Archive for the 'War' Category
UKRAINE ORDERS FULL MILITARY MOBILIZATION OVER RUSSIA MOVES
March 2nd, 2014Update: New Head of Ukraine’s Navy ‘Defects’ in Crimea Via: BBC: The newly appointed head of Ukraine’s navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader. Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky was only made head of the navy on Saturday, as the government in Kiev reacted to the threat […]
Russian Parliament Formalizes Invasion of Ukraine
March 1st, 2014Via: AP: Russia’s parliament granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine and also recommended Saturday that Moscow’s ambassador be recalled from Washington over comments made by President Barack Obama. The unanimous vote in an emergency session formalized what Ukrainian officials described as an invasion of Russian troops in the strategic […]
Autonomous Drones Flock Like Birds
March 1st, 2014Via: Nature: A Hungarian team has created the first drones that can fly as a coordinated flock. The researchers watched as the ten autonomous robots took to the air in a field outside Budapest, zipping through the open sky, flying in formation or even following a leader, all without any central control. The aircraft, called […]
Ukraine to Ask for UN Security Council Session
February 28th, 2014Via: CBC: Ukraine’s Parliament has asked the United Nations Security Council to address the country’s political turmoil. Lawmakers on Friday adopted a resolution calling for a security council session amid growing tensions as pro-Russian gunmen asserted control over airports in the southern Crimea region. The resolution also called on Russia to halt steps which it […]
Armed Men Seize Government HQ, Raise Russian Flag in Ukraine’s Crimea
February 26th, 2014Update: Ukraine Warns Moscow Against Russian Military Movements in Crimea Via: Reuters: Ukraine said on Thursday it would regard any movements by Russian military in Crimea outside the Russian Black Sea fleet’s base in Sevastopol as an act of aggression. Acting President Oleksander Turchinov issued the warning in the national parliament after armed men seized […]
Russian Ships Arrive On Ukraine’s Crimean Coast
February 26th, 2014Via: International Business Times: According to Russian news site flot.com, Russian military ships carrying soldiers have arrived on Ukraine’s Crimean coast in what some are claiming could be the early signs of a Russian coup in the hotly disputed autonomous region of the Crimea. Russia’s large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov has arrived near the Russia […]
DARPA: Dream Research
February 26th, 2014Via: Medium: Today, Onur Varol and Filippo Menczer at Indiana University in Bloomington, use network science to study the similarities between dreams reported in English, Chinese and Arabic—research that is funded in part by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA. They say their results provide a new window into the cultural links between […]
New Jet-Powered Drone Can Kill 1,800 Miles From Home Base
February 22nd, 2014Via: Wired: The Avenger (formerly Predator C), whose prototype flew its first flight in 2009, is operationally ready after a new round of tests completed last month, according to its maker, General Atomics. Based on the company’s more well-known MQ-9 Reaper drone, Avenger is designed to perform high-speed, long-endurance surveillance or strike missions, flying up […]
Ukraine: President’s Kiev Offices Abandoned
February 22nd, 2014Via: BBC: Ukrainian protesters have been able to enter the president’s official and residential buildings in Kiev, after they were abandoned by police. They have stationed guards outside the entrances to offices, while the interior ministry has said in a statement that it supports the people. President Viktor Yanukovych’s aides say he is in Kharkhiv, […]
Greece Intercepts Israeli Arms Shipments to Iran
February 21st, 2014Your what hurts? Via: Telegraph: Israeli arms dealers twice tried to send spare parts for fighter planes to Iran, The Telegraph has established, flouting an international arms embargo and openly contradicting the bitter enmity between the Jewish state and the Islamic regime. The illegal shipments are now being investigated by the US Homeland Security Department […]
