Archive for the 'War' Category
India to Deploy 36,000 Extra Troops on Chinese Border
November 25th, 2010Via: BBC: India has formed two new army divisions – comprising more than 36,000 men – to defend the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The remote north-eastern state adjoins China which claims large parts of it. The 56th Division will be based in the nearby state of Nagaland to guard the eastern flank of Arunachal […]
Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program May Be Fraudulent
November 25th, 2010Via: TruthOut: Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany – has been demanding that Iran explain a set of purported internal documents portraying a covert Iranian military program of research and development of nuclear weapons. The “laptop documents,” […]
U.S. Launches Giant Eavesdropping Satellite
November 23rd, 2010Via: AFP: The United States has placed in orbit a vast reconnaissance satellite reputed to be the largest eavesdropping device ever launched into space. The largest unmanned American launch vehicle, the Delta-4 Heavy rocket, roared into the the night sky in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday carrying the mysterious satellite on a mission dubbed NROL-32. […]
Dollar Up Sharply on Koreas; European Financial Mess
November 23rd, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Intraday, the dollar has broken up and out of its most recent daily interval range, the top of which was 79.461. The first meaningful resistance on this dollar rally is 80.085 (the pivot low from 6 August 2010). If it clears […]
North and South Korea Exchange Artillery Fire
November 23rd, 2010Via: MSNBC: Fires were burning out of control Tuesday after a South Korean island was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea. YTN said at least 200 North Korean shells hit Yeonpyeong island. Most of the shells landed on a South Korean military base there. South Korea returned fire and scrambled F-16 […]
For 18 Minutes in April, China Hijacked 15% of the World’s Internet Traffic
November 17th, 2010Via: National Defense Magazine: For 18 minutes in April, China’s state-controlled telecommunications company hijacked 15 percent of the world’s Internet traffic, including data from U.S. military, civilian organizations and those of other U.S. allies. This massive redirection of data has received scant attention in the mainstream media because the mechanics of how the hijacking was […]
Clues Suggest Stuxnet Virus Was Built for Subtle Nuclear Sabotage
November 16th, 2010Via: Wired: New and important evidence found in the sophisticated “Stuxnet” malware targeting industrial control systems provides strong hints that the code was designed to sabotage nuclear plants, and that it employs a subtle sabotage strategy that involves briefly speeding up and slowing down physical machinery at a plant over a span of weeks. “It […]
Pentagon Readies New Ship-Killers for Showdown with China
November 12th, 2010Via: Wired: Pentagon planners were wary of China’s double-digit military-budget growth rates even before the global economic crisis put the squeeze on America’s own defense investment. Now the Chinese army’s growth continues while America’s flat-lines. That’s got the U.S. military, especially the Navy, scrambling for new ideas. The most hopeful is an emerging concept for […]
Chinese Credit Rating Company Downgrades U.S.
November 9th, 2010I wonder if Chinese television is carrying the one about the “mystery” missile launch… Via: Bloomberg: China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. cut its credit rating for the U.S. to A+ from AA because of a Federal Reserve plan to purchase bonds to spur growth and inflation, according to Xinhua News Agency. The credit outlook […]
Mystery Missile Launch Seen Off California Coast
November 9th, 2010Update: Thomas G. McInerney, Retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General: “That is a missile, it’s launched from a submarine… I am absolutely certain that that is not an aircraft.” The venue was Fox News, but I happen to agree with Thomas McInerney’s assessment. I’ve transcribed the salient points of what he said. My ears […]
