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Patriot iLuxe Cube: A Smart Backup Solution for Apple Devices

Patriot iLuxe Cube: A Smart Backup Solution for Apple Devices

Apple users looking for a quick and easy way to back up their devices might be interested to know that Patriot, has unveiled the iLuxe Cube. A sophisticated backup device specifically designed for Apple’s iPhone & iPads that seamlessly merges charging and backup functionalities. Presenting a cost-effective alternative to traditional cloud storage solutions. By eliminating the need for subscription fees, the iLuxe Cube offers users efficient data management coupled with robust security features, making it an attractive option for those seeking to streamline their digital storage needs. If you’re an Apple user, you might find yourself juggling between charging your devices and making sure your precious data is safely backed up. The iLuxe Cube offers a refreshing alternative, providing a cost-effective and efficient way to manage your data while keeping your devices charged and ready to go. Smart iPhone Backup Solution With features like preserving original metadata for accurate restoration and supporting multiple users with dedicated folders, it caters to the needs of both individuals and families. Plus, its robust security measures, including the Trusted …

What Really Happened Inside the ‘Patriot Pod’

What Really Happened Inside the ‘Patriot Pod’

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeart Media | YouTube | Pocket Casts For various reasons, January 6 rioters have been held together in a segregated wing of the D.C. jail that they came to call the “Patriot Pod.” They developed their own rituals and inside jokes, and reinforced one another’s narratives. Over time, the expected happened: They became further radicalized. And through connections with right-wing media, they have attempted to recast themselves with terms such as political prisoner and hostage, which the presidential candidate Donald Trump has now adopted as his own. In this episode, we follow a young rioter from the Patriot Pod who went into jail a mischievous goofball and emerged willing to die for the MAGA cause. We tell, for the first time, an inside story of exactly what happened within the pod, how it spread out to the world, and what this tight-knit group is planning for the future. This is the fifth episode of We Live Here Now, a six-part series about what happened when we found out …

U.S. will send Ukraine a second Patriot air defense battery

U.S. will send Ukraine a second Patriot air defense battery

The Biden administration is planning to provide Ukraine an additional Patriot air defense system as Kyiv struggles to shield key cities and infrastructure from ongoing Russian assaults, three U.S. and a senior European official said Wednesday. According to the European official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe plans that had not been made public, the United States has informed some allies of its decision to send Ukraine the additional battery. One of the U.S. officials said the system will be sent to Ukraine from an airfield in southeastern Poland that the Pentagon has used as a staging base to send weapons and supplies to Ukrainian forces. Multiple Patriot batteries have been based there since Russian’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. U.S. military officials plan to backfill the system in Poland with another Patriot from elsewhere, this person said. The move follows months of pressure from the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, facing regular bombardment more than two years into the war, for additional military aid from the West, especially …

US to give Ukraine new Patriot missiles as part of  billion aid package

US to give Ukraine new Patriot missiles as part of $6 billion aid package

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday announced the United States will provide key air defense munitions and artillery rounds to Ukraine as part of a $6 billion military aid package that is its largest ever for Kyiv.  Issued on: 27/04/2024 – 07:07 2 min The package is the second this week, following another valued at $1 billion that was announced just after US President Joe Biden signed a much-delayed bill to provide new funding for Ukraine as it struggles to hold back Russian advances. “This is the largest security assistance package that we’ve committed to date,” Austin told journalists following the conclusion of a virtual meeting of dozens of Kyiv’s international supporters. “They need air defense interceptors, they need artillery systems and munitions. They need… armored vehicles, they need maintenance and sustainment. So all of those kinds of things are included” in the package,” he said. Ukraine has in recent months pleaded for more air defenses from its Western allies as it struggles to fend off a surge in deadly attacks on civilian infrastructure, and …

Taiwan Conducts Drills Deploying US Patriot Systems In Face Of Chinese Intrusions

Taiwan Conducts Drills Deploying US Patriot Systems In Face Of Chinese Intrusions

The Taiwanese armed forces on Tuesday conducted highly provocative anti-aircraft defense exercises in the face of Chinese military “intrusions” which have been occurring on a weekly basis.  Importantly, the drills centered on deploying and operating US-made Patriot missiles and anti-aircraft artillery systems provided by Washington.  Image via Asia Times A military statement said the drills are a response to “incursions by Chinese Communist Party aircraft and ships into the sea and airspace around Taiwan” and added that “the air force will continue to increase the intensity of drills.” “The aim was to verify the command and control of joint air defense operations among the three branches of the military,” the armed forces described. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has meanwhile ramped up defense spending, and attended a ceremony Tuesday for the handover of two domestically made warships at Suao port. “Over the past few years, we have steadily implemented defense autonomy with Taiwan-made warships being named, launched, and commissioned one after another at an increasingly rapid pace,” Tsai announced at the event. “These achievements repeatedly demonstrate Taiwan’s …

Ukraine’s Patriot Defenses at Work: Shuddering Booms and Bursts of Light

Ukraine’s Patriot Defenses at Work: Shuddering Booms and Bursts of Light

The first warning was a blip, a small anomaly picked up by radar scanning the skies over Ukraine. Within seconds, it became clear that the blip was a Russian ballistic missile streaking in Kyiv’s direction at several times the speed of sound. It was just before 4 a.m. on Dec. 11, and there was no time to sound air-raid alarms in the city. While millions of civilians slept, Ukrainian forces fired off several American-supplied Patriot missiles as the deadly battle in the sky commenced. Missile-on-missile battles like this play out in a matter of minutes, said a Ukrainian major, Volodymyr, the commander of a Patriot air-defense battery who insisted that only his first name be used because of the sensitivity of his unit’s operations. From a mobile control room near Kyiv, his team tracked the salvo of incoming Russian missiles as the Patriot’s algorithms calculated their speed, altitude and intended course. With shuddering booms and bursts of light, its interceptor missiles knocked down one Russian missile after another. “Given that the Patriot is one of …

The Patriot: How Mark Milley Held the Line

The Patriot: How Mark Milley Held the Line

The missiles that comprise the land component of America’s nuclear triad are scattered across thousands of square miles of prairie and farmland, mainly in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. About 150 of the roughly 400 Minuteman III inter­continental ballistic missiles currently on alert are dispersed in a wide circle around Minot Air Force Base, in the upper reaches of North Dakota. From Minot, it would take an ICBM about 25 minutes to reach Moscow. Explore the Special Preview: November 2023 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More These nuclear weapons are under the control of the 91st Missile Wing of the Air Force Global Strike Command, and it was to the 91st—the “Rough Riders”—that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid a visit in March 2021. I accompanied him on the trip. A little more than two months had passed since the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and America’s nuclear arsenal was on Milley’s mind. In normal times, the chairman …