Archive for the 'War' Category
Much of What Transpires in the Name of Military Research and Development…
December 30th, 2011Via: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: But much of what transpires in the name of military research and development is not research in the sense that it produces scientific and technical knowledge widely applicable inside and outside the Defense Department. A large part of defense R&D activity revolves around building very expensive gadgets that are often […]
China Wins $700 Million Afghan Oil and Gas Deal — Why Didn’t the U.S. Bid?
December 29th, 2011The article below states that, “China has not participated in the war effort,” but it fails to mention that China financed the war by purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of U.S. debt. Just a guess: Maybe some of those debt purchases came with strings attached. U.S. elites got their nonsense war, a bunch […]
Who Is Behind Mystery Spy Devices Dropped Over Syria?
December 26th, 2011Via: intelnews.org: On December 14, residents of a small town in northern Syria reported seeing unidentified aircraft circling overhead, and dropping several small items attached to mini-parachutes. Two days ago, one local resident, Adnan Mustafa, posted on Facebook several photographs of some of these items, which were found scattered around the area. The gadgets, pictured […]
Finland Finds 69 Patriot Missiles, Declared as ‘Fireworks’, on China-Bound Ship
December 23rd, 2011Unnamed German government source claims: Nothing to see here. Via: Washington Post / AP: A shipment of 69 surface-to-air missiles impounded by Finnish authorities was a legitimate delivery from Germany to South Korea, a German official said Thursday. The announcement came after Finnish authorities seized the Patriot missiles and 160 tons of explosives on a […]
U.S. Formally Declares End of Iraq War; Baghdad Explosions Kill at Least 63
December 22nd, 2011Panetta declared the war over. And then… Via: Washington Post: More than a dozen explosions in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 63 people — the first major violence in Iraq since the U.S. completed its troop pullout. At least 194 people were reported injured in the two-hour spate of bombings, said officials at the […]
Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons
December 22nd, 2011Via: Daily Beast: Like Fargo, thousands of other local police departments nationwide have been amassing stockpiles of military-style equipment in the name of homeland security, aided by more than $34 billion in federal grants since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a Daily Beast investigation conducted by the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. The […]
Russian Space Agency Bans Employees from Traveling Abroad
December 21st, 2011The past is never dead. It’s not even past. —William Faulkner Coming up next: Consequences for the families of those who leave anyway. Via: AFP: They may be working to reach the final frontier, but employees of Russian space agency Roscosmos face going no further than Russia for their holidays. Roscosmos’ new chief Vladimir Popovkin […]
Iran Hijacked U.S. Drone by Exploiting Long Known Vulnerability, According to Iranian Engineer
December 20th, 2011Via: Christian Science Monitor: In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran. Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known […]
Programmers Win DARPA Prize for Reconstructing Shredded Documents
December 20th, 2011Make sure to keep reading to the end… Via: Bloomberg: To most people, 10,000 slivers of shredded paper are as good as trash. To three coders in San Francisco, they’re a challenge—especially when the jumbled mass of paper once made up five classified government documents. The trio were not hackers trying to steal state secrets, […]
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il Dead
December 19th, 2011Via: Reuters: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported Monday, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program. … South Korea, still technically at war with the North, placed its troops and all government workers on […]
