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WATCH | "We cannot overstate just how reckless it is to distract a pilot and crew with a laser. It not only endangers those in an aircraft but potentially people on the ground too." At midnight last night, the NPAS North West Region helicopter, en route to an incident, reported that their aircraft was being targeted by a green laser from an address in West Derby. Later on, air traffic control at Liverpool John Lennon Airport reported that flights into #Liverpool had also been targeted. The NPAS helicopter returned to the area and identified an address on Haydn Road. Officers attended and two males were detained and arrested on suspicion of shine/direct a laser beam into an aircraft. They are 16 and 13 years old, from West Derby, and have been taken into custody. More here ➡️

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17,856 views • 1 year ago

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As we enter New Year 2025, it's reported that lighting struck the Capitol and the Washington Monument in DC, while in NYC, the Empire State building and the new World Trade Center were also struck. FOUR lighting strikes in one night! Coincidence? Perhaps. But consider that New York is representative of the business and financial world, and Washington DC is the seat of the US government. Is God telling us a big shake-up may be coming soon in both the business and political realms? Interestingly, president-elect Trump is from both worlds. He is the former New York real estate business tycoon and reality TV star turned president who has promised to reform business as usual in Washington as he returns to the presidency. The lighting may signify this kind of earthly shakeup, or nothing at all. Or perhaps it is the omen of something far more consequential, a spiritual shakeup God is planning for America and elsewhere, to arouse many from slumber. We pay much attention to the state of the economy and politics, but are we ready if Christ should return in 2025 as Judge and King, to reckon with us all? Scripture tells us, "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." Colossians 3:2 Now that's wisdom from above!

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51,145 views • 1 year ago

Last night, a series of Geran-2 drone strikes were carried on Zaporizhzhia City. At least 14 impacts were recorded in two waves, primarily targeting industrial infrastructure and warehouses. Ukrainian air defence has become more active in Zaporizhzhia lately. Previously the anti-air fire was more chaotic, but lately there is a clear 10-15 seconds of shooting, followed by an explosion from the Geran hitting its target or getting shot down. It has become more coordinated, going after specific targets, resulting in more interceptions. This change in tactics suggests that new mobile air defence crews have been brought into the city.

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My little boy, Ali, has been suffering from a high fever for two days because of the new virus spreading in Gaza… The infection is spreading quickly among my family due to contaminated water and unhealthy food, and what breaks me the most is watching my child suffer while I cannot save him. The sounds of bombings and drones firing around us make it impossible to reach a hospital at night… and I am powerless to even provide him with medicine or milk. Donations on my account have decreased a lot, but today we are in desperate need of your help more than ever. 🙏 Please, don’t leave us alone… help me with whatever you can, and even if you cannot donate, leave a comment—even just a dot—so that my voice can reach the world. My child Ali is fighting this virus, but without medicine and milk, I cannot protect him… 💔 Will 🦥 Menaker Saul Williams

Hema alsabea

134,718 views • 10 months ago

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🚨🇷🇺 NATO IN PANIC: RUSSIA SENDS A-50U FLYING RADAR TO HUNT UKRAINIAN CRUISE MISSILES Russia has rushed its rare upgraded A-50U 'flying radar' — the most powerful airborne system in its inventory — into action to smash Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile barrages targeting the critical Votkinsk plant that manufactures Iskander-M ballistic missiles. So what upgrades and operational roles give the A-50U its edge against low-flying cruise missiles? 🔸 Russia's A-50U, an enhanced Soviet-era platform incorporating technologies from the delayed A-100 program, detects terrain-hugging Flamingo cruise missiles 10-30 minutes earlier than ground radars while filling coverage gaps over rivers and terrain 🔸 The A-50U tracks up to 300 objects and supplies targeting data to 40 fighters (baseline A-50: 200/20), with its Shmel II radar delivering 33% longer tracking range against fighters. 🔸 Each A-50U provides 15-20% higher endurance for over 9 hours airborne without refueling and functions as a central command-and-control node for Russia's multi-tier air defense networks. 🔸 An A-50U took off around 00:40 on July 5 to support intercepts after more than five Flamingo missiles flew the Volga route via Volgograd toward Votkinsk in Udmurtia on June 5, with no impacts reported. 🔸 The A-50U previously guided S-400 40N6 shots near 400 km at low altitude and Su-35/R-37 engagements out to 350 km, as Ukraine shifts from restricted Anglo-French Storm Shadow/SCALP to mass unrestricted FP-5 production. Can Ukraine’s cruise missiles survive Russia’s A-50U flying radar coverage?

NewRulesGeopolitics

27,068 views • 6 days ago

The War was cold, but accidents happened... May 25 1968: a Soviet Air Force Tu-16 "Badger" [Reg. Unknown] crashes 150 mi West of Norway, all 6 aboard die. Jet made a low pass near US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9), flying just 50 ft above the sea, when the wingtip hit a wave that sent the bomber into a cartwheel. The accident was captured in camera by a US film crew that was aboard the ship. More info below ⬇️ 🧵 ‘I was there and watched the entire thing while working on the flight deck. I was a helicopter mechanic in HS-9 at the time. When it overflew the flight deck you could feel the heat and smell at jet exhaust. After the flight deck overfly (starboard to port) he continued to fly away from the ship at low level. He gained a little altitude and started to make a left turn, leveled back out, lost altitude and just when it looked like he was going to make a controlled ditching his left wing dipped and hit the water and then he cartwheeled in a ball of flame.. Our helicopters were in the air already and made a beeline for the crash, hovered in the smoke but no one survived.’ Extra info with statements by an eyewitness are from an article from "The Aviation Geek Club" (will add link to their full article later

The War was cold, but accidents happened... May 25 1968: a Soviet Air Force Tu-16 "Badger" [Reg. Unknown] crashes 150 mi West of Norway, all 6 aboard die. Jet made a low pass near US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9), flying just 50 ft above the sea, when the wingtip hit a wave that sent the bomber into a cartwheel. The accident was captured in camera by a US film crew that was aboard the ship. More info below ⬇️ 🧵 ‘I was there and watched the entire thing while working on the flight deck. I was a helicopter mechanic in HS-9 at the time. When it overflew the flight deck you could feel the heat and smell at jet exhaust. After the flight deck overfly (starboard to port) he continued to fly away from the ship at low level. He gained a little altitude and started to make a left turn, leveled back out, lost altitude and just when it looked like he was going to make a controlled ditching his left wing dipped and hit the water and then he cartwheeled in a ball of flame.. Our helicopters were in the air already and made a beeline for the crash, hovered in the smoke but no one survived.’ Extra info with statements by an eyewitness are from an article from "The Aviation Geek Club" (will add link to their full article later

Francisco Cunha

126,071 views • 1 month ago