Chinese and Russian military forces kicked off their much-hyped joint military exercise Thursday, with warships, aircraft, and 10,000 troops gathering on China’s northern coastline ostensibly to thwart an unspecified terrorist threat. Various news reports already highlight possible diplomatic angles to the exercise. For example, the real reason for the joint maneuvers is to make the US believe Russia would enter the fray on China’s side in any military confrontation with the United States over Taiwan. Washington isn’t sweating it, however.
F-15 Accident in St. Louis
May 18, 2021
An F-15 suffered at mishap at MidAmerica airport near St. Louis, in which one of two aircrew ejected from the jet, according to local news outlets and Boeing. An image of the aircraft, which is in the configuration and markings of an F-15QA being built for Qatar, show the aircraft…