Italy and Germany want an immediate end to the violence between Israel and Palestinian militants, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday after talks with his German counterpart.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on as he arrives for a meeting of foreign ministers of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany on Afghanistan at NATO s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 14, 2021. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via Reuters
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday reiterated the United States ironclad support for Israel s right to defend itself in a call with his Israeli counterpart, the Pentagon said. Secretary Austin conveyed the Department s ironclad support for Israel s legitimate right to defend itself and its people, and he strongly condemned the launching of rockets by Hamas and other terrorists groups, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
China's special envoy on the Middle East, Zhai Jun, on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over escalating clashes between Palestinians and Israel and urged all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further casualties.
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Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 12, 2021 at 12:38 PM
Launch of Army-Navy Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) in Hawaii on March 19, 2020.
Conversely, in
China’s nightmare scenario, where US allies
do let American missile units use their soil, LRHW batteries in Taiwan, Japan, or South Korea could strike targets more than one thousand miles inside Chinese territory. What’s more, the Navy version of the LRHW, called Conventional Prompt Strike, could launch from submarines or ships at sea anywhere in the Pacific.
“The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon provides a capability at a distance greater than 2,775 km,” an Army spokesman told me. That’s about 1,725 miles – at a minimum. The “greater than” leaves the door wide open for a significantly longer range than that.