Archive for the 'War' Category
Ukraine: The U.S. Wants a Costly Military Quagmire for Russia
October 15th, 2022Via: Caitlin Johnstone: The US does not want peace in Ukraine, but rather seeks to create a costly military quagmire for Moscow just as US officials have confessed to trying to do in Afghanistan and in Syria. Which would explain why US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the US goal in Ukraine is actually […]
Musk Demands Pentagon Pay for Starlink Usage in Ukraine
October 14th, 2022Update: Made You Look, Musk Will Keep Starlink Active in Ukraine — Via: PC Magazine: SpaceX may have to stop providing Starlink terminals in Ukraine unless the US government steps in to cover the costs, the company writes in a letter to the Pentagon. According to CNN(Opens in a new window), SpaceX wrote to the […]
Microsoft’s Army Goggles Left US Soldiers With Nausea, Headaches in Test
October 13th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea, according to a summary of the exercise compiled by the Pentagon’s testing office. More than 80% of those who experienced discomfort had symptoms after less than three hours using the customized version […]
“The Biggest Purveyor of Online Mal-, Mis- and Dis-Information Is the U.S. Government”
October 12th, 2022Via: Corbett Report: By their actions, governments and intelligence agencies the world over have revealed that they are truly afraid of the free flow of information online.
Sweden Refuses to Share Results of Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion Investigation With Russia
October 12th, 2022haha Shocker. Via: Summit News: Sweden is refusing to share the preliminary results of its official investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline explosions with Russia, asserting that the information is “confidential.” Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said that the outcome of the inquiry into what severely damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in […]
Russia Strikes Cities Across Ukraine in Retaliation for Bridge Bombing
October 10th, 2022Via: Daily Mail: Vladimir Putin has vowed a ‘severe’ response to attacks on Russia after firing dozens of missiles at Ukraine this morning, blowing up power networks and killing civilians in retaliation for the Crimean bridge blast at the weekend. At least 83 rockets were fired, Ukraine’s military said, with half shot down but half […]
Blast Damages Crimea Bridge, Key Supply Route in Russia’s War in Ukraine
October 8th, 2022Via: CBS: An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed. Images on social media Saturday showed the […]
Army Set To Buy Computerized Rifle Sights For Shooting Down Drones
October 7th, 2022Via: The Warzone: The U.S. Army has purchased SMASH 2000L computerized optical sight systems manufactured by the Israeli defense firm Smart Shooter. The company is highlighting the system’s counter-drone role, and both the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps have already acquired a limited number of older SMASH 2000 variants for this very purpose. SMASH […]
CIA and U.S. Special Forces Are Operating in Ukraine
October 7th, 2022Via: The Intercept: When it became clear that the agency’s predictions of a rapid Russian victory had been wrong, the Biden administration sent the clandestine assets that had been pulled out of Ukraine back into the country, the military and intelligence officials said. One U.S. official insisted that the CIA only conducted a partial withdrawal […]
China Pairs Armed Robot Dogs With Drones That Can Drop Them Anywhere
October 6th, 2022Via: The Warzone: Footage of a Chinese-made drone carrying a ‘robot dog’ that is armed with a machine gun has started to make its rounds on social media, and it looks like it was taken straight out of a dystopian war movie. It isn’t immediately clear if the video was recorded as part of a […]
