Pentagon Funds Spider-Man Tech for Real-Life Wall Crawlers | Danger Room | Wired.com

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Adhesive Bond, Beetles, Cannonball, Capabilities, Chemical Engineers, Cornell, Crawlers, Danger Room, darpa, Human Flight, Pentagon, Ray Vision, Rope Ladder, Sci Fi, Spider Man, Superman, Surprise, Top Priority, Verticals, X Ray

A team of chemical engineers at Cornell have created a palm-sized device that could one day turn troops into human wall crawlers, using an adhesive bond inspired by beetles.
No surprise that Darpa, the Pentagon agency often inspired by sci-fi, is behind this one. They’ve been funding superhero efforts for years, from Superman X-Ray vision to [...]

The Russia-Georgia Conflict as Analyzed by the Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Russia, Armed Forces, Army, Capabilities, Conclusions, Conflict, Decisive Evidence, Georgia, Georgians, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Military Implications, moscow, Russia, Russian Intervention, Transformation

The long-term military implications of the Russian-Georgian war are addressed by Viacheslav Tseluiko. He warns that the popular conclusions regarding the weakness of the Georgian army during the conflict should not be taken as decisive evidence of the inability of Georgian forces to counter Russian intervention. The Georgians seem to have learned some valuable lessons [...]

China Missile Test Has Ominous Implications – Defense News

Posted by Matt in January 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Anniversary, Ballistic Missile Defense, Capabilities, China Missile Test, Defense News, Derivative, Df, Easton, Hq, Intercept, Launch, Missile Interceptor, Ominous Implications

The fact that the launch occurred on the anniversary of China’s first ASAT missile test suggests it was hardly just a ballistic missile defense (BMD) effort alone, but part of a larger effort to expand ASAT capabilities.
The 2007 ASAT test involved a modified KT-1/2 or DF-21 missile derivative dubbed the SC-19. The SC-19 is difficult [...]

Russia Reports Thousands Of Chinese Troops Have ‘Gone Missing” In US | Before It’s News

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | 5 comments

Published in China, Air Forces, Armed Police, Capabilities, Chinese Forces, Chinese People, Chinese Troops, Communist China, Communist Republic, Global Powers, Gru, Intelligence Directorate, Land Sea, Military Force, Military Intelligence, Military Organization, Motherland, News Russia, People S Liberation Army, Pla, Republic Of China

These Chinese forces are all a part of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which is the unified military organization of all land, sea, and air forces of the People’s (Communist) Republic of China and is the largest military force in the World.Russia’s Foreign Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) in its end of year report on the [...]

DEBKAfile – New Israeli unmanned wonder boat deployed in Persian Gulf

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Military Tech, Capabilities, Capitals, Chief Of Staff, Debkafile, Gaby Ashkenazi, India, Intelligence, Israel, Lt, Military Sources, Naval Experts, Persian Gulf, Shark, Singapore Navy, Sources Report, South-Korea, Stealth, Sv, warships

The first unmanned stealth craft on the seas, designated Protector SV or Death Shark, recently deployed in the Persian Gulf, is in high demand after its successful performance with the Singapore Navy. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that India and South Korea asked Israel’s Rafael to build craft to their specifications when chief of staff, Lt. [...]

YID With LID: IRAN Flips the Bird To Obama

Posted by Matt in November 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Capabilities, Europe, Hardline, Iran, Iranian Government, mahdi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mr President, natanz, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Enrichment, Nuclear Fuel, Obama, Outreach, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Seeds Of Destruction, Target, terrorists, Uranium Enrichment Plants, Yid

Iran intends to dramatically increase its nuclear enrichment capabilities. One can see the seeds of destruction right before our eyes. Europe, you are the target. What are you going to do about it?
Iran has made clear that it intends to hasten the arrival of the Mahdi. How do you think that is going to [...]

Israeli pilots prep to fight Iran’s SAMs – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Air Force Crews, Attack Pilots, Capabilities, Conflict, Exercises, Hamas, hezbollah, Israeli Air Force, Jerusalem Post, Missile Defenses, Nationwide, Sams, Seminars, Sessions, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Surface To Air Missiles, Syria And Iran, Unprecedented Number, Upi

As Iran tests the capabilities of its air defense systems in nationwide exercises, the Israeli air force is reported to be planning special seminars to prepare its attack pilots to cope with heavy surface-to-air missile defenses.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the sessions will encompass “future conflict with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran” in which air [...]

China building cyberwarfare capabilities

Posted by Matt in October 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Capabilities, China Building, Computer Attack, cyberwarfare, Independent Report, Intelligence, Technical Abilities, Term Computer

Report: China building cyberwarfare capabilities

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Advisory Panel, Associated Press, Beijing Government, Capabilities, China Building, Computer Attack, cyberwarfare, Elite Hacker, Hacker Community, Hard Evidence, Independent Report, Intelligence, Technical Abilities, Term Computer, Ties

China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent report.
Released Thursday by a congressional advisory panel, the study found cases suggesting that China’s elite hacker community has ties to the Beijing government, although [...]

China sets its sights on US Navy, admiral warns – World News – World – General – Straight Furrow

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Capabilities, Capability, China Navy, John Bird, Navy Admiral, Navy News, News World, Seventh Fleet, ships, Straight Furrow, Sydney, Us Navy, Vice Admiral, Weapons Systems, World News

The commander of the Seventh Fleet, Vice-Admiral John Bird, said in Sydney yesterday that China’s naval capability “has grown much faster than any of our predictions”.Of China’s new capabilities, “many are intended to counter a navy such as the US Navy,” with weapons systems “targeted to our carriers and larger ships.”
He suggested that China aimed [...]