Archive for the 'War' Category
Israel Stations Nuclear Missile Subs Off Iran
May 31st, 2010Via: Times: Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline. The first has been sent in response to Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, a political and military organisation in Lebanon, could hit sites in Israel, including air […]
U.S. Department of Defense Wants Autonomous Robot Army by 2034
May 29th, 2010Via: TechnoFascism Blog: “It will save lives”, or so the argument goes. Sending a robot warrior onto the battlefield instead of humans seems like the logical next step in a world moving toward greater efficiency and automation. Everyone seems in love with this new technological trend of automated devastation: from the corporations that will profit […]
Afghans Believe U.S. is Funding Taliban
May 29th, 2010NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan By some miracle, the article doesn’t mention opium. Via: Guardian: It’s near-impossible to find anyone in Afghanistan who doesn’t believe the US are funding the Taliban: and it’s the highly educated Afghan professionals, those employed by ISAF, USAID, international media organisations – […]
USAF Flying BS Generator
May 27th, 2010Via: Wired: Name a recent U.S. military operation, and you can pretty much guarantee that a specially modified Air Force plane was somewhere in the vicinity, trying to influencing the minds of the people below. It’s called the Commando Solo. Ordinarily, civilians are not allowed on board. The 193rd Special Operations Wing operates a fleet […]
USAF Vehicle Breaks Record for Hypersonic Flight
May 27th, 2010Via: PhysOrg: An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 – six times the speed of sound. The X-51A Waverider was released from a B-52 Stratofortress off the southern California coast Wednesday morning, the Air Force reported on its website. Its scramjet engine accelerated the […]
Government to Track Your Child’s Body Mass Index
May 27th, 2010U.S. Generals Want Congress to Implement Nutrition Standards for iZombies Because They’re Too Fat to Fight Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Mary Enig Via: American Thinker: I thought this might be one of those bills where someone has misread the language and interpreted what the legislation is supposed to do incorrectly. Nope. Rep. Kind of […]
Increase in Covert Operations Across Middle East
May 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: A senior U.S. military commander issued a secret order last year that laid the ground for an escalation of covert operations across the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, officials said on Monday. Issued last September by General David Petraeus, the order authorized an escalation that included boosting military and intelligence assistance […]
Flashback 2002: Australian Scientist Urged Government to Use Biological Weapons Against “Overpopulated” Countries
May 24th, 2010Via: The Age: World-famous microbiologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel prize winner revered as Australia’s greatest medical research scientist, secretly urged the government to develop biological weapons for use against Indonesia and other “overpopulated” countries of South-East Asia. The revelation is contained in top-secret files declassified by the National Archives of Australia, despite resistance from […]
Obama Channels Bush Senior with New International Order Speech
May 23rd, 2010Via: The Australian: BARACK Obama wants to shape a new “international order” in which the US co-operates with other nations and seeks long-term support by promoting its democratic values. The US President’s weekend speech to cadets at the West Point military academy was practically a trial run for the national security policy he will announce […]
Jefferson Parish Officials Commandeered All of BP’s Hired Boats in Grand Isle
May 23rd, 2010Via: WWLTV: Jefferson Parish Emergency managers say they have commandeered all of BP’s hired boats in Grand Isle. A representative for Jefferson Parish Emergency chief Deano Bonano said they requested immediate action after oil moved into the marsh passes and onto the beaches in Grand Isle. He said more than 40 boats were sitting idle […]
