Archive for the 'War' Category
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 […]
9/11: What 17 Years of Lies Have Done to Us
September 12th, 2018Via: Richard Dolan:
Tooth Radios for Military
September 10th, 2018Via: Defense One: The future of battlefield communications is resting comfortably near your back gums. Next time you pass someone on the street who appears to be talking to themselves, they may literally have voices inside their head…and be a highly trained soldier on a dangerous mission. The Pentagon has inked a roughly $10 million […]
Pentagon Will Spend $2 Billion Developing Next-Generation AI
September 8th, 2018Via: Nextgov: The Pentagon on Friday announced it would spend more than $2 billion over the next five years to advance the foundations of artificial intelligence technology. Through the AI Next initiative, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to bring about so-called “third wave” AI, tools capable of human-like communication and contextual reasoning that […]
The U.S. Army Wants to Transmit Power to Drones with Lasers
September 8th, 2018Via: Defense Systems: Even as drone technology advances, power constraints limit the amount of equipment unmanned systems can carry as well as the time they can stay in the air. Some drone systems, like the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications drone from CyPhy Works, deliver power through a tether to keep a small drone aloft […]
TRUMP THREATENS TO PULL U.S. OUT OF WTO
August 31st, 2018Via: Bloomberg: President Donald Trump said he would pull out of the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t treat the U.S. better, targeting a cornerstone of the international trading system. “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Trump said Thursday in an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg News. Trump said the […]
British Survivors of Nuclear Weapons Tests
August 30th, 2018Via: Vice:
Russia: Unidentified Helicopters Delivering Weapons to Taliban, Islamic State in Afghanistan
August 28th, 2018Weapons in, drugs out. Via: Russian Government / TASS: Russia has recorded flights of unidentified helicopters delivering weapons to the Taliban (a movement outlawed in Russia) and the Islamic State (a terror group outlawed in Russia) units active in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday. “We would like […]
