According to a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Instagram was the Russian government’s most preferred method of manipulating voters during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections. Although it was known that Russian hackers had utilised social media to disseminate their propaganda during the elections, it wasn’t known that Instagram, in particular, had played that big … [Read more…]
The Kremlin offered up a late Christmas gift on Wednesday, unveiling brand new footage of a hypersonic missile test conducted that same day. The "Avangard" missile platform is a boost-glide vehicle that is deployed from the tip of an ICBM before gliding back to earth in a controlled descent at speeds in excess of Mach 5, and if Moscow is to be believed, as quickly as Mach … [Read more…]
As NEWSREP has covered a number of times in the past, the Russian military has continued to expand -- uncontested -- throughout the Arctic region. Moscow's success in the frozen north can be attributed to three things, and the fact that Russia has more Arctic coastline than any nation on earth is certainly one of them, but it's the other two that has really made the difference. … [Read more…]
The Putin Youth Forum in the city of Yaroslavl, Russia was meant to garner headlines this week by showing off the most advanced robotics Russia had to offer, and for a minute there, it really seemed like what Russia had to offer was something incredible. As the humanoid-shaped robot named "Boris" took to the stage, demonstrating the capability to walk, interact, and even dance … [Read more…]
Two of Russia's long-range, nuclear capable Tu-160 bombers made the long trek to Venezuela over the past week, prompting an expected exchange of barbs from national diplomats and an utter misrepresentation of the situation from much of the global media. Russia's Tupolev Tu-160 bombers bare a passing resemblance to America's legendary B-1B Lancer, complete with variable-sweep … [Read more…]
Russia has a long history of grandiose announcements about futuristic weapons systems they claim are already in service. Russia's military support of Bashar al Assad's Syrian regime, for instance, has granted Russia a number of marketing opportunities, including flights of their advanced (and extremely rare) Su-57 fighters for no reason other than to garner headlines in hopes … [Read more…]
As far as space heroes of the Soviet Union go, Valery Ryumin is among the most prolific. An experienced cosmonaut throughout the Cold War, including two long duration stays aboard the early generation Salyut-6 space station almost twenty years before the International Space Station came online. Once the Soviet Union fell, Russia's space program, Roscosmos, needed their best and … [Read more…]
In the movie "Hunter Killer," which hit theaters this past October, a fictional stand in for Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself captured by his rogue defense minister. The ensuing coup attempt promises to ignite a third world war, and as such, U.S. Navy SEALs and submariners are dispatched to save the Russian president and, in turn, the world. As you watch the … [Read more…]
This past October, NATO troops joined forces with nations friendly to the alliance to conduct the largest joint military exercise assembled by the organization since the end of the Cold War: Trident Juncture 18. The drills, which took place in and around the Baltic and Norwegian Seas, were meant to offer the varied military forces a glimpse of what a full-scale war with a … [Read more…]
Amid what would appear to be a steady march toward war with Ukraine, tensions between Russia and member nations of NATO continue to ratchet up. On Monday, the head of Britain's foreign intelligence service, MI6, delivered a pointed message to the Kremlin regarding Moscow's recent behavior that many in the West characterize as both aggressive and criminal in equal … [Read more…]
Defense Secretary James Mattis spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum over the weekend, taking the opportunity to discuss critical elements of the U.S. national security strategy, dispel misconceptions about the nation's defense apparatus, and notably, take a few shots at Russian president Vladimir Putin and even China. When asked directly about Russia's recent … [Read more…]
Tensions have been unusually high between NATO allies over the past week, despite coming together in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of World War I. President Trump, who has been playing defense domestically over not attending a wreath laying ceremony for American soldiers that died during the first World War, found himself politically isolated … [Read more…]
