Archive for the 'War' Category
The Near Detonation of a Mark 39 Hydrogen Bomb Over North Carolina in 1961
September 22nd, 2013Via: Guardian: A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today, reveals that the US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating an atom bomb over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima. The document, obtained by the investigative journalist […]
DARPA to Start Reusable Launch Vehicle Program
September 18th, 2013Via: Space News: The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is about to start a program to develop a reusable first stage that could be used to launch medium-sized satellites for as little as $5 million each. Speaking Sept. 12 at the AIAA Space 2013 conference in San Diego, Pam Melroy, deputy director of […]
Directed Energy Device Disables Vehicles
September 16th, 2013The same company is developing, “High altitude electromagnetic pulse weapons.” Via: Telegraph: An energy beam that can be fired to disable vehicles and electronic devices has been developed by Nato scientists. The device uses an intense pulse of electromagnetic energy that can be directed at a moving vehicle to interfere with the electronics on board. […]
Aaron Alexis: Washington Navy Yard Shooting
September 16th, 2013Update: SWAT Team ‘Stood Down’ at Mass Shooting Scene Is this the most obviously staged mass shooting ever? Sent in by afterhours. Via: BBC: One of the first teams of heavily armed police to respond to Monday’s shooting in Washington DC was ordered to stand down by superiors, the BBC can reveal. A tactical response […]
Israeli Settlers Torch Hebron Family’s Property for Eighth Time
September 16th, 2013Via: International Solidarity Movement: On Sunday, July 28, Israeli settlers severely burned land belonging to Hani Abu Haikel and his family in Hebron. Occupation soldiers, though at first trying to help stop the fire, ended up blocking the road so that Palestinian firefighters were delayed in reaching the scene. Several very old olive trees were […]
Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor’s Legal Fees
September 15th, 2013Via: Huntington Post: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered four Iraqis who were imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to pay nearly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor CACI, an Arlington, Va.-based company that supplied interrogators to the U.S. government during the Iraq War. The decision in favor of CACI stemmed from a […]
U.S., Russia Reach Agreement on Seizure of Syrian Chemical Weapons Arsenal
September 14th, 2013Via: Washington Post: The United States and Russia agreed Saturday on an outline for the identification and seizure of Syrian chemical weapons and said Syria must turn over an accounting of its arsenal within a week. The agreement will be backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution that could allow for sanctions or other consequences […]
UN Team Finds No Proof of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
September 11th, 2013Via: Sydney Morning Herald: United Nations investigators have listed a wide range of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Syria, but provided no conclusion on the issue of chemical weapons use. “On the evidence currently available, it was not possible to reach a finding about the chemical agents used, their delivery systems or […]
Stealth Coating Based on Squid Skin Could Make Soldiers Invisible to Night Vision
September 11th, 2013Via: Telegraph: Most camouflage materials used to disguise soldiers and vehicles during the day show up easily when viewed through night vision goggles and infrared cameras. This is because leaves and other foliage reflect infrared light in a different way to other fabrics and materials. However, scientists at the University of California Irvine have created […]
U.S. ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO SYRIA: ASSAD HAS ONE WEEK TO TURN OVER CHEMICAL WEAPONS
September 9th, 2013Update: Syria ‘Welcomes’ Proposal to Put Chemical Weapons Under International Control Via: CNN: Syria on Monday embraced a Russian proposal for Bashar al-Assad to put his nation’s chemical weapons under international control as part of an effort to head off a possible military strike from the United States over an alleged poison gas attack. Syrian […]
