have almost the same design and are equipped with a V-shaped twelve-cylinder diesel engine D12A-525A with a capacity of 525 hp. (at 2000 rpm). The transmission is hydromechanical, with a torque converter and a planetary three-speed gearbox with automatic switching. The chassis is made according to the wheel formula 8×8. Managed are two front pairs of wheels.
The suspension of all wheels is independent, torsion bar. Wide-profile tires are installed on the wheels, the air pressure in which is regulated by a centralized system (with air supply through the pins and hubs). When driving on a highway, cars develop a maximum speed of 60 km / h, they can move on roads of all categories and outside them, overcoming steep slopes of up to 30 ° and fords 1 meter deep.
The cruising range of fuel is 850 km. In general, 9K58 Smerch MLRS has very high combat effectiveness. One volley of this MLRS provides target destruction on an area of 67 hectares (670,000 square meters!).
The performance characteristics of the MLRS 9K58 “Smerch”
The number of guides ………………………………. 12
Calculation, people ……. …………………………………….. 4
Mass in combat position, t …………………………….. 43,7
Overall dimensions, mm:
length ….. ………………………………………….. 12400
width ………………………………………… ……. 3100
height in the stowed position ………………. 3100
Projectile weight, kg ………….. ………………………… 800
Firing range, km:
maximum …………. ……………………………. 70
minimum …………………………………………. 20
Area of destruction, m² …………………………………. 672 thousand.
Duration of a volley , s ……………………………….. 38
Time of reloading, min ….. ……………………………… 36
Engine power. hp ……………………………………. 525
Maximum speed , km / h ……………… 60
Cruising range, km ………………….. ……………………….. 850
Photo shooting MLRS 9K58 “Tornado”
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veteranstoday--2020-02-23--The Failed 7 Day ‘Truce’ in Afghanistan, Duff on Press TV

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veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Mad Mike Hughes rocket ship death wish finally comes true

[ Editor ’ s Note : I don ’ t really know quite what to say here , rare for an editor/columnist .
I just now read the end of the story , after choosing to run in based on the headline and video , to find out that he has made several attempts to do this before and somehow survived .
His wikipedia is strange , with generally failed fundraising attempts and nothing about his past life or family , or where he went to school to learn how to land a rocket with no wingspan in rough , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mention of the ejection seat failure , so I must assume there was not one .
He rode his last rocket straight into the ground at full vertical .
Game over .
Was he an “ ejection seats are for pussies kind of guy ?
” Dear Mike , Wherever you are in heaven I hope you are in a full lock down facility waiting for your attempted suicide trial .
I hear that is a serious offence in Pearly Gates land .
Get a good attorney and pay him with world rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a real dare devil does .
But I would not advise filing a discrimination lawsuit in your present location as I suspect you will get hit with a contempt of court charge , something maybe like having to redo your last ride at the start of you day up there , every day .
Forgive us if we don ’ t make you a role model for hobbyist children .
But that said , we are dying to know ( pardon the pun ) what it was like when you were riding down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ luck if we do not hear from you .
I can hear you singing “ I did it may way ” at your negligence trial as part of your “ not insane ” testimony .
We will pass the hat here at VT to pay the royalties on it for you , to the Paul Anka and Frank Sinatra estates .
You know how those rich kid heirs are , they want their royalty money .
But if you do well at the holy court house , who knows , maybe you will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last laugh on all of us here , including writers like me trying to turn this into a “ what not to do with your life ” lesson for children .
Best wishes from all of us here .
If you do get your wings , feel free to drop in to see us some time .
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Click to donate > > Daredevil Flat-Earther ‘ Mad ’ Mike Hughes has died after launching himself into the sky in a homemade rocket .
Purported video of the accident shows the fatal launch .
Hughes and a colleague built the steam-powered rocket in hopes of shooting the daredevil 5,000 feet ( 1.5km ) into the air .
The endeavor was being documented by the Science Channel , which wanted to feature him in a new series called ‘ Homemade Astronauts ’ .
A video purportedly filmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launched into the sky near Barstow , California , before Hughes plunges back down to the earth .
Mad Mike Hughes just launched himself in a self-made steam-powered rocket and crash landed .
Very likely did not survive .
# MadMike # MadMikeHughes pic.twitter.com/svtviTEi8f The self-taught rocket engineer gained notoriety for his belief that the Earth is flat .
However , Hughes said that his flat-Earth belief was not the primary motivator for his latest , and final , rocket test , stressing that he was simply a daredevil .
The 64-year-old first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and completed several launches .
His most successful attempt took place in March 2018 when he propelled himself approximately 1,875 feet ( 572 meters ) into the air before crashing back to Earth at around 350mph ( 563kph ) .
He sustained multiple injuries from his previous flights , before ultimately succumbing to his dangerous hobby on Saturday .

…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: I don’t really know quite what to say here, rare for an editor/columnist. I read the end of the story after choosing to run it based on the headline and video, and find out that he has made several attempts to do this before and somehow survived.
His Wikipedia is strange, with generally failed fundraising attempts and nothing about his past life or family or where he went to school to learn how to land a rocket with no wingspan in rough, open desert country.
There is no mention of the ejection seat failure, so I must assume there was not one. He rode his last rocket straight into the ground at full vertical. Game over. Was he an “ejection seats are for pussies kind of guy?”
Dear Mike, wherever you are in heaven, I hope you are in a full lockdown facility waiting for your attempted suicide trial. I hear that it is a serious offense in Pearly Gates land. Get a good attorney and pay him with world rights to your video, showing the world what a real daredevil does.
I would not advise filing a discrimination lawsuit in your present location, as I suspect you would get hit with a contempt of court charge, with a penalty of having to redo your last ride at the start of each day up there.
Forgive us if we don’t make you a role model for hobbyist children. That said, we are dying to know (pardon the pun) what it was like when you were riding down your last lemon. Did you have any regrets?
Good luck if we do not hear from you. I can hear you singing “I did it my way” at your negligence trial as part of your “not insane” testimony. We will pass the hat here at VT to pay the song royalties for you.
If you do well at the holy court house, who knows, maybe you will get your set of wings and have the last laugh on us, including writers like me trying to turn this into a “what not to do with your life” lesson for children.
If you do get your wings, feel free to visit us. But please call first, as we will have to get prepared … Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … February 23, 2020 –
Daredevil Flat-Earther ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes has died after launching himself into the sky in a homemade rocket. Purported video of the accident shows the fatal launch.
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veteranstoday--2020-02-25--Quitting the fake left because of LGBT Doublefuckosity

I remember about two years ago , driving to Ann Arbor to see Gilad Atzmon who was speaking there .
I am an old line democrat , trade union , grew up in Detroit , worked for Adlai Stevenson , Bobby Kennedy..etc..etc .
Professionally , I am GOP as nobody on earth can talk to a democrat much less do they listen .
The Atzmon thing , I had my daughter with me , she is U of M , degreed in useless and obscure .
After 5 minutes we knew we had been trapped in a Fellini film .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevin , they are both too patient with the lunatic fringe that buys their books .
These were some crazy fucks , delusional , self absorbed .
I hate it when I want to smack the living shit out of a room of people and , somehow , know that it would be wrong .
As for the gay community , my familiarity goes back to the early 70s , longtime relationship with one or more supposed lesbian girlfriends who could read a map and fix your car .
But as a Vietnam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people very well…a term that one might broadly place on those who stood against the grain as to sexual preference independence .
As a Marine , always weekends in Los Angeles , I got to know the local drag queen community .
These were good people , loyal , decent and funny .
They were also abused and exploited and I was a handy house guest who also had the delightful ability to beat the fuck out of people .
Yes..just like the movie , in fact , exactly like the movie .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggestion , long dead as is so often the fate of the vulnerable .
Today I only see things through kids , who are getting older and grandchildren and there I see exactly what the video puts out .
The gender crap is just as advertised , a way for narcissists and time wasters to express themselves at the cost of others .
In the 70s , East Lansing and Ann Arbor , it was ex-cons , Charlie Manson types , who became high profile hippie/drug dealing human trafficker types .
You could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rape and a day later be living in Lansing with “ followers ” of jailhouse bullshit .
To that extent…nothing new here…move along…

Note by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
I remember about two years ago, driving to Ann Arbor to see VT Writer Gilad Atzmon who was speaking there. I am an old-line Democrat, trade union, grew up in Detroit, worked for Adlai Stevenson, Bobby Kennedy, etc…
Professionally, I am GOP as nobody on earth can talk to a Democrat much less do they listen.
The Atzmon thing, I had my daughter with me, she is U of M, degreed in useless and obscure. After 5 minutes we knew we had been trapped in a Fellini film.
Atzmon is always OK but as with Kevin, they are both too patient with the lunatic fringe that buys their books.
These were some crazy fucks, delusional, self-absorbed. I hate it when I want to smack the living shit out of a room of people and, somehow, know that it would be wrong.
Self-control is overrated.
As for the gay community, my familiarity goes back to the early 70s, longtime relationship with one or more supposed lesbian girlfriends who could read a map and fix your car.
But as a Vietnam Vet, I understood oppressed and broken people very well; a term that one might broadly place on those who stood against the grain as to sexual preference independence.
As a Marine, always weekends in Los Angeles, I got to know the local drag queen community.
These were good people, loyal, decent and funny. They were also abused and exploited and I was a handy house guest who also had the delightful ability to beat the fuck out of people.
Yes..just like the movie, in fact, exactly like the movie.
Where are these folks now? My suggestion, long-dead as is so often the fate of the vulnerable.
Today I only see things through kids, who are getting older and grandchildren and there I see exactly what the video puts out.
The gender crap is just as advertised, a way for narcissists and time-wasters to express themselves at the cost of others.
In the 70s, East Lansing and Ann Arbor, it was ex-cons, Charlie Manson types, who became high profile hippie/drug dealing human trafficker types.
You could check out of Jackson Prison for child rape and a day later be living in Lansing with “followers” of jailhouse bullshit.
To that extent…nothing new here…move along…


Weinstein found Guilty

Weinstein found GUILTY of 2 counts sexual assault and 3rd degree rape , acquitted of more serious charges [ Editor ’ s Note : There is an old saying that , “ It couldn ’ t happen to a nicer man.
” Although Gordon thinks his potential 25 year sentence on today ’ s counts will only get him around 3.5 years , he has further charges pending in Los Angeles .
Not convicted today were the legions of movie industry people who knew this was going on and did nothing , not even as a group if they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are a large number of victims out there who have not gotten any justice .
But movie moguls do not have to prey on actresses anymore due to their convenience .
The human trafficking internationally for “ models ” as “ girlfriends or wives ” is a lucrative industry .
Some even feel a major political figure got one that way .
It ’ s gone mainstream .
Despite all this , the Wahhabi Imams in Saudi Arabia “ legalized ” rape by ISIS jihadis by dusting off their religious “ temporary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under their version of Islam .
Who knows , if Weinstein had converted , he might have walked .
But the temporary marriage Islam scam set off a stampede of sexual abuse among the jihadis .
ISIS fighters kidnapped Izadi women and teens , and kept them as sex slaves .
Countless young teen girls were bought out of refugee camps in Syria by jihadi fighters with their stolen loot .
Some survivors have gone public .
Others just disappeared , with no major investigation or even a mention of sanctions , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book .
New York has a law that even a mother of a child who is abused by a live in boyfriend but does not stop it or ever report it is charged with the same level of felony as the man .
As Gordon does so love to say , it ’ s a nasty world out there… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
Thanks for helping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of third degree rape and first-degree sexual assault , while the jury has acquitted him of the more serious charges of predatory sexual assault and first degree rape .
The jury ’ s decision was delivered on Monday after five days of deliberation and spares him a conviction on charges which would have carried an automatic life sentence .
However , he still faces a potential 25 years in prison , which would be an effective life sentence for the 67-year-old producer .
Specifically , Weinstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mann in 2013 and assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 , while he was acquitted of the charges related to his alleged assault of actress Annabella Sciorra .
After the verdict was read , Weinstein was immediately surrounded by court officers , handcuffed , and removed from the courtroom to jail .
While his lawyers protested that he needs medical attention following an unsuccessful back surgery , the judge said he would request Weinstein be held in the infirmary .
He is due to be sentenced March 11 .
Jurors had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deliver their decision on three of the five counts , complaining they were deadlocked on the more serious predatory sexual assault charges .
However , they were told to keep deliberating instead , as prosecutors refused to accept a partial verdict .
The court heard testimony from a total of six women in an effort to establish Weinstein ’ s pattern of predatory behavior over the years .
The disgraced mogul was shown to have a pattern of using his unmatched power in Hollywood – and sometimes brute force – to coerce young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Weinstein became the best-known villain of the # MeToo movement in 2017 as first a trickle and then a flood of actresses and other women came forward with stories of sexual misconduct up to and including rape at the hands of the superstar producer , who operated with something like impunity for years .
Weinstein himself did not testify during the month-long trial , merely showing up to court looking rumpled and significantly frailer than usual .
The women ’ s testimony was graphic and emotional as might be expected , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planting seeds of doubt as to why Sciorra didn ’ t “ run out of the apartment ” or “ try to poke him in the eyes ” when the 300-pound producer allegedly barged into her home and raped her in 1993 or 1994 .
His defense argued that all the sexual encounters in question were consensual , claiming the women had willingly traded sex for roles or other forms of advancement in the film industry .
Weinstein faces further charges in Los Angeles , where he was accused of raping one woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indictment filed in January .
Those charges stem from two incidents in February 2013 , and the victims were not identified .
More than 80 women have accused him of sexual misconduct in total .

Weinstein found GUILTY of 2 counts sexual assault and 3rd degree rape, acquitted of more serious charges
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: There is an old saying that, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer man.” Although Gordon thinks his potential 25 year sentence on today’s counts will only get him around 3.5 years, he has further charges pending in Los Angeles.
Not convicted today were the legions of movie industry people who knew this was going on and did nothing, not even as a group if they had been fearful to go it alone.
There are a large number of victims out there who have not gotten any justice. But movie moguls do not have to prey on actresses anymore due to their convenience. The human trafficking internationally for “models” as “girlfriends or wives” is a lucrative industry. Some even feel a major political figure got one that way. It’s gone mainstream.
Despite all this, the Wahhabi Imams in Saudi Arabia “legalized” rape by ISIS jihadis by dusting off their religious “temporary marriage” scam, which legalized rape under their version of Islam. Who knows, if Weinstein had converted, he might have walked.
But the temporary marriage Islam scam set off a stampede of sexual abuse among the jihadis. ISIS fighters kidnapped Izadi women and teens, and kept them as sex slaves. Countless young teen girls were bought out of refugee camps in Syria by jihadi fighters with their stolen loot. Some survivors have gone public. Others just disappeared, with no major investigation or even a mention of sanctions, which is aiding and abetting, in my book.
New York has a law that even a mother of a child who is abused by a live in boyfriend but does not stop it or ever report it is charged with the same level of felony as the man. As Gordon does so love to say, it’s a nasty world out there… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … February 24, 2020 –
Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of third degree rape and first-degree sexual assault, while the jury has acquitted him of the more serious charges of predatory sexual assault and first degree rape.
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veteranstoday--2020-02-24--From ME-262 to Gloster Meteor, the World’s First Jet Powered Warplanes

It was during the closing stages of World War II in 1945 when military aviation finally entered the jet age which saw several countries trying to develop jet-powered warplanes .
Here ’ s a look at some of these aircraft .
The world ’ s first operational jet-powered fighter jet , the Messerschmitt Me-262 entered service with the Luftwaffe in the spring of 1944 , when Nazi Germany started to lose its air superiority in the Second World War .
The plane ’ s advanced engines helped it to fly at speeds of up to 900 kilometres per hour and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metres .
The Me-262 was armed with four 30-mm guns MK-108 plus 24 R4M unguided rockets to fight enemy bombers .
In all , pilots flying such planes shot down about 150 enemy aircraft while losing about 100 Me-262s .
Experts attributed the losses to a low level of pilot training , insufficient reliability of the engines and logistics-related problems .
Despite the sophisticated design , the Me-262 never became Nazi Germany ’ s super weapon , not least because it gained speed and altitude slowly , possessing worse manoeuvrability than that of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jet MiG-9 conducted its maiden flight on 24 April 24 , 1946 .
This turbo-prop jet ’ s speed was about 910 kilometres per hour , with an altitude ceiling and range of 13,500 metres and 800 kilometres , respectively .
The MiG-9 was armed with a 37-mm gun N-37 and two 23-mm guns NS-23 .
The MiG-9 was produced from 1946 to 1948 , when then-the USSR created the more advanced MiG-15 jet fighter .
More than 600 MiG-9s were built at the time , with Soviet pilots especially praising the vehicle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though , the pilots were afraid of flying a plane without a propeller , while technicians lacked sufficient service experience .
To speed up the development of the MiG-9 , groups of engineers from manufacturing plants were sent to all Soviet Army units where the MiG-9 was in service .
The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star was the first US fighter jet .
It took off for the first time on 8 January 8 , 1944 .
The aircraft was built in just 143 days in order to strengthen US Air Force in Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service only in late 1945 .
A classic monoplane with a low-lying straight wing and a single tail , the F-80 flew at a speed of 933 kilometres , with an altitude ceiling and range of 14,000 metres and 800 kilometres , respectively .
The armament included six 12.7 mm machine guns , as well as bombs and unguided missiles .
The plane ’ s baptism of fire took place during the 1950-53 Korean War , when the F-80s carried out 15,000 sorties as fighter-bombers in the first four months of the war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevented the aircraft from getting the better of the Soviet-made Yak piston planes .
The first British fighter jet , the Gloster Meteor , conducted its maiden flight on 5 March , 1943 , and a year later it entered service at the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) .
This single-seat aircraft was equipped with two Rolls-Royce W.2B /23C Welland turbojet engines with a thrust of 771 kilogrammes each .
The plane had a maximum speed of 676 kilometres per hour , a range of 2,000 kilometres and an altitude ceiling of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armed with four 20 mm guns which helped the plane successfully destroy Nazi Germany ’ s V-1 “ flying bombs ” , known as “ revenge weapons ” .
A total of 14 such bombs were obliterated by Gloster Meteor planes , which , in the spring of 1945 , got the green light for the so-called “ free hunting ” over German territory .
The RAF lost only two Gloster Meteors which collided with each other in bad weather while returning from a mission .

It was during the closing stages of World War II in 1945 when military aviation finally entered the jet age which saw several countries trying to develop jet-powered warplanes. Here’s a look at some of these aircraft.
Me-262
The world’s first operational jet-powered fighter jet, the Messerschmitt Me-262 entered service with the Luftwaffe in the spring of 1944, when Nazi Germany started to lose its air superiority in the Second World War.
The plane’s advanced engines helped it to fly at speeds of up to 900 kilometres per hour and climb to an altitude ceiling of 11,000 metres. The Me-262 was armed with four 30-mm guns MK-108 plus 24 R4M unguided rockets to fight enemy bombers.
The S-92 at the Kbely Aviation Museum in Prague. #avgeek pic.twitter.com/kepYKcKrXB — Klaas Meijer (@klaasm67) February 23, 2020
In all, pilots flying such planes shot down about 150 enemy aircraft while losing about 100 Me-262s. Experts attributed the losses to a low level of pilot training, insufficient reliability of the engines and logistics-related problems. Despite the sophisticated design, the Me-262 never became Nazi Germany’s super weapon, not least because it gained speed and altitude slowly, possessing worse manoeuvrability than that of piston planes.
MiG-9
The first Soviet fighter jet MiG-9 conducted its maiden flight on 24 April 24, 1946.
This turbo-prop jet’s speed was about 910 kilometres per hour, with an altitude ceiling and range of 13,500 metres and 800 kilometres, respectively. The MiG-9 was armed with a 37-mm gun N-37 and two 23-mm guns NS-23.
The MiG-9 was produced from 1946 to 1948, when then-the USSR created the more advanced MiG-15 jet fighter.
More than 600 MiG-9s were built at the time, with Soviet pilots especially praising the vehicle for its reliability. At first, though, the pilots were afraid of flying a plane without a propeller, while technicians lacked sufficient service experience. To speed up the development of the MiG-9, groups of engineers from manufacturing plants were sent to all Soviet Army units where the MiG-9 was in service.
F-80
The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star was the first US fighter jet . It took off for the first time on 8 January 8, 1944. The aircraft was built in just 143 days in order to strengthen US Air Force in Europe during WWII but it started to enter service only in late 1945.
A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star on the summit of Pikes Peak, circa 1958. #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/xkrERPs7Ij — Pikes Peak (@drivepikespeak) October 27, 2016
A classic monoplane with a low-lying straight wing and a single tail, the F-80 flew at a speed of 933 kilometres, with an altitude ceiling and range of 14,000 metres and 800 kilometres, respectively. The armament included six 12.7 mm machine guns, as well as bombs and unguided missiles.
The plane’s baptism of fire took place during the 1950-53 Korean War, when the F-80s carried out 15,000 sorties as fighter-bombers in the first four months of the war. Their limited manoeuvrability, however, prevented the aircraft from getting the better of the Soviet-made Yak piston planes.
Gloster Meteor
The first British fighter jet, the Gloster Meteor, conducted its maiden flight on 5 March, 1943, and a year later it entered service at the Royal Air Force (RAF). This single-seat aircraft was equipped with two Rolls-Royce W.2B /23C Welland turbojet engines with a thrust of 771 kilogrammes each.
A white-painted British Gloster Meteor jet fighter of No. 616 Squadron RAF in Belgium, March 1945. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/cJkQ03L66X — WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) June 20, 2018
The plane had a maximum speed of 676 kilometres per hour, a range of 2,000 kilometres and an altitude ceiling of 15,000 metres. The Gloster Meteor was armed with four 20 mm guns which helped the plane successfully destroy Nazi Germany’s V-1 “flying bombs”, known as “revenge weapons”.
A total of 14 such bombs were obliterated by Gloster Meteor planes, which, in the spring of 1945, got the green light for the so-called “free hunting” over German territory. The RAF lost only two Gloster Meteors which collided with each other in bad weather while returning from a mission.


veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Bernie Sanders is The Christian Candidate

By Richard C. Cook for VT It is time we stopped believing in words .
We are delusional if we think labels such as “ moderate , ” “ liberal , ” “ conservative , ” “ centrist , ” or even “ socialist , ” or “ capitalist ” mean anything .
In the global society , the same goes for religious labels , including “ Christian , ” “ Muslim , ” “ Jewish , ” “ Hindu , ” or “ Buddhist , ” or even “ atheist , ” or “ agnostic.
” Within so-called Christianity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going by different fairly meaningless designations .
Even national labels are merely a matter of law and convention .
An “ American ” is someone who has a U.S. passport .
The same with German , Russian , Chinese , etc .
All modern countries count as citizens speakers of countless languages with increasingly mixed racial heritage .
What really matters in life is a person ’ s inner quality as manifested in their treatment of others .
It was Jesus Christ who taught us to love others regardless of any outward appearances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” In one form or another , all of the world ’ s religions teach the same .
And in the global village , among the Family of Man , everyone is our neighbor .
Therefore anyone who authentically teaches , advocates , or practices love of neighbor is , in fact , a follower of Jesus Christ ; i.e.
, a “ Christian.
” Among the people running for the presidency of the U.S. this year , the one who is most authentically a Christian by this definition is without a doubt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one whose life work and the present-day program is most thoroughly devoted to helping the people who need help the most , including millions who are left out of the dog-eat-dog capitalist economy that enriches a handful of billionaires and condemns everyone else to struggle , poverty , or even death .
The billionaires and their minions and apologists are pulling out all the stops to defeat Sanders and his army of supporters .
This includes most of his Democratic Party rivals who have nothing to say , no new proposals , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What Sanders is doing above all is drawing a line between a society where human beings with values based on honest work and mutual compassion are the primary forces , and a Satanic soul-devouring matrix overseen and policed by a Money Power that has gradually gained control of every square inch of the planet since it first emerged from the elevation of usury as society ’ s god 500 years ago .
We can now see that the statement by St. Paul that “ the love of money is the root of all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complete takeover of the U.S. economy by the Money Power was accomplished by the “ Reagan Revolution ” of the 1980s .
The Democratic Party was allowed to enjoy some of the political largesse when the Clinton machine was allotted the presidency in the 1990s with the task of stuffing a sock in the mouth of any leftover New Deal dissidents .
Centrist Democrats continue in this role today , including Biden , Buttigieg ( actually a Deep State cutout ) , and now the great oligarch , Bloomberg .
One of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
Bernie Sanders writes movingly in his book “ Our Revolution ” that the most formative influence in his early years was the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr .
The most stirring example of a modern leader of truth and compassion for ordinary people he cites as Pope Francis .
Please note that these two men were/are both ordained Christian ministers .
They were/are quite unlike the leaders of the “ evangelicals ” who bend the knee to the Money Power .
These are in fact anti-Christ .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fill the airwaves call Sanders a “ communist.
” This is only one of their myriad of falsehoods .
Sanders is not advocating a state takeover of all economic life , which is what communism consists of .
Nor is he advocating a leveling of wealth or incomes .
He is simply advocating that the obscene paradigm of infinite wealth side-by-side with utter and growing destitution be corrected .
This , of course , requires a political revolution , since the takeover of democracy by the super-rich is almost irreversible .
Anyone with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of the U.S. Another measure along the same lines as Sanders ’ other reforms is the Universal Basic Income , an idea that has been around for a very long time but has received a tremendous impetus from the publicity given to it by Andrew Yang .
Yang has dropped out of the Democratic primary , and we can hope he will soon throw his support to Sanders .
Sanders has endorsed the UBI , even though he says we must first deal with the immediate emergency before us where the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all members of society has been shredded .
About Author : Richard C. Cook is a retired federal government analyst .
His most important books are “ Challenger Revealed : An Insider ’ s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age , ” and “ We Hold These Truths ” The Hope of Monetary Reform .
”

By Richard C. Cook for VT
It is time we stopped believing in words. We are delusional if we think labels such as “moderate,” “liberal,” “conservative,” “centrist,” or even “socialist,” or “capitalist” mean anything.
In the global society, the same goes for religious labels, including “Christian,” “Muslim,” “Jewish,” “Hindu,” or “Buddhist,” or even “atheist,” or “agnostic.” Within so-called Christianity, there are hundreds of denominational labels going by different fairly meaningless designations.
Even national labels are merely a matter of law and convention. An “American” is someone who has a U.S. passport. The same with German, Russian, Chinese, etc. All modern countries count as citizens speakers of countless languages with increasingly mixed racial heritage.
What really matters in life is a person’s inner quality as manifested in their treatment of others.
It was Jesus Christ who taught us to love others regardless of any outward appearances. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” In one form or another, all of the world’s religions teach the same. And in the global village, among the Family of Man, everyone is our neighbor.
Therefore anyone who authentically teaches, advocates, or practices love of neighbor is, in fact, a follower of Jesus Christ; i.e., a “Christian.”
Among the people running for the presidency of the U.S. this year, the one who is most authentically a Christian by this definition is without a doubt, Bernie Sanders. He is the one whose life work and the present-day program is most thoroughly devoted to helping the people who need help the most, including millions who are left out of the dog-eat-dog capitalist economy that enriches a handful of billionaires and condemns everyone else to struggle, poverty, or even death.
The billionaires and their minions and apologists are pulling out all the stops to defeat Sanders and his army of supporters. This includes most of his Democratic Party rivals who have nothing to say, no new proposals, and programs of empty platitudes and promises.
What Sanders is doing above all is drawing a line between a society where human beings with values based on honest work and mutual compassion are the primary forces, and a Satanic soul-devouring matrix overseen and policed by a Money Power that has gradually gained control of every square inch of the planet since it first emerged from the elevation of usury as society’s god 500 years ago. We can now see that the statement by St. Paul that “the love of money is the root of all evil” is absolutely true.
The complete takeover of the U.S. economy by the Money Power was accomplished by the “Reagan Revolution” of the 1980s.
The Democratic Party was allowed to enjoy some of the political largesse when the Clinton machine was allotted the presidency in the 1990s with the task of stuffing a sock in the mouth of any leftover New Deal dissidents. Centrist Democrats continue in this role today, including Biden, Buttigieg (actually a Deep State cutout), and now the great oligarch, Bloomberg. One of these is supposed to displace crime chief Trump—great!
Bernie Sanders writes movingly in his book “Our Revolution” that the most formative influence in his early years was the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The most stirring example of a modern leader of truth and compassion for ordinary people he cites as Pope Francis.
Please note that these two men were/are both ordained Christian ministers. They were/are quite unlike the leaders of the “evangelicals” who bend the knee to the Money Power. These are in fact anti-Christ.
These and other demonic liars whose shrieks fill the airwaves call Sanders a “communist.” This is only one of their myriad of falsehoods. Sanders is not advocating a state takeover of all economic life, which is what communism consists of. Nor is he advocating a leveling of wealth or incomes.
He is simply advocating that the obscene paradigm of infinite wealth side-by-side with utter and growing destitution be corrected. This, of course, requires a political revolution, since the takeover of democracy by the super-rich is almost irreversible. Anyone with eyes to see knows this will mean the end of the U.S.
Another measure along the same lines as Sanders’ other reforms is the Universal Basic Income, an idea that has been around for a very long time but has received a tremendous impetus from the publicity given to it by Andrew Yang.
Yang has dropped out of the Democratic primary, and we can hope he will soon throw his support to Sanders.
Sanders has endorsed the UBI, even though he says we must first deal with the immediate emergency before us where the basic culture of fairness and equitable treatment of all members of society has been shredded.
About Author: Richard C. Cook is a retired federal government analyst. His most important books are “Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age,” and “We Hold These Truths” The Hope of Monetary Reform.”


veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Doomed HMS Erebus Gives Up Secrets (video)

Health Editor ’ s Note : Video : Parks Canada Explores the Wreck of HMS Erebus and Collects New Artifacts…..Carol Divers Recover More Than 350 Artifacts From the HMS ‘ Erebus ’ Shipwreck Braving water temperatures that dipped below freezing , divers spent nearly four weeks off the coast of Nunavut in northern Canada last summer exploring the HMS Erebus .
The ship sank during the doomed Franklin Expedition of the 1840s , when British naval captain Sir John Franklin and his crew searched for the Northwest Passage .
This week , the team unveiled more than 350 artifacts they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wreck .
Among the objects brought to the surface were kitchen wares , wine bottles , a wax seal with a fingerprint , and a hairbrush with hair strands that could contain clues about the fate of Arctic explorer John Franklin and his crew .
“ We have had the most successful season since the discovery of the wreck , ” Marc-André Bernier , manager of Parks Canada ’ s underwater archeology team , told reporters in a press conference Friday .
“ The preservation of the objects is quite phenomenal.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries .
In May 1845 , Franklin and his 128 crew members set sail on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror from England on a quest to find the sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific through the Arctic Ocean .
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Health Editor’s Note: Video: Parks Canada Explores the Wreck of HMS Erebus and Collects New Artifacts…..Carol
Divers Recover More Than 350 Artifacts From the HMS ‘Erebus’ Shipwreck
by Megan Gannon/Smithsonianmag.com
Braving water temperatures that dipped below freezing, divers spent nearly four weeks off the coast of Nunavut in northern Canada last summer exploring the HMS Erebus. The ship sank during the doomed Franklin Expedition of the 1840s, when British naval captain Sir John Franklin and his crew searched for the Northwest Passage.
This week, the team unveiled more than 350 artifacts they recovered from just a small area of the wreck. Among the objects brought to the surface were kitchen wares, wine bottles, a wax seal with a fingerprint, and a hairbrush with hair strands that could contain clues about the fate of Arctic explorer John Franklin and his crew.
“We have had the most successful season since the discovery of the wreck,” Marc-André Bernier, manager of Parks Canada’s underwater archeology team, told reporters in a press conference Friday. “The preservation of the objects is quite phenomenal.”
The final days of the Franklin Expedition have been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries. In May 1845, Franklin and his 128 crew members set sail on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror from England on a quest to find the sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific through the Arctic Ocean. Read More:


veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Three Dinosaurs To Grace Britain’s 50 Pence Coins

Health Editor ’ s Note : I would like to see the new 50 pence coins in person .
Here in the U.S. , we seem to seldom use coins .
First of all , they are heavy and will weigh down a purse .
Personally , I usually feel rushed while checking out of a store and do not take the time to make the correct change by using coins .
Also , with the use of credit cards , touching money at all is unnecessary .
I think we are losing some of our culture….Carol Three Ferocious Dinosaurs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the years , the United Kingdom ’ s 50 pence coin has paid tribute to an array of intriguing figures who have made an important impact on the history of Great Britain , including the suffragettes , Roger Barrister and Peter Rabbit .
But the latest design to come out of the Royal Mint takes inspiration from the nation ’ s very , very distant history ; as Isaac Schultz reports for Atlas Obscura , the institution has announced a series of 50 pence coins depicting three dinosaurs discovered in modern-day Britain .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now known as Britain was home to an array of dinosaur species .
The first three to be found by paleontologists were the Megalosaurus , the Iguanodon , and the Hylaeosaurus , which are the three dinos depicted in the Royal Mint ’ s new collection .
Coins featuring the Megalosaurus , a carnivorous theropod named by the British paleontologist William Buckland in 1824 , are already available .
According to Sophie Gallagher of the Independent , March will see the release of coins dedicated to the Iguanodon , a large , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mantell in 1825 .
The Hylaeosaurus , an armored , quadrupedal herbivore also named by Mantell , will make its appearance on the 50 pence in April .
The dinosaurs featured on the coins played…

Health Editor’s Note: I would like to see the new 50 pence coins in person. Here in the U.S., we seem to seldom use coins. First of all, they are heavy and will weigh down a purse. Personally, I usually feel rushed while checking out of a store and do not take the time to make the correct change by using coins. Also, with the use of credit cards, touching money at all is unnecessary. I think we are losing some of our culture….Carol
by Brigit Katz/Smithsonianmag.com
Over the years, the United Kingdom’s 50 pence coin has paid tribute to an array of intriguing figures who have made an important impact on the history of Great Britain, including the suffragettes, Roger Barrister and Peter Rabbit. But the latest design to come out of the Royal Mint takes inspiration from the nation’s very, very distant history; as Isaac Schultz reports for Atlas Obscura, the institution has announced a series of 50 pence coins depicting three dinosaurs discovered in modern-day Britain.
Millions of years ago, the region is now known as Britain was home to an array of dinosaur species. The first three to be found by paleontologists were the Megalosaurus, the Iguanodon, and the Hylaeosaurus, which are the three dinos depicted in the Royal Mint’s new collection.
Coins featuring the Megalosaurus, a carnivorous theropod named by the British paleontologist William Buckland in 1824, are already available. According to Sophie Gallagher of the Independent, March will see the release of coins dedicated to the Iguanodon, a large, plant-eating dinosaur named by the paleontologist Gideon Mantell in 1825. The Hylaeosaurus, an armored, quadrupedal herbivore also named by Mantell, will make its appearance on the 50 pence in April.
The dinosaurs featured on the coins played…


veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Building Materials Needed? No Problem, Use Human Bones!

Health Editor ’ s Note : Video of human bones discovery .
Has anyone been to the catacombs in Paris ?
Walking through tunnels lines with human bones is a sobering experience….Carol More than 100 billion people have died since the Homo sapiens lineage first appeared roughly 50,000 years ago .
And with so many bodies to bury , civilizations have repeatedly run out of convenient places to put them .
But humans are a resourceful bunch .
To make room for new graves , the residents of Ghent , Belgium , apparently dug up some old burial grounds and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As Alan Hope reports for the Brussels Times , archaeologists conducting excavations ahead of construction of a cathedral ’ s new visitor ’ s center have now unearthed the remnants of these ghastly architectural feats .
Discovered beneath Saint Bavo ’ s Cathedral , home of the famed Ghent Altarpiece , the newly discovered bone walls probably served a similar purpose to the catacombs of Paris , providing a second home for skeletal remains crowded out of old cemeteries .
So-called ossuaries aren ’ t uncommon , but typically , these chambers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filled with bones .
The carefully constructed walls represent a first for Belgium , writes Janiek de Gryse , the archaeologist who led the excavation , in an email to Live Science ’ s Laura Geggel .

Health Editor’s Note: Video of human bones discovery. Has anyone been to the catacombs in Paris? Walking through tunnels lines with human bones is a sobering experience….Carol
by Katherine J. Wu/Smithsonianmag.com
More than 100 billion people have died since the Homo sapiens lineage first appeared roughly 50,000 years ago. And with so many bodies to bury, civilizations have repeatedly run out of convenient places to put them.
But humans are a resourceful bunch. To make room for new graves, the residents of Ghent, Belgium, apparently dug up some old burial grounds and assembled the bones interred within nine walls. As Alan Hope reports for the Brussels Times, archaeologists conducting excavations ahead of construction of a cathedral’s new visitor’s center have now unearthed the remnants of these ghastly architectural feats.
Discovered beneath Saint Bavo’s Cathedral, home of the famed Ghent Altarpiece, the newly discovered bone walls probably served a similar purpose to the catacombs of Paris, providing a second home for skeletal remains crowded out of old cemeteries.
So-called ossuaries aren’t uncommon, but typically, these chambers manifest in the form of loose pits filled with bones. The carefully constructed walls represent a first for Belgium, writes Janiek de Gryse, the archaeologist who led the excavation, in an email to Live Science’s Laura Geggel.


veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Rip Holmes Report:  Extraterrestrials, Bio-Weapon CoronaVirus Inside Job

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veteranstoday--2020-02-24--Bio-Weapon Massacres China: 12 dead in Iran, 6 in Italy –  228 Italians infected, Guinea-Pigs for Fi

Bio-Weapon Massacres China: 12 dead in Iran, 6 in Italy –  228 Italians infected, Guinea-Pigs for FiveEyes’ Vaccine?

If the good news comes from Austria that the railway connections with Italy blocked yesterday at the Brenner border have been restored , the CoronaVirus catastrophe appears more and more like a military attack studied in detail ( by the CIA according to our intelligence sources as highlighted in the survey published Sunday 23 February ) .
In Italy , there was the fourth victim in Bergamo and the fifth in Albettone ( Vicenza ) , a 60-year-old farmer , then the sixth… In fact , the pandemic hit first of all China , the uncomfortable economic rival of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and over 2300 dead : useless to write the exact number because it grows every half hour .
Morbidity has been so devastating in the Wuhan outbreak area that there have been thousands of SARS-CoV-2 victims despite the low mortality rate of 2 % .
While , if the data on the infected in Iran are real and not intentionally contained by the authorities to avoid panic , the mortality index in the country of the Shiites , bitter enemy of the White House allied with the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia and Qatar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and in a few days from the presence of the virus it has already killed 8 people , among 43 infected or perhaps more since the IRNA ( Islamic Republic National Agency ) also releases updates with the dropper .
The main outbreak is in Qom , the site of the most important Shiite mosque and the most powerful military nuclear power plant , where 7 infected were registered on Sunday , another 4 in Tehran , 2 in Gilan , 1 in Markazi and another in Tonekabon .
The data released by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be taken with the benefit of inventory as it could be an extremely provisional and partial budget .
The mortality of 8 people out of 43 infected is , in fact , equal to about 20 % : or almost ten times that found in China , settled around 3 % , and that of other countries such as Italy at 2 % ( 3 out of 150 ) .
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has signed the decree to re-establish a Special National Committee for the health emergency .
In Italy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Protection Crisis Unit has already been working for days in close collaboration with the Prime Minister , which is increasingly placing restrictions on the movement of people and places of mass attendance in various Regions .
Finally , we come to Italy where CoronaVirus killed 5 people and brought the number of infected and hospitalized patients to 219 : 167 cases in Lombardy , 27 in Veneto , 18 in Emilia-Romagna , 4 in Piedmont , 3 in Lazio .
The Milan Cathedral has been closed and the historic Carnival of Venice has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the infected thus far exceeded those of Japan ( yesterday 135 ) , affected by the epidemic since the end of January .
Now Italy is the third country in the world for the dead ( after China and Iran ) and also for contagious .
And it has already ascertained a third of the infected of South Corea ( 603 ) , the country most affected by proximity to China and North Korea , the other enemy of the United States , that first opened to accuse the Pentagon of having used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then did the Chinese Communist Party ( see previous post ) .
If the increasingly well-founded thesis of the biogenetic weapon is accepted , the motives for a chemical attack can be identified in three factors .
Firstly , a warning to the first European country that signed the Silk Road trade agreement with Beijing , secondly , the restarted dialogues between Italy and Iran on Artificial Intelligence , taken up by that “ baby-genius ” of Luigi Di Maio , Minister of Foreign Affairs , at the height of tensions between Tehran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this pandemic is a powerful signal to the vast NO-VAX community that contested the Lorenzin law ( 2017 ) on the 10 mandatory vaccines of the experimental health plan wanted by the American administration of President Barack Obama , within the 40 countries participating in the Global Health Security Agenda , and implemented by the Italian health and pharmaceutical institutions in collaboration with the Anglo-American multinational Glaxo Smith Kline .
As highlighted in the first report about CoronaVirus , Just GSK is now helping the University of Queensland to develop the vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ( CEPI ) .
Australia , a member of the FIVE EYES international intelligence committee ( with the USA , the United Kingdom , Canada , and New Zealand ) has just announced that it has already found the vaccine but that it will now obviously need to be tested first .
read more VEGETAL THERAPY FOR LIKELY DEFENSE FROM VIRUS Could a solution for scientists be to use seriously ill Italians , at high risk of death , as guinea pigs , as mortality is becoming threatening and morbidity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are many ways to impose geopolitical-military colonialism : the pharmaceutical one is certainly the most sneaky , cowardly and horrifying …

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
After the Governors of Lazio and Piedmont regions also the top officer of the Italian Army has been found positive to COVID-19. The Chief of Major State, General Salvatore Farina, resulted yesterday infected by a coronavirus. It is he himself who makes it known.
I underwent the Coronavirus test, proving positive – he explains – I’m fine, I am in isolation in my accommodation, in compliance with the directives issued by the government authorities and with the health protocols envisaged; on the basis of which we are proceeding to verify the contacts we had in the last few days.
I will continue to perform my duties and will be replaced by General Federico Bonato for the activities I cannot take part in. I extend a warm greeting and heartfelt thanks to the women and men of the Army who work to deal with this emergency in the operational, logistics and healthcare sectors».
CoronaVirus has now infected more than 100,000 people worldwide and has killed over 3,000 in a dramatic report very hard to update. The total cases have risen to total cases thus rise to 9.172 in our country, 1,797 more than yesterday. Among these, 7,985 are currently positive, 724 the total healed (+102 over yesterday) and 463 the victims (+97).
The whole of Italy has been declared a “red zone” by the government with all the restrictions on travel and public gatherings already in force in Lombardy and in 14 provinces. In the final document, there are generalized limitations for all of Italy, including the stop to pubs, discos, game rooms, and cinema and theater events and other much more rigorous.
There is no longer a red zone but all of Italy will be a protected area – explains Prime Minister Conte – Here until April 3 – to give just two examples – the movements will be limited, save the possibility of returning to your home, and the bars and restaurants will have to close at 18 and for the rest of the day guarantee distances of at least one meter. Those with a fever of 37.5 are invited to stay at home, those in quarantine are strictly prohibited from going out.
Iran has been the worst-hit country in the Middle East, and the third in the world after China and Italy, with a total of 237 deaths and 7,161 infection cases.
POSTED ON MARCH, 3
Technically, this is already a pandemic. The pandemic declaration is only a formal fact: when the international emergency started, the WHO activated the necessary tools to mobilize member states. If the WHO were to choose this path, on the basis of the data collected, absolutely nothing will change for citizens. But the WHO will ask the wealthy states for the money needed to control the virus in poor countries, which risks more.
This was stated by epidemiologist Pierluigi Lopalco, professor of Hygiene and preventive medicine at the University of Pisa, highlighting the exponential growth of this virus which is arousing the strong concern of the World Health Organization, especially in some countries.
For this reason, WHO has for some days raised the global level of the risk of contagion from “high” to “very high”, until a few days ago so reported only in China, where the number of new cases of CoVid-19 (or Sars Covid -2) is decreasing.
The number of cases in China continues to decline. Yesterday, China reported 206 cases of COVID-19 to WHO, the lowest since the 22nd of January. Only 8 cases were reported outside Hubei province yesterday. Outside China, a total of 8739 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to WHO from 61 countries, with 127 deaths» dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussaid, World Health Organization’s general director said in a press conference on March 2.
In the last 24 hours there were almost 9 times more cases reported outside China than inside China. The epidemics in the Republic of Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan are our greatest concern. I would also like to inform you that a WHO team arrived in Iran this afternoon to deliver supplies and support the government in the response. A WHO staff member in our Iran country office has now tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild disease WHO DG added.
But it’s impossible to release a real update because in Italy and Iran dead and contagious raise again much more every hour: the thesis of the biogenetic weapon is becoming more concrete…
This virus is not influenza (flu-ed). We are in unchartered territory. We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right measures. If this was an influenza epidemic, we would have expected to see widespread community transmission across the globe by now, and efforts to slow it down or contain it would not be feasible. But containment of COVID-19 is feasible and must remain the top priority for all countries. With early, aggressive measures, countries can stop transmission and save lives Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussaid highlighted.
We appreciate that people are debating whether this is a pandemic or not. We are monitoring the situation every moment of every day, and analyzing the data. I have said it before and I’ll say it again: WHO will not hesitate to describe this as a pandemic if that’s what the evidence suggests. But we need to see this in perspective.
Of the 88,913 cases reported globally so far, 90% are in China, mostly in one province. Of the 8739 cases reported outside China, 81% are from four countries. Of the other 57 affected countries, 38 have reported 10 cases or less, 19 have reported only one case, and a good number of countries have already contained the virus and have not reported in the last two weeks. More than 130 countries have not detected any cases yet.
The vaccine and treatment to treat coronavirus may be available starting in late summer, early autumn, said American Vice President Mike Pence, who coordinates the US government’s response to the emergency that caused the former. two victims.
Australia (as reported below) also reported that the vaccine has passed laboratory tests. Pence has made it known in the meantime that the United States will implement 100% of the checks on all direct flights arriving from Italy and South Korea in the next 12 hours.
UPDATE 1 MARCH 2020
The numbers State by State China: 2,870 victims and China and 79 thousand positives mainly in the province of Hubei Hong Kong: 94 cases and two deaths Macau: 10 cases South Korea: 3,736 cases, 21 deaths Italy: 1,128 positive, 29 victims. Japan: 951 cases, including those of the Diamond Princess, and 12 dead Iran: 54 dead and 978 infected. Singapore: 102 positive. France: over 100 cases and two deaths Germany: 66 positive. United States: 70 positive and one dead Spain: 46 cases Kuwait: 45 cases Thailand: 42 positives and one victim. Taiwan: 39 cases, one death. Bahrain: 38 cases. Malaysia: 29 positives. Australia: 22 cases and one victim. United Kingdom: 35 positive and one victim. United Arab Emirates: 21 positives. Canada: 20 cases. Vietnam: 16. Norway: 15. Iraq: 19 positives. Sweden: 13 cases. Switzerland: 10. Greece: 7. Lebanon: 7. Netherlands: 7 positive. Croatia: 7. Oman: 6 cases. Austria: 5 cases Israel: 5 positive Russia: 5 positive. Mexico: 4 Pakistan: 4 positive. Finland: 3 cases. India: 3 cases Philippines: 3 positive. Romania: 3. Czech Republic: 3. Brazil: 2. Denmark: 2. Algeria: 1. Afghanistan: 1. Armenia 1. Azerbaijan: 1. Belarus: 1. Belgium: 2. Cambodia: 1. Ecuador: 1. Egypt: 1 case. Estonia: 1. Iceland: 1. Ireland: 1. Lithuania: 1. Monaco: 1. Nepal: 1. New Zealand: 1. Nigeria: 1. North Macedonia: 1. Qatar: 1. San Marino: 1. Sri Lanka: 1. Dominican Republic: 1. RAI News source
There is nothing to comment on the new dramatic numbers about dead and infected: we have only to remember a disturbing and authoritative prophecy.
The Center for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) of the University of Cambridge in an August report highlighted the dangers of technology in the war field because «a bio-weapon could be built to target a specific ethnic group based on its genomic profile» defining this eventuality «extremely harmful and potentially unstoppable».
IRAN
Iranian’s vice president for women and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, has contracted the coronavirus. Three high-ranking officials, including Iran’s deputy health minister, were already known to be infected. “Ms. Ebtekar showed signs of infection with coronavirus and was tested. The results came back positive,” IRNA quoted a spokesperson for the vice president as saying. Earlier in the day, the head of the parliamentary security and foreign relations commission Mojtaba Zonnour said he had also tested positive for the virus.
Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi has tested positive for coronavirus, Iranian state media has reported. Harirchi has been at the forefront of the country’s response to the outbreak. A spokesperson for Iran’s health ministry confirmed in a television interview on Tuesday that Harirchi has been infected and is under quarantine.
Schools have been closed across much of the country for the last two days and five of Iran’s seven neighbors have closed their borders with the Islamic Republic. Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces at the weekend, over Tehran’s handling of the country’s outbreak, local media reported.
ITALY
The governor of Lombardy has chosen to put himself in voluntary quarantine after one of his collaborators has tested positive. The governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana in voluntary quarantine after a collaborator of his staff resulted in positive at CoronaVirus.
ITALIANS INFECTED FOR FIVE-EYES’ VACCINE…
If the good news comes from Austria that the railway connections with Italy blocked yesterday at the Brenner border have been restored, the CoronaVirus catastrophe appears more and more like a military attack studied in detail (by the CIA according to our intelligence sources as highlighted in the survey published Sunday 23 February).
In Italy, there was the fourth victim in Bergamo and the fifth in Albettone (Vicenza), a 60-year-old farmer, then the sixth… In fact, the pandemic hit first of all China, the uncomfortable economic rival of the USA, with almost 80 thousand infected and over 2300 dead: useless to write the exact number because it grows every half hour.
Morbidity has been so devastating in the Wuhan outbreak area that there have been thousands of SARS-CoV-2 victims despite the low mortality rate of 2%.
While, if the data on the infected in Iran are real and not intentionally contained by the authorities to avoid panic, the mortality index in the country of the Shiites, bitter enemy of the White House allied with the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is even equal to 20% and in a few days from the presence of the virus it has already killed 8 people, among 43 infected or perhaps more since the IRNA (Islamic Republic National Agency) also releases updates with the dropper.
The main outbreak is in Qom, the site of the most important Shiite mosque and the most powerful military nuclear power plant, where 7 infected were registered on Sunday, another 4 in Tehran, 2 in Gilan, 1 in Markazi and another in Tonekabon. The data released by the Iranian Ministry of Health are however to be taken with the benefit of inventory as it could be an extremely provisional and partial budget.
The mortality of 8 people out of 43 infected is, in fact, equal to about 20%: or almost ten times that found in China, settled around 3%, and that of other countries such as Italy at 2% (3 out of 150).
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has signed the decree to re-establish a Special National Committee for the health emergency. In Italy, on the other hand, the Civil Protection Crisis Unit has already been working for days in close collaboration with the Prime Minister, which is increasingly placing restrictions on the movement of people and places of mass attendance in various Regions.
Finally, we come to Italy where CoronaVirus killed 5 people and brought the number of infected and hospitalized patients to 219: 167 cases in Lombardy, 27 in Veneto, 18 in Emilia-Romagna, 4 in Piedmont, 3 in Lazio.
The Milan Cathedral has been closed and the historic Carnival of Venice has been interrupted. In 72 hours, the infected thus far exceeded those of Japan (yesterday 135), affected by the epidemic since the end of January. Now Italy is the third country in the world for the dead (after China and Iran) and also for contagious.
And it has already ascertained a third of the infected of South Corea (603), the country most affected by proximity to China and North Korea, the other enemy of the United States, that first opened to accuse the Pentagon of having used a biochemical weapon, such as he then did the Chinese Communist Party (see previous post).
If the increasingly well-founded thesis of the biogenetic weapon is accepted, the motives for a chemical attack can be identified in three factors. Firstly, a warning to the first European country that signed the Silk Road trade agreement with Beijing, secondly, the restarted dialogues between Italy and Iran on Artificial Intelligence, taken up by that “baby-genius” of Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the height of tensions between Tehran and Washington (lol)…
Finally, this pandemic is a powerful signal to the vast NO-VAX community that contested the Lorenzin law (2017) on the 10 mandatory vaccines of the experimental health plan wanted by the American administration of President Barack Obama, within the 40 countries participating in the Global Health Security Agenda, and implemented by the Italian health and pharmaceutical institutions in collaboration with the Anglo-American multinational Glaxo Smith Kline.
As highlighted in the first report about CoronaVirus, Just GSK is now helping the University of Queensland to develop the vaccine on behalf of the British Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
Australia, a member of the FIVE EYES international intelligence committee (with the USA, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand) has just announced that it has already found the vaccine but that it will now obviously need to be tested first.
read more VEGETAL THERAPY FOR LIKELY DEFENSE FROM VIRUS
Could a solution for scientists be to use seriously ill Italians, at high risk of death, as guinea pigs, as mortality is becoming threatening and morbidity is growing unstoppably and exponentially?
There are many ways to impose geopolitical-military colonialism: the pharmaceutical one is certainly the most sneaky, cowardly and horrifying …
© 2020 – Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – no reproduction without authorization – Gospa News original version


veteranstoday--2020-02-28--FFWN: Will Corona Kill Millions & Crater the World Economy?

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