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Despite Kremlin protestations to the contrary, Russian-made ‘hypersonic’ Kinzhal cruise missiles are highly vulnerable to Ukraine’s US-made Patriot air defense weapon systems.

The Albanese government needs to appoint new military commanders before their term expires in thee weeks.

Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the younger brother of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, has been designated as the new head of the U.S. Army Pacific forces, the Department of Defense has announced....

>> i did. >> so that basically means teaching about the mccain family. >> absolutely. i was not smart enough to get into the naval academy but they let me go back and teach when i was a young lieutenant. >> he did graduate fifth from the bottom of his class. >> he did, but at least he got there. i didnt even get into the school. but you honestly cannot teach about the 20th century navy, certainly the last half of the 20th century, without teaching the mccain family. his grandfather won the navy ...

A politician, but who sort of had something inside his core that a lot of politicians now seem to be missing, which is a real sense of duty and honor to something greater than just the next ballot. i will say just as a little bit of a connote that politics around john mccain changed too. later in his career when he did get primaried in 2010 and when it did look like some of the forces around the party that were more conservative on issues like immigration were threatening to oust him, he did cha...

Nets. the north vietnamese forced him to give this interview in exchange for life-saving treatment. >> im treated well here. >> he was taken as a prisoner of war and tortured. >> he was beaten on a regular basis being hung by his arms from a ceiling, sock et cetera pulled out. >> when his father jack mccain was named commander of u.s. pacific forces, the vietnamese offered john mccain freedom. he refused. it would have broken pow brot toe colonel, release in order of capture. >> there was a corr...

Saving treatment. >> he was beaten on a regular pwaeurbgsz being hung by his arms from the sealing rr, sockets pulled out. >> when his father was made commander of pacific forces, the vietnamese offered john mccain freedom. relief for capture. >> there was correlation between nigh refuse tool accept early release and my treatment. the treatment got worse. stkpwhrrs ultimately they broke mccain, getting him to admit to claims against him, which he regretted the rest of his life. >> after he signe...

Huge inferno, 134 fellow sailors died. a few months later, mccain was on a routine bombing mission and his plane was shot down. >> i was girating violently, almost straight down. so i had to eject very quickly. i was knocked conscious. >> found sijz surrounded by angry villagers, they forced him to give this interview for the exchange of life saving treatment. he was taken as a triz they a-- taken as a prisoner of war and tortured. >> he was beaten on a regular basis, sockets pulled out. hung fr...

In language that kim jong-un will understand because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language. the think the president wanted to be clear to the north korean regime that the u.s. unquestionable ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies and i think it was important that he deliver that message to avoid any miscal lags on their part. >> we just received these pictures from the u.s. pacific forces of air force plaensznes arriving in guam, there to conduct military operatio...