Archive for the 'War' Category
Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
May 28th, 2015Via: Nature: Technologies have reached a point at which the deployment of such systems is — practically if not legally — feasible within years, not decades. The stakes are high: LAWS have been described as the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms. Autonomous weapons systems select and engage targets without human intervention; […]
Russia Masses Heavy Firepower on Border with Ukraine
May 28th, 2015Check out the gallery. Via: Reuters: Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week. Many of the vehicles have number plates and identifying marks removed while many of the servicemen […]
Anthrax: Pentagon Accidentally Sent Bioweapon To As Many As Nine States
May 28th, 2015Via: Guardian: The Pentagon has conceded it accidentally shipped samples of a live bioweapon across nine states and to a US air base in South Korea. In an extraordinary Wednesday admission, the Pentagon revealed what it called an “inadvertent transfer of samples containing live Bacillus anthracis,” or anthrax, took place at an unspecified time from […]
Pentagon Report Predicted West’s Support for Islamist Rebels Would Create ISIS
May 27th, 2015Try not to die of shock. Via: Medium: A declassified secret US government document obtained by the conservative public interest law firm, Judicial Watch, shows that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups to topple Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad. The document reveals that in coordination with the Gulf states and Turkey, […]
New ‘Deep Learning’ Technique Enables Robot Mastery of Skills Via Trial and Error
May 22nd, 2015I mainly posted this because of the Comedy Gold juxtaposition below. haha Via: UC Berkeley: The work is part of a new People and Robots Initiative at UC’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). The new multi-campus, multidisciplinary research initiative seeks to keep the dizzying advances in artificial intelligence, robotics […]
The One About The “U.S. Cracking Down on Militarization of Local Police”
May 18th, 2015Oh sure, and I guess all of those weapons and other equipment are just going to turn into a giant pumpkin at midnight. Via: MSNBC: The federal government will no longer provide heavy military equipment like tanks and grenade launchers to local cops following weeks of backlash against officers who confronted protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, […]
BP Hires Former MI6 Boss John Sawers
May 18th, 2015Via: Guardian: BP has hired the former head of MI6 as it seeks to capitalise on his top-level diplomatic experience while dealing with some of the toughest political environments around the world. Sir John Sawers, who was head of the Secret Intelligence Service between 2009 and 2014, has joined the oil company’s board as a […]
Whistleblower: Trident Nuclear Submarine Program
May 17th, 2015Full text: William McNeilly document (.pdf). Via: BBC: The Royal Navy is to investigate claims that security and safety procedures around the Trident nuclear submarines are inadequate. The investigation was launched after the claims were made by a submariner who has gone on the run. Able Seaman William McNeilly alleged the Trident programme was a […]
U.S. Troops in Ukraine
April 26th, 2015Via: Reuters: As the crisis in Ukraine drags on, U.S.-Russia relations continue to deteriorate. The United States has just taken a step that risks bringing that relationship to a new low. As part of its effort to support Ukraine, the U.S. military recently sent 290 troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade based in Vicenza, Italy, […]
Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane to Fly Again Next Month
April 25th, 2015There’s still no solid information about what it’s doing. Via: Space: The United States Air Force’s X-37B space plane will launch on its fourth mystery mission next month. The unmanned X-37B space plane, which looks like a miniature version of NASA’s now-retired space shuttle orbiter, is scheduled to blast off atop a United Launch Alliance […]
