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The National Interest 

Meet the Koksan: North Korea's Super Big 'Gun' That Could Strike Seoul

Sebastien Roblin

Security, Asia

These huge guns could inflict terrible suffering if turned on civilian targets, though not on the scale that Pyongyang boasts.

Seoul has to cope with an unusual urban planning program for a huge, modern metropolis: the northern side of the capital lies little more than thirty miles from the border of North Korea, within range of hundreds of enemy artillery pieces—a zone that Pyongyang has threatened to turn into a “sea of fire.” City planners... Читать дальше...

The National Interest 

Could Iran Sink a U.S. Aircraft Carrier?

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Middle East

Is this possible?

The United States and Iran have been on bad terms—occasionally spilling into open hostility—since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. One instrument of American policy and prestige in the Middle East region are the aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. The Iranian government is well known to despise these offshore platforms of American power, and that leads us to this question: if the two sides came to blows, does Iran have the firepower to sink an American carrier? Читать дальше...

The Globe and Mail 

Quebec veil law Bill 62 sparks protests and confusion

The legislation requires people receiving public services in Quebec – on buses, in a hospital, in daycares or in libraries – to show their faces, a rule that effectively singles out Muslim women who wear the face-covering niqab and burka.

Yahoo! News 

Consumer Reports says Tesla misunderstands 'positive' Model 3 rating

Consumer Reports said on Friday that Tesla Inc had apparently misunderstood the "average" reliability rating the magazine assigned to the electric carmaker's Model 3 sedan this week, calling it generally "positive" for an all-new vehicle. The rating for the Model 3, which is lower priced than earlier Tesla models and aimed at giving the Silicon Valley automaker mass market appeal, was part of magazine's annual survey of new vehicle reliability.

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Flipboard.com 

Birth of a White Supremacist

This summer, after a loose coalition of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Confederate apologists announced that they would hold a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, promotional flyers began to circulate on the Internet. The flyers included a list of names: the self-proclaimed thought leaders who …

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The Latest: Ohio State turns down white nationalist request

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on a request for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at Ohio State University (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Ohio State University has denied a request to rent space for an appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer, citing risks to public safety. An attorney representing the university says in a letter sent Friday the university consulted with law enforcement and considered Spencer's appearance at the University of Florida earlier in the week before deciding to turn down the request. Читать дальше...

The National Interest 

How to Fix the Fractured Department of Homeland Security Framework

Daniel M. Gerstein

Security, Americas

The homeland security mission space does not have a chain-of-command that stretches from the president to the lowest levels of the deployed forces.

With legislation to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security currently being debated on Capitol Hill, the role of the department in directing homeland security operations should be an area of focus.

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created a department with exceptionally weak... Читать дальше...