As Blinken heads to Ukraine, Zelensky undercuts Western support with surprise sacking of energy executive Jamie McIntyre
BLINKEN’S UKRAINE MISSION: Secretary of State
Antony Blinken wraps up his meetings with G-7 foreign ministers in London today and heads to Ukraine, where tomorrow he meets with President
Volodymyr Zelensky. Blinken’s primary mission is to show solid support for Zelenesky’s government in the face of Russia’s recent military buildup along the country’s eastern border and the implicit threat of aggression.
But as Zelensky has lobbied for faster admission to the NATO alliance, his government last week fired
Air Force Aborts ICBM Test After Problem on the Ground
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test at 11:49 p.m. PST, Feb. 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Brittany E. N. Murphy/U.S. Space Force)
5 May 2021
The U.S. Air Force aborted the test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, after an undisclosed issue on the ground, the service announced Wednesday.
The incident is under investigation, Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversaw the launch, said in a release.
General Says US Military Should Consider a Deconfliction Line for Space
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters United States Space Force, at her promotion ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, 2020. (U.S. Space Force/2nd Lt. Idalí Beltré Acevedo).
4 May 2021
A top commander at U.S. Space Command says it may be time to establish a deconfliction channel between the U.S. and adversary countries to ensure the safety of operations in space.
The Pentagon and international partners are developing guidelines for operating in space, just as international norms govern maritime operations. Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, the commander of SPACECOM s Combined Force Space Component Command, said those protocols should include being transparent and predictable with countries such as Russia and China.