Archive for the 'War' Category
‘Pentagon Spec Ops Chief Sees ’10 to 20? More Years of War Against al-Qaida’
May 16th, 2013Via: Wired: The war in Afghanistan may be winding down. But the Pentagon’s chief of irregular warfare still sees a war against al-Qaida that will last decades, all over the world — a prospect that prompted astonishment and constitutional debate in the Senate. Asked at a Senate hearing today how long the war on terrorism […]
TrackingPoint Weapon System
May 16th, 2013Make sure the firewall on your rifle is up to date. Via: Guns: TrackingPoint, operating out of Austin, Tex., developed the truly unique shooting system that fundamentally changes how a person operates a rifle. By using a smart scope and an electronic trigger system TrackingPoint’s “Precision Guided Rifles” can guarantee hits even with the most […]
Navy Launches X-47B from Carrier
May 14th, 2013Via: ABC: The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America’s drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes. Called the X-47B, the drone is considered particularly […]
Former Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt Convicted of Genocide in Guatemala
May 11th, 2013“President Ríos Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment. … I know he wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans and to promote social justice.” —U.S. President Ronald Regan, 1982 Via: Independent: Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing […]
Pentagon Wants ‘Human Surrogate’ for Directed Energy Weapons Testing
May 10th, 2013If the pain ray just affects the skin, as the military has said for years, why do the “Human Surrogate” systems need simulated organs? The spokesperson mentioned in the piece below said that the surrogate will be, “A common test target that can be used across the spectrum of non-lethal stimuli.” That’s fine, nothing to […]
Afghanistan: ‘U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies’
May 10th, 2013You’ll love this one. Via: Wired: Because of the poppies, the raw material for most of the world’s heroin, the list of things 1st Lt. Christopher Gackstatter and his 2nd Platoon can’t do in Sartok is far longer than the list of things they can. Marching into the mud-walled village in this sun-baked district of […]
Special Inspector General Claims Obama Regime Applying Pressure Over ‘Damning Audits’
May 10th, 2013Via: Politico: The watchdog who tracks the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to rebuild Afghanistan says government officials have tried to silence him because they think he’s embarrassing the White House and Afghan President Hamid Karzai by pointing out the waste and fraud. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, used a speech […]
Hanford Nuclear Waste “Cleanup” Disaster
May 10th, 2013Via: Scientific American: The most toxic and voluminous nuclear waste in the U.S.—208 million liters —sits in decaying underground tanks at the Hanford Site (a nuclear reservation) in southeastern Washington State. It accumulated there from the middle of World War II, when the Manhattan Project invented the first nuclear weapon, to 1987, when the last […]
Missouri Legislature Nullifies All Federal Gun Control Measures by a Veto-Proof Majority
May 10th, 2013Via: Tenth Amendment Center: Tonight, the Missouri State House voted to send Governor Jay Nixon what could arguably be the strongest defense against federal gun control measures in American history. The vote was 116-38. HB436, introduced by Representative Doug Funderburk in February, was initially passed by the House in April by a vote of 115-42. […]
Air Force Sidelines 17 ICBM Launch Officers; Commander Cites ‘Rot’ Within System
May 8th, 2013I say: Send in the W.O.P.R. Via: Washington Post: The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit’s launch skills. The group’s deputy commander said it is suffering “rot” […]
