Archive for the 'War' Category
LAPD and Special Forces Conduct Military Maneuvers in Skies Above Downtown LA
January 27th, 2012Via: CBS: The Los Angeles Police Department teamed with military special operation forces Wednesday evening to conduct multi-agency tactical exercises in the skies above downtown LA. Many questioned what was going on Wednesday night as a Black Hawk helicopter and four OH-6 choppers – or “Little Birds” – flew over the city, at one point […]
The Invisible War
January 26th, 2012Via: The Invisible War:
‘If you notice a heavy military presence around downtown Los Angeles this week, don’t be alarmed’
January 25th, 2012Via: CBS: If you notice a heavy military presence around downtown Los Angeles this week, don’t be alarmed — it’s only a drill. Joint military training exercises will be held evenings through Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD will be providing support for the exercises, which will also be held in […]
EU Will Impose Oil Embargo on Iran
January 23rd, 2012Via: Guardian: The long-running standoff between Iran and the west over Tehran’s nuclear programme has shifted into a more unpredictable phase after Europe decided to impose an oil embargo on the Islamic republic. The decision by EU foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels raised the stakes dramatically in the war of wits between Iran […]
The Roots of Bain Capital in El Salvador’s Civil War
January 22nd, 2012Via: Salon: A significant portion of the seed money that created Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital, was provided by wealthy oligarchs from El Salvador, including members of a family with a relative who allegedly financed rightist groups that used death squads during the country’s bloody civil war in the 1980s Bain, the source […]
Military Vehicles on Train Near Santa Cruz
January 21st, 2012Definitely the most tanks you’ll see on a train today. Via: YouTube:
Air Force’s Top Brain Wants a ‘Social Radar’ to ‘See Into Hearts and Minds’
January 20th, 2012Another one for your bulging For-Fuck’s-Sake-Roll-Eyes file folder. Via: Wired: Chief Scientists of the Air Force usually spend their time trying to figure out how to build better satellites or make jets go insanely fast. Which makes Dr. Mark Maybury, today’s chief scientist, a bit of an outlier. He’d like to build a set of […]
Pentagon-Funded ‘Fun to Play’ Games Would Crowdsource Weapons Testing
January 20th, 2012Via: Nextgov: The Pentagon plans to fork over $32 million to develop “fun to play” computer games that can refine the way weapons systems are tested to ensure they are free from software errors and security bugs, according to a Defense Department solicitation. The goal is to create puzzles that are “intuitively understandable by ordinary […]
U.S. Army Unveils 1.8 Gigapixel Camera Helicopter Drone
January 17th, 2012Via: BBC: New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras are being developed by the US Army. The army said the technology promised “an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground”. … The Argus-IS’s acronym was chosen to recall Argus Panoptes – the one-hundred-eyed-giant of Greek mythology. The technology is based on […]
Russia Says NATO, Persian Gulf Nations Plan to Seek No-Fly Zone for Syria
January 15th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Russia received information that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and some Persian Gulf countries are preparing military intervention in Syria, the head of the Russian Security Council said. Turkey, a NATO member, may play a key role, Nikolai Patrushev, who used to head the country’s intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, […]
