Archive for the 'War' Category
Space Force Scientist: U.S. Military Must Experiment with Human Augmentation and AI to Stay Ahead of Russia and China
April 30th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Combining humans with machines to create superhuman intelligence may soon no longer be the plot of science-fiction films, as the US Space Force’s chief scientist say it will happen in ‘the coming decade.’ Dr. Joel Mozer, speaking at an event at the Airforce Research Laboratory Wednesday, announced we are entering the age […]
US Investigating ‘Havana Syndrome’ Directed Energy Attack Near White House
April 29th, 2021Beware, CNN is the source. Via: ZeroHedge: And now CNN is reporting what is perhaps the most bizarre and outlandish instance of this yet – a ‘sonic attack’ which sickened a top administration official while standing just outside White House grounds. “That incident, which occurred near the Ellipse, the large oval lawn on the south […]
U.S. Army: “Teams of Air-and Ground-Based Autonomous Agents Operating Mission-to-Mission with No Soldier Intervention”
April 27th, 2021Search and rescue. *wink* Via: U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory: The future battlefield will rely on teams of air-and ground-based autonomous agents operating mission-to-mission with no Soldier intervention. Army researchers have developed a unique approach that allows a rotary wing unmanned air vehicle to land on a moving unmanned ground vehicle without the aid […]
Pentagon Gave Control of Millions of IP Addresses to Florida Shell Company
April 24th, 2021Via: Kentik: Last month, astute contributors to the NANOG listserv highlighted the oddity of massive amounts of DoD address space being announced by what appeared to be a shell company. While a BGP hijack was ruled out, the exact purpose was still unclear. Until yesterday when the Department of Defense provided an explanation to reporters […]
U.S. F-16s Operating Out of Japan with Maximum Air-to-Air Weapons Loadouts
April 21st, 2021Via: The Warzone: The four U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets that recently flew a mission over the highly contested South China Sea were photographed landing at Yokota Air Base in Japan, en route to their home base at Misawa. The images confirm that these jets were armed for counter-air operations with a heavy load […]
‘Invasion Stripes’ on Russian Military Vehicles Near Ukraine [???]
April 16th, 2021It would be nice to see photos or video of the vehicles from above. I couldn’t find any other photos or video besides what is in the piece below. Via: Express: RUSSIA has stoked fears about a looming conflict with Ukraine after pictures emerged of military vehicles decorated with ‘invasion stripes’, amid claims Vladimir Putin […]
Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Buys Microsoft Ahead of Big Govt Contract
April 14th, 2021Via: The Street: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband purchased millions of dollars worth of Microsoft (MSFT) and Roblox (RBLX) shares last month, new financial disclosures form reveal. Paul Pelosi exercised call options and paid $1.95 million to buy 15,000 shares of Microsoft at a strike price of $130 on March 19, according to an April […]
DARPA Is Working On COVID Vaccine, Implantable Microchip To Detect Virus
April 13th, 2021Via: Summit News: The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a COVID vaccine that will work on all variants and has developed an implantable microchip that it says will continuously monitor the human body for signs of the virus. Retired Colonel Matt Hepburn, an army infectious disease physician heading up DARPA’s […]
“I Could Live With That”: How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade
April 12th, 2021Via: Counterpunch: American DEA agents were fully apprised of the drug running of the mujahedin in concert with Pakistani intelligence and military leaders. In 1983 the DEA’s congressional liaison, David Melocik, told a congressional committee, “You can say the rebels make their money off the sale of opium. There’s no doubt about it. These rebels […]
The Military Origins of Facebook
April 12th, 2021Via: Unlimited Hangout: Facebook’s growing role in the ever-expanding surveillance and “pre-crime” apparatus of the national security state demands new scrutiny of the company’s origins and its products as they relate to a former, controversial DARPA-run surveillance program that was essentially analogous to what is currently the world’s largest social network. … Because of the […]
