Archive for the 'War' Category
How the Pentagon Was Duped by Contractors Using Shell Companies
January 5th, 2020Duped. *wink* Missing $21 trillion? Yep, still missing. Via: Bloomberg: Shell companies have come under attack for obscuring illicit money flowing into real estate. But it turns out they’re also a problem for the Pentagon. Some Defense Department suppliers have used such front companies to fraudulently win manufacturing bids, according to a U.S. Government Accountability […]
U.S. Contractors Accused of Funding Taliban Attacks Against American Troops
January 5th, 2020Via: Courthouse News: Nearly 400 people who were either wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan or are family members of service members who died in the conflict sued a group of companies on Friday they say helped fund attacks against Americans by making protection payments to the Taliban. “Defendants supported the Taliban […]
And Now… “New York Mayor Says City Bracing for Iranian Retaliation After Soleimani Killed”
January 4th, 2020Via: Reuters: New York City security officials went on heightened alert for possible Iranian retaliation in response to a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday that killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The city is constantly vigilant against possible terrorist attacks given its history but the mayor […]
U.S. Government Limits Exports of Artificial Intelligence Software
January 4th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration took measures on Friday to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software as part of a bid to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of rival powers like China. Under a new rule which goes into effect on Monday, companies that export certain types of geospatial imagery software from the […]
U.S. Kills Top Iranian General in Baghdad
January 2nd, 2020Update: U.S. State Department: All U.S. Citizens Should Depart Iraq Immediately Via: U.S. Embassy Baghdad: Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, the U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to heed the January 2020 Travel Advisory and depart Iraq immediately. U.S. citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries […]
Taiwan Military Chief Among Eight Dead as Helicopter Makes Forced Landing
January 2nd, 2020Via: Reuters: Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday after the helicopter carrying them made a forced landing in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the defense ministry said. … The chief of general staff, Air Force General Shen Yi-ming, died in the incident, while five of the 13 people […]
U.S. Baghdad Embassy Attacked by Protesters Angry at Air Strikes
December 31st, 2019Via: BBC: Protesters angered by recent US air strikes targeting an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia have attacked the American embassy compound in Baghdad. US troops fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that breached the outer wall of the compound, which is in the capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone. A guard post on the street nearby […]
Deteriorating U.S. Atomic Waste Dump in Marshall Islands to be Investigated
December 30th, 2019Via: BBC: The US Congress has demanded an investigation into a concrete dome full of nuclear waste, threatened by rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands. Dubbed “the tomb”, it holds tonnes of radioactive debris from dozens of US atomic bomb tests carried out during the Cold War. Congress wants the Department of Energy to […]
China Launches Powerful Rocket in Boost for 2020 Mars Mission
December 27th, 2019Via: AFP: China Friday launched one of the world’s most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020. The heavy lift Long March 5 rocket carrying a test satellite payload blasted off from the Wenchang launch site on the southern island of Hainan at 8:45 pm (1245 GMT), […]
New Russian Weapon Can Travel 27 Times the Speed of Sound
December 27th, 2019Via: ABC: A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia’s defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country’s nuclear strike capability. Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. The […]
