Archive for the 'War' Category
Northrop Grumman RQ-180
December 7th, 2013Via: Aviation Week: A large, classified unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency. Defense and intelligence officials say the secret unmanned aerial system (UAS), designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, is scheduled to enter production for the U.S. Air Force […]
NROL-39: Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach
December 6th, 2013Via: Register: The NRO are totally embracing their menacing Big Brother persona and putting it out there for world+dog to see, having launched a bunch of satellites and a mysterious payload on a spacecraft yesterday – complete with the logo of a creepy octopus sucking the life out of our world. The Office of the […]
Rise of the Machines – USA
December 6th, 2013Via: Journeyman Pictures:
Navy Launches a Drone from a Submerged Submarine
December 6th, 2013Via: Defense One: The Naval Research Lab just launched a drone from a submerged submarine – giving a huge edge to the future of special operations. It took six years to develop and launch an all-electric, fuel cell-powered, folding-wing drone aircraft from a submerged submarine. The eXperimental Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial System, or XFC UAS, […]
Mission Acomplished: Afghanistan Opium Harvest at Record High
December 4th, 2013Via: BBC: Afghan opium cultivation has reached a record level, with more than 200,000 hectares planted with the poppy for the first time, the United Nations says. The UNODC report said the harvest was 36% up on last year, and if fully realised would outstrip global demand. Most of the rise was in Helmand province, […]
For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code at All Minuteman Silos in the U.S. Was 00000000
December 2nd, 2013Via: Today I Found Out: Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an attack on American soil, that to minimize any foreseeable delay in launching a nuclear missile, for nearly two decades they intentionally set the launch codes […]
China Sends Warplanes to Newly Declared Air Zone
November 28th, 2013Via: BBC: China has sent warplanes to its newly declared air defence zone in the East China Sea, state media reports. The vast zone, announced last week, covers territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. China has said all planes transiting the zone must file flight plans and identify themselves, or face “defensive […]
U.S. B-52s Flew Through China’s Newly Declared Air Defense Zone
November 26th, 2013Update: Japanese Airliners Also Ignoring Chinese Directive — Via: CNN: Two U.S. military aircraft flew into China’s newly claimed and challenged air defense zone over the East China Sea, a U.S. official said, an action that could inflame tensions between the world powers. The large U.S. Air Force B-52 planes — which were not armed […]
Israelis Secretly Inspect Saudi Bases; Possible Staging Ground for Strikes Against Iran
November 24th, 2013As a response, would Iran blow up Saudi Aramco’s deep water oil terminal at Ras Tanura, or close shipping through the Strait of Hormuz? Decisions, decisions. Via: Klein Online: Israeli personnel in recent days were in Saudi Arabia to inspect bases that could be used as a staging ground to launch attacks against Iran, according […]
U.S. Army Awards Grants for 4D Printing Research
November 24th, 2013Via: Live Science: The 3D printing revolution shows no signs of letting up, and now has made its way on to the next dimension. The U.S. Army Research Office has awarded $855,000 to three universities to make advances in 4D printing, which is the ability to 3D-print objects that can change their shape or appearance […]
