POTUS is ramping things up in the Military. Not the Marine Corps but the Marine rides on Navy ships, IJS. Thing that caught my eye is the very last line in this, highlighted for your convenience…Hmmmmmmmmmmm…

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The US officially re-launched the US Navy's Cold War-era Second Fleet Friday, a move that comes amid renewed concern over the threat posed by Russia.

"US Second Fleet has a storied history, and we will honor that legacy," Vice Adm. Andrew "Woody" Lewis, who took command of the fleet Friday, said during a ceremony marking the fleet's re-launch in Norfolk, Virginia.

Lewis said his goal was to "build a fleet that is ready to fight. Ready to fight so we don't have to."

"Second Fleet will enhance our capacity to maneuver and fight in the Atlantic, and as a result, help to maintain America's maritime superiority that will lead to security, influence, and prosperity for our nation," Adm. Richardson, the Chief of Naval Operations, said at the relaunch ceremony.

The fleet was originally established in the earliest days of the Cold War and was primarily tasked with supporting NATO in its stand-off with the Soviet Union.

It participated in some of that geopolitical conflict's most defining moments including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when Second Fleet ships helped enforce the quarantine that prevented Soviet ships from reaching the island.

But the fleet was disestablished in 2011 to save costs and amid reduced tensions with Moscow following the Obama administration's proposed "reset" with Russia.

However the US has become increasingly concerned with Russia's military activities including its naval presence in the Atlantic Ocean.

NATO and US officials have said that Russian naval activity, including the use of submarines, is at its highest levels since the end of the Cold War. Officials are concerned that Russian submarines could pose a threat to US attempts to reinforce Europe by sea should a conflict take place between NATO and Russia.

Russia also recently sent a spy ship up the east coast of the US, and Russian Vladimir President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia is seeking to develop an underwater nuclear-armed drone.

"Prompted in part by a resurgent Russia, the National Defense Strategy made clear that there are countries once again competing to define this era not in the interest of opportunity and equality for all, but on their very restrictive terms," Admiral John Richardson said.

"We're not looking for a fight, but the best way to avoid a fight is to have the most powerful and deadly and competitive Navy possible while strengthening our combined naval power in our alliances and expanding our maritime partnerships," Richardson added.

Officials say the fleet will work with the pre-existing naval units like Naval Forces Europe and the Fourth and Sixth Fleets while focusing on joint, integrated training and operations in "high-end of naval warfare."

The fleet will also once again help support NATO and the recently announced NATO Joint Force Command for the Atlantic which will be located in Norfolk, Virginia.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/us-navy-relaunches-cold-war-era-fleet-with-an-eye-on-russia

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Guise……… the last two days I’ve been talking about Admiral McRaven and General Votel at JSOC/SOCOM/CENTCOM. Now the pudding is getting good. Woke up this morning and saw someone found Purple Shovel. That is an awesome find. I did a quick search while having muh first covfefe found this on STeemit. This is an absolute treasure trove with information on moar than just Purple Shovel to dig on. This is snipped to make it fit but there is plenty of info here on Contractors who are definitely working in the gray. I did not write this, I found it and snipped it so not trying to take credit for this persons digginz. I believe you will be surprised at the info in here….

Depleted Uranium & White Phosphorus Part of Massive Weapons Smuggling Operation Involving US Contractors

Several US contractors have been revealed to be involved with a large scale weapons smuggling operation from Eastern Europe to conflict zones in the Middle East including: Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dig #1 Silkway Airlines

https://steemit.com/weapons-smuggling/@v4vapid/silkway-airlines-diplomatic-flights-used-to-ship-billions-worth-of-weapons-from-eastern-europe-to-the-middle-east

The documents detailing the weapons shipments were leaked online from the twitter account Anonymous Bulgaria @anon_bg. Additionally, they show how a special "exemption" was made in order to allow Silkway Airlines to transport military cargo. Billions worth of weapons from Belarus, Bulgaria and Serbia were purchased by US contractors and shipped to conflict zones over the last three years.

Several US contractors are implicated in the operation. They are:

Dig #2: Purple Shovel [Continue]

Dig #3: Alliant Techsystems Operations-USA

Dig #4: Orbital ATK

Dig #5: Chemring Group

Orbital ATK Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world both as a prime contractor and as a merchant supplier.

The company has three major divisions:

Flight Systems (Chandler, Arizona)

Defense Systems (Baltimore, Maryland)

Space Systems (Dulles, Virginia - Company Headquarters)

Orbital ATK and SilkWay Airlines

Another U.S. contractor involved in the same program for non-US standard military supplies is Orbital ATK. This company received $250 million over just the past two years. Information as to what type of weapons and to whom those weapons were supplied is classified.

According to the documents, Orbital ATK transported weapons on 6 diplomatic Silk Way Airlines flights in July and August of 2015 flying the route Baku (Azerbaijan)-Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)-Baku-Kabul (Afghanistan). The weapons were exported by IGMAN j.j. Konjic, (Bosnia and Herzegovina) commissioned by Orbital ATK. The consignee was the National Police of Afghanistan. Interestingly, all these diplomatic flights with weapons had technical landings and a 7 h 30 min stop at Baku before their final destination – Afghanistan.

"Information as to what type of weapons and to whom those weapons were supplied is classified."

ATK has been awarded multiple contracts for supplying SOCOM with Non-Standard Ammunition. Non-standard refers to weapons and ammunition that are not US military grade.

Depleted Uranium

What other kinds of "non-standard" weapons ammunition does Orbital ATK produce? Unbelievably, they are major manufacturer of armor piercing projectiles: M829A1 / M829A3

M829A1 - "The Silver Bullet"

Weapons-grade Depleted Uranium

This has nothing to do with uranium's radioactivity, but everything to do with mass. Mass is basically how much matter is in an object. For example, a 1-square-inch block of balsa wood weighs less than an inch-square block of lead – lead has more mass. And depleted uranium is roughly 70% denser than lead! Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), for example, makes use of depleted uranium in some of its munitions.

… the density of depleted uranium allows it to more easily break through protective armor. What makes it a good choice for armor-piercing munitions (sometimes called kinetic energy penetrators) also has to do with projectile shape involved and what happens when uranium's temperature increases and pressure is applied. But suffice it to say, uranium finds its way into more weapons than just nuclear bombs.

Could the "classified" weapons transported by Silk Airlines and destined for the Afghan National Police be depleted uranium munitions?

Note: the 120mm Cartridges are the same as those used for Depleted Uranium rounds of M829A1 / M829A3.

Orbital ATK Space Systems

Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites

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Another interesting technology that Orbital ATK is involved with is Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS). The purpose of RSGS is to have a relatively small sized robotic servicing satellite capable of repairing and checking existing satellites orbiting at 22,000 miles above the planet.

In February 2017, Orbital ATK file a lawsuit against DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) after the agency awarded a contract to competitor Space Systems Loral.

Orbital ATK's legal department launched the suit as they believe the creation of RSGS systems is in violation of US National Space Policy. Here we Go Space Fags…

https://www.chemring.co.uk/

The Chemring Group, also Chemring Military Products, is exposed by the document leak.

Chemring Military Products is another main contractor in the program for non-US standard weapon supplies to the US army through diplomatic Silk Way Airlines flights. This military supplier has 4 contracts for $302.8 million in total. The weapons were purchased from local manufacturers in Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania and according to documents transported to Iraq and Afghanistan via diplomatic flights.

One of those flights in particular, on 18 October 2016, carrying 15.5 tons of 122 mm rockets bought by Chemring in Belgrade, Serbia, was diverted from its destination – Kabul, and instead landed in Lahore, Pakistan. After a 2-hour stop, the aircraft took off to Afghanistan. The only possible explanation for the extension of the flight by a thousand kilometers is offloading in Pakistan, even though documents stated that the cargo was destined for Afghanistan.

Chemring specializes in three key departments, Ammunition, Weapons and Pyrotechnics

Department of Defense Contracts

Chemring is also a major supplier of "non-standard" ammunition and "non-standard" mortar weapons systems. Government records show that the majority of the companies sales fall under the category of "Miscellaneous Ammunition".

White Phosphorous

Chemrings Pyrotechnics division produces a glossy brochure detailing their warehouse of smoke screen, illumination, signalling products.

https://www.chemring.co.uk/~/media/Files/C/Chemring-V2/PDFs/sector-brochure-pyrotechnics-web-1111.pdf

From the brochure it would appear that the Chemring Group is attempting to distance itself from the controversial White Phosphorus by replacing it with what the company refers to as 'less toxic' Red Phosphorus. It is unclear if the company has already implemented these changes.

Wikileaks - Hacking Team Email

The Chemring Group figures prominently in this Hacking Team email released by Wikileaks.

https://wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/emailid/582452

The email is titled: CBRN Defence Market Forecast 2014-2024

Visiongain Business Reports CBRN Defence Market Forecast 2014-2024

Leading Companies for Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Detection Equipment

It outlines the CBRN market landscape.

A decade of robust investment in the CBRN defence market has been primarily driven by the enduring threat of a CBRN t errorist attack. In addition, even as budgets in North America and Europe come under pressure, CBRN defence spending remains an attractive opportunity for leading defence and homeland security contractors. Visiongain's new report examines how emerging market spending and the threat of CBRN attacks underscore an optimistic outlook for a market that will reach $8.71bn in 2014.

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Summary

These US contractors are profiting off the US taxpayer, purchasing and smuggling weapons illegally with the use of civilian aircraft and diplomatic immunity aboard Silkway Airlines. The history of both Orbital, ATK and Chemring indicate that the types of undisclosed weapons transported across the Middle East are likely to be Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorus among others.

https://steemit.com/weapons-smuggling/@v4vapid/depleted-uranium-and-white-phosphorus-part-of-massive-weapons-smuggling-operation-by-us-contractors

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>>>2728208 , >>2728240, >>2728215 >> Moar on Admiral McRaven and General Votel

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Thank you, would you please add:

"/Purple Shovel and Moar"

to the title?

Thanks again