Archive for the 'War' Category
The Pentagon’s Plan to Outsource Lethal Cyber-Weapons
November 16th, 2015Via: Engadget: The Pentagon has quietly put out a call for vendors to bid on a contract to develop, execute and manage its new cyber weaponry and defense program. The scope of this nearly half-billion-dollar “help wanted” work order includes counterhacking, as well as developing and deploying lethal cyberattacks — sanctioned hacking expected to cause […]
Dozens of People Killed in Terrorist Attacks Across Paris
November 13th, 2015Live Video Coverage: France 24 — Via: CNN: Dozens of people are reported dead after what are being called terror attacks across Paris. Police early Saturday freed hostages at a concert hall. The attacks seemed to be planned to hit areas where many people would be gathered on a Friday night in Paris, officials said.
U.S. Navy Launches Second Missile Off Southern California Coast
November 10th, 2015Via: ABC News: The Navy has confirmed a second missile launch that was like the one that caused so much alarm over the weekend. Just before noon on Monday, the Navy conducted a Trident missile test off the Southern California coast. When the first test was done on Saturday night, thousands of people saw a […]
Secret Military Operations to Divert LAX Planes for a Week
November 7th, 2015Related? Navy Launches Missile Test Off California Coast — Via: ABC: Mysterious maneuvers over the Pacific are forcing a change in Los Angeles International Airport landings late at night, meaning noise for thousands of people in the flight path. Instead of landing from the east over Inglewood, planes begin flying from the west and over […]
U.S. Army Tests Swarms of Consumer Grade Drones in Major Exercise
November 2nd, 2015Via: IT World: The U.S. Army has for the first time tested swarms of consumer drones during a major military training exercise and determined the low-cost technology is at a stage where it could be used offensively. Off-the-shelf drones have brought what was previously complex and expensive technology into the reach of consumers, and the […]
Inside the Pentagon’s Effort to Build a Killer Robot
October 28th, 2015Via: Time: The defense program DARPA is working to create an artificial brain—but what will it mean for humanity if it succeeds? … I am headed to the laboratory of Dr. Garrett T. Kenyon, whose program falls under the rubric of synthetic cognition, an attempt to build an artificial brain. Roboticists define artificial brains as […]
U.S. Back to Combat in Iraq AND Syria
October 28th, 2015“This is combat and things are complicated,” Carter said. No shit. With the Russian imposed no-fly-zone over Syria… How’s this going to work? Without mushroom clouds, I hope. Via: NBC: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that the U.S. will begin “direct action on the ground” against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria, aiming to […]
Northrop Grumman Wins Long Range Strike Bomber Contract
October 27th, 2015Via: Washington Post: Northrop Grumman on Tuesday won the Pentagon contract to build a fleet of stealthy planes known as the Long Range Strike Bomber, a new generation of aircraft designed to reach deep into enemy territory. Northrop beat out a team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the high-stakes competition for a project likely […]
U.S. Weighs Special Forces in Syria, Helicopters in Iraq
October 27th, 2015Via: Reuters: The United States is considering sending a small number of special operations forces to Syria and attack helicopters to Iraq as it weighs options to build momentum in the battle against Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
‘Zeno Effect’ Verified: Atoms Won’t Move While You Watch
October 27th, 2015Via: Cornell University: One of the oddest predictions of quantum theory – that a system can’t change while you’re watching it – has been confirmed in an experiment by Cornell physicists. Their work opens the door to a fundamentally new method to control and manipulate the quantum states of atoms and could lead to new […]
