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A trade war of EPIC proportions has officially kicked off, folks.

Get ready and brace for impact, because life is going to get so much harder for the next few years.

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Morocco has signed a defense contract with Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, strengthening its military partnership with the Israeli occupation.

According to French newspaper La Tribune, the deal entails the purchase of 36 Atmos 2000 self-propelled artillery systems.

This would make "Israel" Morocco's third-largest weapons supplier, making up to 11% of its total arms imports, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found.

It is worth noting that Elbit Systems is known for supplying the Israeli occupation forces with drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles, and various other types of weaponry. According to the British newspaper Morning Star, "The majority of their arms are marketed as 'battle-tested,' meaning they have been deployed in bombardments against the Palestinian people."

Update on the US - México border: The United States Navy has started flying Combat Air Patrols (CAPs) along the border. The P-8A Poseidon aircraft was spotted on ADSB exchange and at local airbases, along with a refueling KC-46 aircraft. The P-8A is primarily used in anti submarine and anti ship warfare, along with being used for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), basically spying. It's armed with cruise missiles and torpedoes.

Why would this aircraft be used? I don't think that the United States is going to fire cruise missiles and torpedoes at the cartel yet. I think it's mainly for intelligence gathering purposes.

The P-8A has a hydrocarbon sensor designed to detect the diesel/petrol fuel emissions from submarines and ships. This could, in theory, be used to detect motor vehicle activity in México. The AN/APY-10 mechanically scanned radar is capable of using both synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and inverse synthetic aperture radar modes (ISAR), to provide high resolution two dimensional imagery, and/or three dimensional reconstructions of target areas on land. This could be used to detect changes in the landscape, such as tunnel construction, or to monitor movement with ISAR. The aircraft can also be equipped with the AN/APS-154 AAS AESA radar, which provides 360° coverage, and it's targeting capability is said to be sensitive enough to track a group of people crossing over open land. The AN/APS-154 AAS is also said to be able to track submarines while underwater through the slight disturbance of the water's surface, such a capability could be used to detect tunnel construction underground via surface disturbance maybe?

In any case, the US Navy conducting CAPs and ISR missions over the US - México border is an escalation. At the current rate of escalation, how long will it be before some US military personnel cross over the border to "raid the cartels"? This is a possibility that cannot be ruled out.

Today’s news from Russia’s special military operation.

Russian forces fully liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic city of Dzerzhinsk (AKA “Toretsk”). The Kiev regime had used the area as a firing position to shell the nearby DPR city of Gorlovka for over ten years: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250207/why-russias-liberation-of-dzerzhinsk-toretsk-is-a-terrible-blow-to-ukraine-1121546570.html

Russian drone operators destroyed another US-built “Bradley” infantry fighting vehicle in the DPR (video): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--%F0%9F%94%9EThe-%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%B8-M2A2-ODS-SA-Bradley-infantry-fighting-vehicle%F0%9F%94%9E:8

Plus, a little economic news. Despite all the Western sanctions, the Russian economy grew by 4.1% in 2024 (a higher growth rate than that of the Western countries applying the sanctions): https://www.rt.com/business/612331-russian-economic-growth-mishustin/

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