Archive for the 'War' Category
Lockheed Martin’s ‘Got Their Fingers Everywhere’; Firm Costs Each U.S. Taxpaying Household $260 Per Year
January 4th, 2011Fingers… or tentacles? Via: Yahoo / Tech Ticker: That’s been the key question asked of Wall Street’s biggest banks since the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, which sent shock waves through the global financial system and led to the worst recession this country has seen since the Great Depression. But, there is another firm […]
Gorgon Stare
January 3rd, 2011Via: Washington Post: In ancient times, Gorgon was a mythical Greek creature whose unblinking eyes turned to stone those who beheld them. In modern times, Gorgon may be one of the military’s most valuable new tools. This winter, the Air Force is set to deploy to Afghanistan what it says is a revolutionary airborne surveillance […]
Letter from Poland
December 30th, 2010Via: Letter from Poland / YouTube:
Nearly 1 in 4 Students Too Stupid to Pass U.S. Army Entrance Exam
December 22nd, 2010It’s actually much worse than the headline indicates. Check out this sentence: Pentagon data shows that 75 percent of those aged 17 to 24 don’t even qualify to take the test because they are physically unfit, have a criminal record or didn’t graduate high school. Via: AP: Nearly one-fourth of the students who try to […]
Hope and Change: Obama Regime Hiring Mercenaries ‘At a Rate That Would Make Bush Blush’
December 16th, 2010Via: Daily Beast: Without much notice or debate, the Obama administration has greatly expanded the outsourcing of key parts of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency wars in the Middle East and Africa, and as a result, for its secretive air war and special operations missions around the world, the U.S. has become increasingly reliant on a new […]
U.S. Army to Issue Smartphones to All Soldiers
December 16th, 2010You’ll love this. Via: USA Today: The Army wants to issue every soldier an iPhone or Android cellphone — it could be a soldier’s choice. And to top it off, the Army wants to pay your monthly phone bill. To most soldiers, it sounds almost too good to be true, but it’s real, said Lt. […]
New Intel Core VPro Processors Can Be Remotely Disabled Over 3G Networks, Even When an OS Is Not Running
December 15th, 2010Via: PC World: Intel on Wednesday said it would release in the first quarter next year Core VPro processors for business desktops and laptops that incorporate a host of new security and management features. The new chips will come in dual-core and quad-core variants, and will be based on the company’s upcoming Sandy Bridge architecture, […]
U.S. Vulnerable to Rare Earth Shortages
December 15th, 2010Via: New York Times: The United States is too reliant on China for minerals crucial to new clean energy technologies, making the American economy vulnerable to shortages of materials needed for a range of green products — from compact fluorescent light bulbs to electric cars to giant wind turbines. So warns a detailed report to […]
U.S. Appoints First Cyber Warfare General
December 15th, 2010Via: Guardian: The US military has appointed its first senior general to direct cyber warfare – despite fears that the move marks another stage in the militarisation of cyberspace. The newly promoted four-star general, Keith Alexander, takes charge of the Pentagon’s ambitious and controversial new Cyber Command, designed to conduct virtual combat across the world’s […]
Afghanistan: Petraeus Triples Air War
December 14th, 2010Via: Wired: November is ordinarily the month when the air war in Afghanistan — and really, the whole American-led campaign — ratchets down for the winter. This November, with Gen. David Petraeus in charge of the war effort, things have been different. Radically different. NATO fighter jets and attack planes launched their bombs and missiles […]
