Archive for the 'War' Category
The Navy’s New 100 KiloWatt Laser Weapons
June 15th, 2009Don’t miss the picture of the high voltage power supply. That reminds me of my favorite English-Russia post; satellite image, machine translation. Bzzzzzt, bzzzzzt, ZAP! Via: Popular Mechanics: The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a year-long contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser (FEL) for naval […]
U.S. Rejects Victory Claim by Iran’s Ahmadinejad
June 14th, 2009Via: AP: The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud. Any hopes by the Obama administration of gaining a result similar to Lebanon’s recent election, won by a Western-backed moderate coalition, appeared to be […]
Global Military Spending Sets New Record
June 8th, 2009Via: BBC: Global military spending rose 4% in 2008 to a record $1,464bn (£914bn) – up 45% since 1999, according to the Stockholm-based peace institute Sipri. In contrast with civilian aerospace and airlines, the defence industry remains healthy. “The global financial crisis has yet to have an impact on major arms companies’ revenues, profits and […]
Mexico: Shootout Kills 15 Gunmen, 1 Soldier in Acapulco
June 7th, 2009Via: CBC News: Fifteen gunmen and one soldier were killed during a gun battle in Acapulco’s tourist zone early Sunday, the Mexican military said. The two-hour shootout began after military forces arrived at a house in the popular tourist area to investigate a tip that armed men were inside. An army colonel at the scene […]
Deadly Clashes in Peru’s Amazon
June 6th, 2009Via: BBC: At least 31 people have died in clashes in Peru between the security forces and indigenous people in the Amazon region. Those killed included at least 22 tribesmen and nine policemen. The violence took place as security forces tried to end a road blockade. There have been fuel and transport blockades in Peru’s […]
China Explores Buying $50 Billion in IMF Bonds
June 6th, 2009Via: Financial Times: China is “actively considering” buying up to $50bn of International Monetary Fund bonds, the country’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange has said. John Lipsky, IMF first deputy managing director, confirmed the Chinese proposal, which follows one by Russia to buy $10bn (€7.1bn, £6.2bn) in IMF bonds. Friday’s statement by China said any […]
Over 90% of the Global Rare Earth Resource Held by Chinese Companies
June 5th, 2009Via: Financial Times: The Chinese acquisition of stakes in Australian rare earth miners Lynas Corporation and Arafura Resources has “caught the rest of the world sleeping,” said Rod McIllree, managing director at Australian-based Greenland Minerals & Energy (GME). Following two acquisitions in the past six months for an aggregate USD 163m, Korean, Japanese and Western […]
Fisk: “I suspect that what the Arab world wants to hear is that Obama will take his soldiers out of Muslim lands.”
June 5th, 2009Via: Independent: More and more, it looks like the same old melody that Bush’s lads used to sing. We’re not against the Muslim world. In fact, we are positively for it. We want you to have democracy, up to a point. We love Arab “moderates” and we want to reach out to you and be […]
Mysterious ‘Chip’ is CIA’s Latest Weapon Against al-Qaida Targets Hiding in Pakistan’s Tribal Belt
June 2nd, 2009The ‘chip’ is a bit less mysterious to Cryptogon readers since the DARPA program was mentioned here months ago: Continuous Clandestine Tagging, Tracking and Locating (CTTL). Via: Guardian: The CIA is equipping Pakistani tribesmen with secret electronic transmitters to help target and kill al-Qaida leaders in the north-western tribal belt, in a tactic that could […]
Hitmen Contracts to Bust Comex?
June 2nd, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I read these types of articles about gold all the time, but I rarely post them. However, if Colonel Kurtz himself wrote about gold from his renegade compound, deep in the jungle, with heads on stakes and all of the other […]
