A local rabbi publicly announced his departure from Belgium, stating that new criminal charges against mohels and strict enforcement of medical licensing rules for bris milah have made continued illegal circumcisions (metzitzah b’peh — the traditional oral suction step) untenable. Belgian prosecutors recently indicted at least three circumcisers (including one U.S. citizen for “intentional assault”…

The XM70 was a U.S. Marine Corps experimental 115mm revolving rocket launcher developed ~1959–1963, designed to provide rapid, sustained rocket fire from a rotating multi-tube system. It remained a prototype and was never adopted for active service due to complexity and evolving weapons doctrine. Source: x.com/aviationarchive

During the 1944 Battle of Anzio (in Italy), U.S. forces used improvised “battle sleds” made from cut-down torpedo casings to tow infantry behind tanks across exposed ground. About 360 were built, reportedly invented by General John W. O’Daniel, and many were later salvaged for use during the invasion of southern France, though the system saw…

Israel employs a “highly sophisticated AI-powered targeting platform” that rapidly fuses massive amounts of data from smartphones, drones, traffic/security cameras, Wi-Fi signals, and social media to identify, profile, and execute strikes in Lebanon. Platforms such as Palantir’s Maven play a key role in standardizing and analyzing the data to map personal networks and generate threat…

Declassified British/US documents, detailed in a 2023 Declassified UK investigation drawing on Foreign Office files and the CIA’s own 1954 history of Operation Ajax (also known as Operation Boot), show that MI6/the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh after he nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP). British officials…

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou warned that large-scale property acquisitions by israeli buyers are fundamentally changing southern Cyprus, stating “israel is buying Cyprus” and that “those areas are no longer ours” — altering the demographic and cultural character of the island. Official Cyprus Land Registry data and recent reports show israeli citizens have become one of…

The Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-30 returned from occupied France in August 1942 carrying German military technology, including radar-related equipment and cryptographic materials. In October 1942, while approaching Singapore, it struck a British naval mine and sank, destroying the vessel and its cargo during the return leg of the Axis technology exchange mission. Source: x.com/wagn36507

In August 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-30 became the first Japanese vessel to reach German-occupied Europe, docking at the U-boat base in Lorient, France, after a hazardous voyage around the Cape of Good Hope as part of the secret Yanagi technology-exchange program. Commander Shinobu Endo and his crew were personally welcomed by Großadmiral…

“Deutscher Kampf im Lied” is a 1933 German military potpourri of SA marching songs, arranged by Franz Stepani and performed by Carl Woitschach’s brass orchestra with the choir of SA-Sturm 33 (Germany). Source: x.com/zyklon__

In 1928 in Germany, Fritz von Opel tested the rocket-powered Opel RAK.2 on Berlin’s AVUS track. Equipped with 24 solid-fuel rockets, the car reached about 148 mph (238 km/h)… Source: x.com/j00ny369t