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US airstrikes continue on Yemen for the 16th night in a row, with multiple airstrikes targeting Sana'a Governorate.

Quite a few more strikes reported in Sana'a Governorate.

Al-Mayadeen reports more strikes in Sana'a Governorate.

Lots of bad information circling around. The pictures of the "USS Harry Truman sinking" that are circulating on social media are six years old and of a different ship. Claims that the US Navy's E-2 Hawkeye AWACS aircraft has been shot down are also highly unlikely, nothing in Yemen's surface to air missile arsenal has the range to hit US assets in the rear like that, and with active SEAD operations going on from EA-18G Growlers, Ansarallah haven't shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone over the past 16 days, yet alone a target as far away from the frontlines as an AWACS aircraft. They could try with some Jerry rigged anti radiation 'Hormuz' missiles to home in on the massive radome on the E-2, but such an attack is highly unlikely to succeed.

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The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced two operations in two separate statements:

Cruise missile, naval and aerial drones launched at US Navy warships. No Anti Ship Ballistic Missiles. A Zulfiqar/Rezvan ballistic missile was also launched at Israel, a ballistic missile with a conventional ballistic flight path, no Palestine-2 missiles launched. Debris from the missile and an Israeli Arrow 3 interceptor landed in Israel.

Israeli news site N12 revealed that the US operated THAAD air defence system has intercepted 6 Yemeni missiles already. If anyone is wondering why this is, it's because Israel don't really have a terminal phase intercept system for MaRV (Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicle) capable ballistic missiles. THAAD is the only system that fits the bill and can plug the gaps. Arrow 3 is a midcourse interception system, it does not intercept ballistic missiles in the terminal stage of flight. So if Yemeni ballistic missiles bypass Arrow 3, and they are MaRV capable missiles, Israeli air defence systems are not adequate. I'll explain below:

Arrow 2 has a maximum flight ceiling/altitude of 50km, and a range of 100km, and uses a fragmentation warhead, not a kinetic one. David's Sling has a longer range up to 300km and a kinetic warhead, but a flight ceiling of only 15km, allowing for only last second interceptions. These flight ceilings are all problems when intercepting MaRV capable missiles that can perform glide phases within the earth's atmosphere, gliding above or near the limit their flight ceilings in the terminal phase. A MaRV could perform two glide phases, first one above Arrow-2 and one above David's Sling. So THAAD is brought in to plug the gap. THAAD can engage targets at altitudes between 40-150km, and at ranges up to 200km. So MaRVs cannot glide above the engagement ceiling of THAAD. The way to defeat THAAD would be to perform an extremely long glide phase below 40km under the engagement envelope of THAAD, but that puts the MaRV firmly within the engagement envelope of Arrow-2. Arrow 2s minimum altitude is 8km, so gliding under that would put the MaRV firmly within the engagement envelope of David's Sling. Also, with thicker atmosphere/air at lower altitudes, long glide phases become increasingly difficult as drag increases.

Small and bizarre news, but still news:

So there's a non-recognized nation in Africa called Republic of Annobon, which is a small island that is part of Equatorial Guinea. A small group of separatists declared independence in like 2022 or something and well, they travel around the world exposing their cause I guess. Many such cases.

Anyway, a small delegation headed by their Prime Minister visited our university, something completely random, and attended to a session of our History Assembly, which is celebrated each week or so to discuss career-related things and such. They were allowed to speak of their struggle against the Equatorial Guinean government. I failed to attend so I missed this peculiar event. Oh and Equatorial Guinea's President, Theodoro Obiang Nguema, as been in power since 1982, so there's that.

The world gets weirder and weirder each day.

And btw, before I forget:

death to "israel"

German Greens want to force people of all ages to serve the state in a new Freedom Service™. Either military or some community service.

"It is time to ask the question: What can you do for you country?", Schulze said to Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The threats are growing.

"In order make our society more robust, to defend our freedom, and to strengthen cooperation, we need everybody. The Freedom Service is a collective project for Germany, by all and for all. Through the Freedom Service, we will to bring together generations and milieus, strengthen our society, and defend what is important to us."

I'm not making this up btw.

They're no longer in government of course, that's just their contribution to the debate about re-introducing conscription.

Azov Brigade: Introducing our Asian comrade named [racial slur against Asians] (CW: racial slur against Asians):
https://xcancel.com/azov_media/status/1906029395501875242

The killing and terror in Syria continues unabated, the new “government” contains 1 Christian, 2 Druze, 1 Kurd, and 1 Alawite though so I’m sure it’s fine.

Cw blood kidnapping corpses

https://t.me/enemywatch/32978

Bougainville may become independent in September 2027

White House aide Peter Navarro today: Trump's tariffs will raise $600 billion per year, or $6 trillion over a 10 year period

Seems to reflect our reporting that Trump wants to go absolutely enormous on the tariffs, regardless of short-term economic consequences

Damn, it took almost dying from a lynch mob of rabid Zionists for him to be properly credited:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1906129001405399463

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized for excluding Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal’s name in its response to the Israeli settler attack and his subsequent detainment.

Following global outcry from the film industry, including 690 Academy members, among them Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Ava DuVernay, and Alfonso Cuaron, the Academy issued a follow-up letter on Friday acknowledging its omission.

“We regret that we failed to directly acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name,” read the statement from Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, adding that the Academy “condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world” and opposes the suppression of free speech "under any circumstances."

Apparently Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa is in Florida to beg for US troops to be sent to Ecuador. Ostensibly to help in their “drug war”, but conveniently only two weeks before the runoff of their presidential election where Noboa was only 0.17pp above the center-left Correist candidate in the first round and is currently polling 7pp below her in the runoff.

The T-4 airbase in Syria, which was intended for use by the Turkish Armed Forces, has been rendered unusable after Israeli airstrikes targeted the facility to prevent Turkey from utilizing it.

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Apparently in El Salvador Nayib Bukele did the exact same thing that got Evo Morales ousted: had the Supreme Court declare that term limits don't apply and got re-elected despite the constitution.

Weird how the US didn't coup him . It's almost as if term limits exist solely to keep leftists from holding power for too long.

Anti-genocide activists exposed by pro-"Israel" groups using facial recognition tech | The Cradle

Washington has revoked hundreds of student visas in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on foreign university students who oppose the mass killing of Palestinians by Israel

So is Erdogan likely to maintain power after everything going on in Turkey?

A little combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk fronts for today.

Russian drones strike Kiev regime military equipment and positions on the Kursk front: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/33432.mp4

Russian drone operators repel Kiev regime attacks near Chasov Yar in the DPR: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/03/29/1189196.html

Russian attack helicopter’s ATGM strike destroys Kiev regime armored vehicle: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/33075.mp4

Plus, a bonus video… a Russian soldier has a firm message for NATO: We defeated you. https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/03/29/1189593.html

Any news on resistance operations in Gaza? I haven't seen any reports posted here since the ceasefire ended, I checked Radio War Nerd but they didn't say anything about how they are doing, their morale, or whether their operational capacity has been degraded or strengthened

Amsterdam knife attacker is a 30-year-old Ukrainian, Dutch police say (SexUnderSocialism News)

Earlier this week, there was a knife attack near Dam Square in Amsterdam, in the fascist kingdom of the Netherlands. Five people were randomly stabbed in broad daylight. The suspect was arrested, and has now been identified by police as a 30-year-old man from Ukraine. The country's strictly controlled press claims that the suspect is from the Donetsk region, in the eastern part of Ukraine.

This has fueled wild speculation among the country's homegrown social fascists, who support the Zelensky regime, that Russia was involved in this attack, while the country's Zelenskeptic mask-off fascists see it as an opportunity to strengthen their "anti-war" stance while pushing for more fascism at home.

The suspect's motives remain unclear.

Chat, is America cooked? This doesn't seem good

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y