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New Russian S-500 'Prometheus' To Hit Targets In Space, Claims Tech Chief
ussia's defense technology sector is touting that Moscow's newest S-500 ‘Prometheus’ air defense system is capable of reaching targets in space, according to the latest statements from the First Deputy General Director of the VKO Almaz-Antey, Sergei Druzin. The VKO Almaz-Antey, or "Air and Space Defense Corporation" is a Russian state-owned company and the country's largest defense tech contractor.
Druzin told RIA Novosti this week that the S-500 can successfully take out “ballistic missiles of all types” and crucially that it's missiles are capable of “working outside the atmosphere where aerodynamic control is impossible.”
This next generation of deadly Russian anti-air defense systems is expected to enter service (or at least prototype testing) by 2020, with the first group of officers set to begin training courses this year, which Russian media has previously described as forming "the backbone" of the country's integrated air defense and missile defense shield.
Russian reports tout the S-500s range as capable of intercepting inbound projectiles at a distance of 600 kilometers. A prior TASS report said it could reach an altitude of 60km, which would put it in the Mesosphere of Earth's atmosphere — though there's long been debate over where 'outer space' technically begins.
The Russian internet news site Pravda.ru recently issued a report detailing the S-500s impressive sounding specs:
Russian state media began leaking early details of the next generation S-500 at the end of last year, at which point American defense officials began to muse over whether future Russian systems could soon take out US satellites.
It also constitutes a new threat to America's stealth arsenal of jets including the F-22, F-35 and B-2 bomber, as The National Interest previously noted:
…while most of Russia’s defense industry suffered following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow has continued to churn out quality air and missile defense systems. This is evident from systems like the S-400, S-300VM4 and S-350. Once deployed, the S-500 is expected to be networked with these existing systems to provide an integrated defense system. According to Majumdar, some U.S. defense officials worry that this system will be so capable that it might pose issues for stealthy warplanes like the F-22, F-35 and B-2.
Though we could see operational tests of the S-500 by 2020, it's likely that only prototype versions would be delivered to the Russian military at that point; however, it's as yet a secret as to just how far along production of the S-500 really is.
We wonder: given the current slow but steady advance in Sino-Russian relations, and given the growing list of countries seeking Russia's current S-400 systems, is it only a matter of time before Beijing gets its hands on advanced S-500 missiles that could take out American stealth jets?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-24/new-russian-s-500-prometheus-hit-targets-space-claims-tech-chief?
Aclaris Therapeutics 10% owner sold $2.08m in shares-June 21-25
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. is a dermatologist-led, biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on identifying, developing and commercializing differentiated drugs for the treatment of dermatological indications. The Company is also focused on the discovery and development of kinase inhibitors to treat inflammatory and immunological disorders and cancer. The Company’s drug discovery platform KINect technology is a kinase-focused drug discovery engine utilizing computational chemistry to integrate proprietary compound collections and highly experienced biologists and medicinal chemists to identify and advance potential candidates into pre-clinical and clinical development.
Number of employees : 96 people.
https://www.marketscreener.com/ACLARIS-THERAPEUTICS-INC-26123625/company/
Deerfield Management Company, L.P. is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The firm makes its private equity investments in large cap and growth companies. It typically invests in healthcare sector which includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, generic drugs, over the counter drugs, medical devices, medical equipment, diagnostics, hospital supplies, hospital services, acute care hospitals, nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, alternate site providers, home care, physician practice management, medical software HMOs, health insurers, benefit management companies, distributors, drug stores, and animal healthcare products and services. The firm employs fundamental analysis to make its portfolio. It obtains external research to complement its in-house research. Deerfield Management Company, L.P. was established on January 13, 1994 and is based in New York City.
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3751585
https://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1557746.htm
>> lb 6841996 Merrill Lynch caught criminally manipulating precious metals market "thousands of times" over 6 years.
The settlement is a fraction of what Merrill made with this program of manipulating that trade but it's a start.
There are many banks and institutions tied to the silver suppression scheme. Merrill Lynch is just one of them. HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and the biggest one JP Morgan-there are moar. They were also responsible for looting MF Global of customer accounts (John Corzine was it's CEO at time-and still a free man) and working in concert with the COMEX exchanges to run the metals markets up/down starting in 2009, shortly after the crash. The rise up to $49/oz was smacked down on the day that Bin Laden was 'captured' and killed. TO THE SECOND silver dropped when that announcement was made.
See Cap#3. JP Morgan was adding to the short position on the rise up and then began taking physical delivery from everyone who sold once the bomb was dropped on THAT announcement. It was a centrally planned event that was orchestrated by Hussein's Chief of Staff at time William Daley. He was brought in to manage this racket as he only stuck around for one year in that role. He previously served as Sec of Commerce under Clinton-second term.
This is all tied back to the creation of the Federal reserve and the systems choice to use Silver as the industrial metal. That was a no-brainer as plenty of it was available . But once this decision was made there was no going back. Decades of price control ensued with institution after institution being tasked with this management. The last transfer of the silver legacy short scheme was when Bear Stearns was taken out in March 2008. It was carved up and that position was handed over to JP Morgan. It may have changed hands late last year but have no sauce to confirm this. I suspect it may reside at Citigroup now.
Silver Suppression Scandal
No one in the silver market is as crooked as JPMorgan and the announcement by the Department of Justice of a guilty plea by one of its former traders is the first solid connection between my allegations of the past ten years about JPMorgan and a finding of wrongdoing by a trader for the bank in COMEX silver and gold. This goes a very long way towards vindicating my narrative of the past ten years.
'http://''silverseek.com/commentary/silver-scandal-17492
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MF Global
Broker exposes depth of Corzine theft from MF Global investors
Corzine committed the most egregious financial crime when he comingled client monies with company monies in high-risk investments, without informing clients, literally stealing their money. This occurred while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange [the “Merc” duh] looked on and did nothing.
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http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/4151
Proof that Gold ETFs Are a Fraud
Several years ago, during the 2008 meltdown, the Perth Mint certificate program was exposed for not holding the gold they told their customers was backed by the Western Australian government.
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https://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/proof-that-gold-etfs-are-a-fraud/86092
In the early 70's the Hunt brothers started buying silver to corner the physical silver markets and also they laid on paper positions to augment it. The big mistake they made was not having a strategy to deal with the the way that the CFTC began rasing the premiums they charged for maintaining the positions they carried. This is what wiped them out.
See this
How the Hunt Brothers Cornered the Silver Market and Then Lost it All
https://priceonomics.com/how-the-hunt-brothers-cornered-the-silver-market/
lost a shared account over that one. had 6 of us that tossed the password back and forth and two people always had it in case the other went 'off the plantation'. Corzine needs to rot in hell.