Archive for the 'War' Category
Israel Attacks Syria Again
May 5th, 2013Via: CNN: A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation’s military research facility a “declaration of war” by Israel. In an interview with CNN, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad said the attack represented an alliance between Islamic terrorists and Israel. He added that Syria would retaliate against Israel in its own time […]
Israeli Aircraft Bomb Target in Syria
May 4th, 2013Via: New York Times: Israel aircraft bombed a target in Syria overnight Thursday, an Obama administration official said Friday night, as United States officials said they were considering military options, including carrying out their own airstrikes. American officials did not provide details on the target of the Israeli strike. But in late January, Israel carried […]
RoboBee
May 3rd, 2013It requires a tether for power and control, but who knows how long that constraint will last… Via: Christian Science Monitor: The successful controlled flight of the tiny RoboBee – designed by a team at Harvard – represents a key step in the development of insect-size drones with a range of potential uses. A robotic […]
Digital Camera System Based on Insect Eyes
May 3rd, 2013Via: The Verge: Samsung may claim its smartphones are inspired by nature, but researchers at the University of Illinois are taking that concept much farther — they’ve designed a new digital camera system that draws from the eyes of insects. The system, which relies on a large range of miniscule focusing lenses and detectors arranged […]
Obama Regime to Ship Arms Directly to Syrian Rebels
May 1st, 2013The U.S. has been supplying weapons to the Syrian rebels for months through third countries. Let’s just get over this nonsense about pretending that it hasn’t been happening all along. Via: Washington Post: President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive U.S. leadership […]
Afghanistan: CIA’s ‘Ghost Money’
April 29th, 2013Keep in mind, this is the New-York-Times-Limited-Hangout version. My guess is that a couple of extra zeros, at least, would need to be tacked onto, “tens of millions of dollars,” to approach anything resembling what has gone down over there. Via: New York Times: For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into […]
(Update: Fraud) ‘Unclaimed’ Documentary Film About a U.S. Army Veteran Left Behind in Vietnam for 44 Years
April 27th, 2013‘Missing’ U.S. Soldier Story Exposed as Fraud Via: Independent: Had it been true, it would have been one of the most gripping war stories of all time. But sadly it looks as if the man found living in the Vietnam jungle, who a new documentary claims is ‘long dead’ US army veteran Sgt John Hartley […]
DHS Used 1,000 More Rounds Per Person than Army in 2012
April 26th, 2013Via: Fox: Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is using roughly 1,000 rounds of ammunition more per person than the U.S. Army, as he and other lawmakers sharply questioned DHS officials on their “massive” bullet buys. “It is entirely … inexplicable why the Department of Homeland Security needs so […]
U.S. Believes Syria Used Chemical Weapons
April 25th, 2013Here we go again. Via: USA Today: The United States now believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and a White House letter to Congress. The White House informed Congress about the chemical weapons use in letters to Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, […]
DARPA Developing Alternative to GPS; Doesn’t Depend on Satellites
April 25th, 2013Via: AFP: To that end, researchers at DARPA and the University of Michigan have created a new system that works without satellites to determine position, time and direction, all contained within a eight-cubic-millimeter chip. The tiny chip holds three gyroscopes, three accelerometers and an atomic clock, which, together, work as an autonomous navigation system. DARPA […]
