Archive for the 'War' Category
Russian Armored Columns Said to Capture Key Ukrainian Town
August 28th, 2014Via: Washington Post: Russian forces in two armored columns captured a key southeastern coastal town near the Russian border Thursday after Ukrainian forces retreated in the face of superior firepower, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. The two Russian columns, including tanks and armored fighting vehicles, entered the town of Novoazovsk on the Sea of Azov […]
Variety of Military Weapons Given to Police Departments Have Gone Missing
August 27th, 2014Via: Fusion: Fusion has learned that 184 state and local police departments have been suspended from the Pentagon’s “1033 program” for missing weapons or failure to comply with other guidelines. We uncovered a pattern of missing M14 and M16 assault rifles across the country, as well as instances of missing .45-caliber pistols, shotguns and 2 […]
U.S. Begins Surveillance Flights Over Syria
August 26th, 2014Via: Syria: U.S. surveillance flights over Syria have started with President Obama’s go ahead, a step that will provide potential targets if airstrikes against Islamic State militants are approved. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that an unnamed U.S. official said the flights had begun. USA TODAY reported Monday that the flights will provide information on […]
Islamic State Might Have Taken Advanced MANPADS from Syrian Airfield
August 25th, 2014Laying the backstory for the next spectacle. Via: Washington Post: Islamic State militants stormed a Syrian airbase over the weekend, routing the remaining elements of the country’s army from northern Raqqah province and reportedly seizing a cache of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles. The seizure of Tabqa air base, while not the first installation of its type […]
Foley Video with Briton Was… Staged?
August 24th, 2014The Foley CPR Doll theory has been circulating right from the start. It’s interesting that we now have an anonymous forensics company issuing what amounts to a limited hangout to deal with the CPR doll theory. In other words, staged, yes, but still murder. Via: Telegraph: The video of James Foley’s execution may have been […]
NATO Claims Russian Artillery Units Are Firing at Ukrainian Soldiers
August 22nd, 2014Via: Time: Artillery units being operated by Russian soldiers have crossed into Ukraine and are firing on Ukrainian forces, Western officials said Friday, in an apparent escalation of the ongoing conflict along the border. “We have seen the use of Russian artillery in Ukraine in the past days,” U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes […]
Russian “Aid” Trucks Enter Ukraine Without Permission
August 22nd, 2014Via: BBC: A senior official in Kiev has accused Russia of invading Ukraine after Russian humanitarian aid lorries crossed the border without permission. Russia began sending in its lorries, stranded at the border for more than a week, after formally accusing Ukraine of unreasonable obstruction. Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, head of Ukraine’s SBU security service, said it […]
Hagel: Threat Posed by U.S. Funded and Armed Terrorist Organization ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
August 21st, 2014Mmm hmm. Via: Reuters: The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants represent a major threat to the United States that may surpass that once posed by al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday. “They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” Defense […]
Amazon Expands Its Cloud Services to U.S. Military
August 21st, 2014Via: DefenseOne: Amazon Web Services has become the first commercial cloud provider authorized to handle the Defense Department’s most sensitive unclassified data. Today’s announcement that AWS has achieved a provisional authority to operate under DOD’s cloud security model at impact levels 3-5 is a major win for the company, as it allows DOD customers to […]
Private Military Contractor Providing Security for One Person in Ferguson
August 21st, 2014Via: The Verge: A menagerie of armed state and federal agents have filtered in and out of Ferguson, Missouri for more than a week as unrest has grown there, and now even a private military company is joining the mix. Asymmetric Solutions, a PMC that claims to be “capable of deploying highly qualified former special […]
