71 Launch; President Trump Aware, Has “No Further Comment” • China Warns North Korea Situation Has Hit “Tipping Point”, Threatens “Never Before Seen” Measures • Senators Told North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Urgent • U.S. May Launch Strike if North Korea Reaches for Nuclear Trigger • The U.S. Has An ‘Active Cyber War Under- way’ To Thwart The North Korean Nuclear Threat • ‘Declaration of war’: Russian MPs Blast US Plans to Enforce N. Korea Sanctions on Foreign Territory • Pyongyang Slams Israel as ‘Disturber of Peace Armed with Illegal Nukes Under US Patronage’ Despite the financial spigots turned wide open, Navy accidents kept happening in the Pacific in 2017. Satisfactory explanations have not been forthcoming. It looks to us like a “hot” war over the sea-lanes in the Pacific oceans may be underway. • Why Do U.S. Navy Ships Keep Crashing? • US to Pause Naval Operations Worldwide After USS John McCain Collision • Ten Sailors Missing, Five Injured after US Warship Collides with Oil Tanker Near Singapore • U.S. Navy to Relieve Admiral of Command after Collisions • USS Fitzgerald Leadership Removed, Details of Collision Aftermath Released • Considering the USS Fitzgerald Incident • What’s Really Going on with those Expen- sive Aegis Class Missile…Part One • What’s Really Going on with those Expen- sive Aegis Class Missile…Part Two • Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Collisions at Sea The US economic and financial dependency on military budgets and sales continued to grow with significant promotion from President Trump. The US is the largest weapons exporter in the world, accounting for $9.9 billion export- ed out of $31 billion in global major weapons