Tag: BACKBONE

The backbone of America’s economy was just dealt a serious blow

US consumers could be reaching their breaking point. After dealing with elevated inflation and the highest interest rates in decades, they’re starting to rein in their spending. Last month, retail sales were unchanged from March, when spending increased by a downwardly revised 0.6%, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday. April spending missed the 0.4% increase […]

Ukraine appears to strike a powerful electronic warfare system previously dubbed the ‘backbone’ of Russia’s jamming technology

Ukraine said it struck a powerful  Russian electronic warfare system this week. Footage appears to show it had destroyed a Borisoglebsk-2 EW jamming station. EW has become increasingly important in the current conflict. Ukraine’s special operations forces (SSO) said on Wednesday that it had targeted a Russian Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare (EW) system. A video shared on […]