Kim Jong Un’s Missile Propaganda Video Becomes A Meme, And It’s A Blast

ReutersN.Korea media give Kim Jong Un ‘Top Gun’ treatment in missile coverageSporting a shiny leather jacket and slick aviator shades, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has starred in a Hollywood-style video for Pyongyang’s latest missile launch. Under Kim, North Korea has sought to give its state media a makeover with digital effects, seeking more modern ways to tell its stories. On Thursday, North Korea tested a huge intercontinental ballistic missile in a test Kim said was designed to demonstrate the might of its nuclear force and deter any U.S. military moves.The RecountPutin’s Invasion of Ukraine – A War Expert’s AnalysisJohn Heilemann talks with international affairs and national security guru Tom Nichols, contributing writer at The Atlantic, longtime senior faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College, and author of eight books on foreign policy and politics, including, most recently, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy. Heilemann and Nichols assess Vladimir Putin’s calculations in the face of the Russian military’s inability to win a swift and decisive victory, how President ZelenAccuWeatherNew discovery on the sun has captured scientists’ attentionAstronomers have been busy in recent weeks watching activity unfold on the surface of the sun, and a new object has gained their attention. A sunspot has emerged in recent days that is at least twice as big as the Earth, according to SpaceWeather.com. This region was named AR2975 after appearing on Wednesday. Sunspots are areas on the sun where there is a concentration of magnetic activity, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). These areas can appear dark because they are cBGRResearchers may have discovered a supplement that can extend human lifeScientists have been hunting for a way to stop humans from aging for decades. Some scientists think that we’ll never reverse aging. Others say we’ll have a way to prevent aging in the next 20 years. Such a claim might seem bold, but a new anti-aging supplement shows that we may be closer than you … The post Researchers may have discovered a supplement that can extend human life appeared first on BGR.ReutersExclusive-Russian missiles in Ukraine have failure rate of up to 60%, U.S. officials sayWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian precision-guided missiles are failing up to 60% of the time in Ukraine, three U.S. officials with knowledge of intelligence on the issue told Reuters, a possible explanation for the poor progress of Russia’s invasion. Since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia has failed to achieve basic objectives such as neutralizing Ukraine’s air force despite a vastly larger armed forces. The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information, did not provide evidence to support the assessment and did not disclose what precisely was driving high Russian missile failure rates.BGRMarvel’s new Wolverine actor may have just been foundOne of the most exciting Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cameo rumors concerns Hugh Jackman. Like Tom Cruise and John Krasinski, Jackman’s name keeps coming up in connection to the Doctor Strange sequel. The upcoming Marvel movie will feature at least one X-Men team member, so it’s a great place to see Wolverine … The post Marvel’s new Wolverine actor may have just been found appeared first on BGR.The HillGOP shoots down Supreme Court boycottRepublicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are shooting down the idea of boycotting the panel’s vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. “There’s not going to be any boycott. There’s zero, not one iota chance that we would boycott,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the committee.The idea of a committee boycott, which has floated around Capitol Hill for weeks, was spun up after 10 Republicans sent Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill…