Archive for the 'War' Category
Brownells Sells 3.5 Years’ Worth of Magazines in 72 hours
December 22nd, 2012Via: Guns.com: In the face of possible legislation to restrict and possibly ban firearms and magazines over a certain capacity, waves of panic buyers have stripped shelves to the paint, at both retail and online gun stores. A combination of demand and gouging has caused prices for rifle magazines and rifles, parts and accessories to […]
Military Turns to ESPN to Help Analyze Drone Footage
December 22nd, 2012Via: USA Today: Can SportsCenter teach the military something about combating terrorists? After rapidly expanding the number of drones around the world, the Air Force is now reaching out to ESPN and other experts in video analysis to keep up with the flood of footage the unmanned aircraft are transmitting. “They’re looking at anything and […]
The Economic Return of Iceland Has Proved That the Joke Was on Ireland
December 20th, 2012Via: Irish Independent: WAY back in the autumn of 2008, the joke in financial circles was that the only difference between Ireland and Iceland was a letter and six months. Now, with the Icelandic banks preparing to issue foreign currency bonds once again, it turns out that the joke was on us. Remember when the […]
Citizen Drone Warfare?
December 20th, 2012How long until direction finding and jamming equipment will have to be carried by police? I know: Ban drones! Via: YouTube:
‘A Dog on Two Legs?’
December 17th, 2012Via: Der Spiegel: A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United States Air Force in New Mexico. He kills dozens of people. But then, one day, he realizes that he can’t do it anymore. … […]
U.S. Deploying Troops, Patriot Missiles Along Turkey-Syria Border
December 14th, 2012Via: CNN: The United States gave the go-ahead Friday to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles to Turkey along with enough troops to operate them as the heavily embattled government in neighboring Syria again vehemently denied firing ballistic missiles at rebels. … U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed the order while en route to Turkey to send […]
Human Operator Taxies X-47B on Flight Deck of Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman
December 12th, 2012Via: U.S. Navy: The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Systems (UCAS) demonstrator taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is the first aircraft carrier to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft.
U.S. Air Force X-37B Returns to Orbit
December 12th, 2012Via: NBC: An Atlas 5 rocket sent the Air Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle on its first repeat flight on Tuesday, kicking off a months-long classified mission reportedly aimed at testing advanced spy satellite sensors.
U.S. Providing Syrian Rebels with Training on ‘How to Secure Chemical Weapons’
December 12th, 2012Via: CNN: The United States and some European allies are using defense contractors to train Syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, a senior U.S. official and several senior diplomats told CNN Sunday. The training, which is taking place in Jordan and Turkey, involves how to monitor and secure stockpiles and […]
U.S. Recognizes Syrian Opposition Group
December 12th, 2012The blowback from this one is going to be interesting. Via: ABC: In a diplomatic shift, President Obama said today his administration now formally recognizes the newly-formed, leading coalition of Syrian rebels who are fighting to topple Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad. “We’ve made a decision that the Syrian Opposition Coalition is now inclusive enough, […]
