![]() Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory are facing detention or deportation unless they agree to take Russian citizenship, according to a new report. See our 7.18pm post for our international correspondent John Sparks' take on why the Izmail port was a target. That's just shy of the 50,000 tonnes of free grain President Putin promised to six African countries at a summit in St Petersburg last week. Ukraine claims last night's attack destroyed almost 40,000 tonnes of grain that had been destined for China, Israel and parts of Africa. Not only for Ukraine, but also for all those in the world whose stability Russia is trying to destroy by attacking our ports and infrastructure." Mr Zelenskyy added: "It is very important for the world not to get used to this Russian terror. Most of those have been aimed at ports around Odesa, but last night's attack hit the port city of Izmail, within a kilometre of the Ukraine-Romania border. Russia has launched a number of missiles at Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the past fortnight, ever since it pulled out of a key grain deal on 17 July. They need a price crisis, they need disruptions in supplies," he said. ![]() "In their madness, they need world food markets to collapse, He's accused Russia of "waging a battle for a global catastrophe" by targeting grain storage facilities. “The president is making the commander in chief’s intent that, at some future point, we may shift back to the easier, more affordable steam catapult system,” Hendrix said.President Zelenskyy's nightly addresses have become a fixture since Russia launched its invasion - and his latest one covers Moscow's repeated attacks on Ukrainian ports. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed the carrier project as “one of the most spectacular acquisition debacles in recent memory” in 2015. The price tag for the three Ford-class aircraft carriers ballooned from $27 billion to $36 billion in the past decade, and the project is behind schedule in part because of the EMALS system, as the Atlantic reported. He’s right to be frustrated and he’s right to step in and tell the Navy to pay greater attention to these overruns,” said Jerry Hendrix, a navy expert at the Center for a New American Security. “The president’s critique of the program is correct. ![]() It’s on the carrier already.”īut some experts say Trump’s comments, already being widely mocked among defense types, aren’t without merits, lauding in particular his push to name-and-shame vast defense cost overruns on systems like EMALS. “The operational utility of is going to be so much higher that it really doesn’t make sense to change it,” Holland told FP. Experts say it’s virtually impossible to sort out how to replace the existing EMALS system with the old steam-powered system, and that could cost billions of dollars. ![]() The Ford is already built after almost a decade in the shipyard, EMALS system and all. Many defense experts who aren’t Albert Einstein are rebuffing Trump’s claims, though.įor starters, there’s one big problem: Trump’s criticism is a few years too late. The Navy didn’t immediately respond to Foreign Policy’s request for comment or reaction, but is expected to address the commander in chief’s remarks in a statement. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and it’s no good.” I said, “What system are you going to be-” “Sir, we’re staying with digital.” I said, “No you’re not. And I said - and now they want to buy more aircraft carriers. What is digital? And it’s very complicated, you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out. You see that sucker going and steam’s going all over the place, there’s planes thrown in the air.” I said, “You don’t use steam anymore for catapult?” “No sir.” I said, “Ah, how is it working?” “Sir, not good. ![]()
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