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How Russia Could Strike Back Against US Sanctions In 4 Simple Maps

How Russia Could Strike Back Against US Sanctions In 4 Simple Maps

Authored by George Friedman, Xander Snyder, and Ekaterina Zolotova via MauldinEconomics.com,

The US Congress has passed new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy companies. Among the other notable aspects of the sanctions is that they take some authority away from the US president (who used to be able to implement some measures but not others at his discretion) and give it to Congress.

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

Authored by Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick via TheDrive.com,

A very unique USAF surveillance aircraft has been flying highly defined circles over Seattle and its various suburbs for nine days now. Nobody at the DoD seems to know who the aircraft belongs to or what exactly it is doing flying so many missions over the Seattle area. But based on its visibly exotic configuration, and information collected by open source flight tracking websites, we can get a good idea of its capabilities and guess as to what it’s up to.

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