Archive for the 'War' Category
Mutant Seeds for Mesopotamia
October 22nd, 2008Via: Uruknet: One would think that Iraqi farmers, now prospering under “freedom” and “democracy,” would be able to plant the seeds of their choosing, but that choice, under little-known Order 81, would be illegal. … What makes this Order 81 even more outrageous is that Iraqi farmers have been saving wheat and barley seeds since […]
Second Bomb Blast Hits B.C. Pipeline
October 21st, 2008Via: GlobalBC: RCMP are investigating what one politician is calling an act of terrorism after a bomb exploded on a sour gas pipeline in northern British Columbia – the second such incident to be discovered in the area in a week. Police said they believe the attack is meant as a threat intended to drive […]
DARPA Contract Description Hints at Advanced Video Spying
October 20th, 2008More inputs for Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation. Via: Washington Post: Real-time streaming video of Iraqi and Afghan battle areas taken from thousands of feet in the air can follow actions of people on the ground as they dig, shake hands, exchange objects and kiss each other goodbye. The video is sent from unmanned […]
Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows ‘Potential for Death’
October 13th, 2008Via: Wired: “As a consequence, the ADS provides the technical possibility to produce burns of second and third degree. Because the beam of diameter 2 m and above is wider than human size, such burns would occur over considerable parts of the body, up to 50% of its surface. Second- and third-degree burns covering more […]
XM-25: You’d Better be Hiding Around Two Corners These Days
October 8th, 2008Via: Register: What you put in your big fat .98-calibre** slugs is a small HE-frag warhead – but that’s not the clever bit. The clever bit is the electronic precision time fuse, which is set wirelessly by the gun’s systems at the moment of firing. This means that the slug will explode at exactly the […]
Syrian Troops Gather on Lebanese Border
October 8th, 2008Monitoring… Via: AP: A few tents and trucks dotting a green hill across the river are about all that is visible of a Syrian troop deployment on Lebanon’s northern border — a buildup that has raised concerns of a possible Syrian incursion. There was no sign Wednesday that the Syrian troops were preparing to cross […]
Nasdaq Cancels Late Google Trades
October 2nd, 2008Via: Mercury News: Erroneous trades sent to the Nasdaq Stock Market by another exchange caused Google’s share price to gyrate wildly Tuesday afternoon, soaring as high as $485.13 and falling as low as $25.80. The Nasdaq issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying that all trades in Google’s shares made at or above $425.29 and at […]
And Now: The Killer Drones that Can See Through Walls
September 21st, 2008Via: Slate: Both reports focus on “detecting and identifying humans enclosed in building structures.” “Through-the-wall sensing is currently a topic of great interest to defense agencies both in the U.S. and abroad,” says the April report. “The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has been active in all these fields of investigation, approaching these issues both […]
Pakistan’s Military Issues Orders: Kill U.S. Invaders
September 14th, 2008Via: The Australian: KEY corps commanders of Pakistan’s 600,000-strong army issued orders last night to retaliate against “invading” US forces that enter the country to attack militant targets. The move has plunged relations between Islamabad and Washington into deep crisis over how to deal with al-Qa’ida and the Taliban What amounts to a dramatic order […]
What Is Woodward’s ‘Secret Weapon’ in Iraq?
September 13th, 2008The human thermal fingerprint is a pretty strange. I have no idea if that’s it, but look at page 12 of this U.S. Special Operations Command briefing paper on Continuous Clandestine Tagging, Tracking and Locating (CTTL). They want “battery independent” tracking devices that harvest energy from ambient RF fields, movement and wind. Via: Wired: I’m […]
