Archive for the 'War' Category
Mexico Was Second Deadliest Country in 2016
May 10th, 2017Via: CNN: It was the second deadliest conflict in the world last year, but it hardly registered in the international headlines. As Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan dominated the news agenda, Mexico’s drug wars claimed 23,000 lives during 2016 — second only to Syria, where 50,000 people died as a result of the civil war.
Unmanned U.S. Air Force Space Plane Lands After Secret, Two-Year Mission
May 7th, 2017Via: Reuters: The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for […]
The Military is Using Human Brain Waves to Teach Robots How to Shoot
May 6th, 2017Via: Government Executive: Modern sensors can see farther than humans. Electronic circuits can shoot faster than nerves and muscles can pull a trigger. Humans still outperform armed robots in knowing what to shoot at — but new research funded in part by the Army may soon narrow that gap. Researchers from DCS Corp and the […]
Nonsupported Windows Operating Systems Running on Pentagon Computers
April 30th, 2017Via: DefenseOne: Building and electrical systems, HVAC equipment and other critical infrastructure laden with internet-connected sensors often run on operating systems unsupported by vendors. Even as the Pentagon pushes to upgrade its information systems to Windows 10 by this year, its critical infrastructure remains woefully behind. “About 75 percent of the devices that are control […]
Entire U.S. Senate to Go to White House for North Korea Briefing
April 25th, 2017ZeroHedge notes several coincidences around this time. I’ll add another: New moon 26 April 8:16 a.m EST. A new moon is a desirable time to launch an attack because the lack of moonlight makes it more difficult for the defending side to see the attackers. Via: Reuters: Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare […]
Japan Made Secret Deals with the NSA that Expanded Global Surveillance
April 24th, 2017Via: The Intercept: The documents, published Monday in collaboration with Japanese news broadcaster NHK, reveal the complicated relationship the NSA has maintained with Japan over a period of more than six decades. Japan has allowed NSA to maintain at least three bases on its territory and contributed more than half a billion dollars to help […]
World’s First All-Female Special Forces Unit: Norway’s Jegertroppen
April 17th, 2017Via: NBC: This firefight is just a drill, but the soldiers taking part are battling to break down one of the final barriers to women serving in the armed forces. They are training to become part of Norway’s Jegertroppen or “Hunter Troops” — the world’s first all-female military special forces unit.
DHS Lays Groundwork for Deportation Force
April 12th, 2017Via: U.S. News and World Report: The Trump administration is seeking ways to increase capacity within immigration enforcement agencies to create a deportation force President Donald Trump repeatedly advocated on the campaign trail. According to a document obtained by The Washington Post, the Department of Homeland Security has begun the process of ramping up its […]
North Korea State Media Warns of Nuclear Strike if Provoked
April 11th, 2017Via: Reuters: North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbor, said in a Tweet […]
Donald Trump Warns That Attacking Syria Could Start World War III
April 8th, 2017Via: The Dollar Vigilante:
