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Podcast. Nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab. I don't know how much of this is true so take it fwiw and dyodd.


 

British Kings' Made Cash From War Dead​

Nov 10, 2024

The title of this video may shock some, but recent investigations have shown that during both world wars, the British monarchy profited from people who died without leaving a will. Find out about the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, mediaeval remnants that generate huge private revenues for the King and Prince of Wales, and how dead soldiers from those duchies often equalled cash in the pockets of the Royal Family via the feudal practice of 'Bona vacantia'.


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Sources:
  • 'Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens', The Guardian, 23 November 2023
  • 'Royals make millions from NHS, files reveal', The Telegraph, 3 November 2024
  • 'The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions: Revealed | Dispatches | Channel 4 Documentaries': • The King, The Prince & Their Secret M...
 


 

Japanese Minesweeper Sinks in Port, Sailor Missing; Advanced Russian Attack Sub Spotted Near Japan​

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper JS Ukushima (MSC-686) capsized on Monday following an engine room fire on Sunday with one crewmember missing from the incident. Meanwhile Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) on Monday issued a release stating that a Russian Navy Yasen-class nuclear powered cruise missile submarine (SSGN) had been sighted operating near Japan’s waters for the first time.

Japanese media reports stated that Ukushima on Sunday at 9.40 a.m. reported to the Japan Coast Guard’s (JCG) 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters that the ship had a fire in the engine room. Ukushima was sailing in the East China Sea in an area 1.5 miles off Oshima Island off the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture on the main island of Kyushu.

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German 'Guns of Navarone' Raid - Normandy 1944​

Nov 12, 2024

In August 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, an elite German commando unit conducted a 'Guns of Navarone' style raid to destroy an important coastal gun battery that threatened the German defences. Brilliantly led, and using the latest secret boats, this is the little-known story of the Vasouy Battery Raid.


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From Small-Town Fit to Navy SEAL: The Brutal Truth of Spec Ops Training​

Nov 11, 2024

In this clip from Danger Close Podcast, Sean Glass discusses his journey from small-town fit to Navy Seal: the brutal truth of elite training.


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Interesting youtube channel for anyone interested in the war in southeast Asia.


 

Adolf Hitler - Secret Agent​

Nov 18, 2024

Between 1919 and 1920, Adolf Hitler was a paid intelligence agent of the German Army - it was his intelligence-gathering mission that would bring him into politics and lead to the creation of the Nazi Party.


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Report to Congress on AUKUS Nuclear Cooperation​

The following is the Nov. 18, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, AUKUS Nuclear Cooperation.

From the report

On August 7, 2024, President Joseph Biden submitted to Congress an “Agreement among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion.” This In Focus explains the agreement’s substance, as well as provisions of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended (P.L. 83-703; 42 U.S.C. §§2153 et seq.), concerning the content and congressional review of such agreements.

The 2024 agreement, which would permit the transfer of nuclear material and naval nuclear reactors among the three governments, would supersede a 2022 agreement that permitted only the transfer of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI) and Restricted Data (RD). The latter agreement entered into force on February 8, 2022.

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War Room podcast. Nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

 
Transatlantic Energy Security From a Baltic Perspective

Years before Russia started its full-scale war against Ukraine, the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, correctly assessing the Russian threat, implemented far-reaching reforms to end their energy dependence on Russia. Successful implementation of multiple infrastructural projects and energy market liberalization significantly improved Baltic energy security. It made the region a role model for the rest of Europe. Further energy security upgrades are planned in the coming months when the Baltic states will desynchronize their electricity grids from the Russia-controlled IPS/UPS electricity system in February 2025. While celebrating these noteworthy achievements, the Baltic states and their NATO allies should be aware of the potential increase in Russian gray zone activities that could be directed against further consolidation of the European energy security stronghold in the Baltics.

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Can Russia Attack Britain? Yes It Can - And Here's How​

Nov 22, 2024

Can Russia launch a conventional attack on Britain, and, if so, how? What weapons would be used and against what targets? This programme is based on the following articles by defense analysts. For more detailed information, please visit:
- https://www.navylookout.com/a-gap-in-...
- https://www.joint-forces.com/world-ne...


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