Archive for the 'War' Category
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
October 4th, 2018Update: Apple, Amazon Deny Bloomberg Report on Chinese Hardware Attack — Via: Bloomberg: In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video. Based in Portland, Ore., Elemental made software for compressing massive […]
Chinese Armed Drones Now Flying Across Mideast Battlefields
October 3rd, 2018Via: AP: High above Yemen’s rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up. Seconds later, the SUV exploded in flames, killing Saleh al-Samad, a top […]
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to Supply Engines for Boeing-Lockheed Rocket Venture
September 27th, 2018Via: Wall Street Journal: Blue Origin LLC, the space-transportation company run by Jeff Bezos, has won a contract to provide engines for a potential rival’s next-generation rocket, according to people familiar with the matter, vaulting Mr. Bezos into the lucrative market for Pentagon satellite launches. United Launch Alliance LLC—a joint venture between Boeing Co. and […]
Steve1989MREInfo
September 26th, 2018I thought, “I’ll just watch one…” Steve1989MREInfo Via: Steve1989MREInfo:
Trump Planning Martial Law for War Against Deep State [???]
September 23rd, 2018I doubt it. However, I also doubt my ability to predict much with regard to Trump. I thought that the Clinton criminal enterprise would be back in the White House after the 2016 election… With all of the bans on alternative perspectives currently sweeping through the big tech/social networking companies, it does seem like something […]
DARPA: Paralyzed Man with Brain-Computer-Interface Controls Multiple Simulated Aircraft
September 20th, 2018Via: Defense One: DARPA’s new research in brain-computer interfaces is allowing a pilot to control multiple simulated aircraft at once. A person with a brain chip can now pilot a swarm of drones — or even advanced fighter jets, thanks to research funded by the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. The […]
U.S. Air Force Testing Reaper Drones for Air-to-Air Combat
September 20th, 2018Via: Military.com: An MQ-9 Reaper drone has bagged its first air-to-air kill of another small, aerial vehicle in a controlled simulation, an official revealed to Military.com this week. The successful test late last year showed the U.S. Air Force that an unmanned vehicle like the MQ-9 has the ability to conduct air-to-air combat, much like […]
Guadalajara: Trailer Full of Decomposing Corpses
September 19th, 2018In other news: Mexican Street Dogs Fight for Discarded Human Head in Tijuana. Via: Guardian: Mexicans have reacted with outrage after authorities in the western state of Jalisco left a trailer full of decomposing corpses on the outskirts of Mexico’s second-largest city following a wave of violence which overwhelmed local morgues. Locals in the Guadalajara […]
Trump Hits China with Fresh Tariffs
September 17th, 2018Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Beijing, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of imports in a move one senior Chinese regulator said “poisoned” the atmosphere for negotiations. Trump also warned in a statement on Monday that if China takes retaliatory action against U.S. farmers or industries, […]
Trump ‘Orders Further China Tariffs’
September 15th, 2018Via: BBC: US President Donald Trump has instructed staff to move forward with the next round of tariffs on Chinese goods, US media have reported. The tariffs are expected to apply to about $200bn worth of imports from China, including electronic parts and consumer goods such as handbags. It remains unclear when the new import […]
