Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 |
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Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
The joint Air Force-Navy plan would combine the strengths of each service to conduct long-range strikes that could utilize a new generation of bombers, a new cruise missile and drones launched from aircraft carriers. The Navy also is increasing funding to develop an unmanned underwater vehicle, according to the report.
China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle [...]
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Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2010 |
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Since taking over as top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal has dramatically scaled back the traditional air war, cutting in half the number of munitions dropped from the sky. The unmanned air war, however, has escalated under McChrystal’s watch, reports Spencer Ackerman. Since July 2009, there have been 89 drone strikes in Afghanistan, compared [...]
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Posted by Matt in November 27th, 2009 |
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The following article is originally from Geostrategy-Direct:
Yuval Aviv, who predicted the Al Qaida strikes on London’s mass transit system in 2005, said he believes Al Qaida was planning a series of mass-casualty strikes throughout the United States.
Aviv said the most likely targets were places such as Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, malls and subways.
“The attack will [...]
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Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 |
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US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said Tuesday.
“The onus is really on the United States government
to reveal more about the ways in which it makes sure that arbitrary extrajudicial executions aren’t in fact being carried [...]
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Posted by Matt in September 28th, 2009 |
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A militia group reported to be sponsored by Iran has renewed rocket strikes on Israel.
During much of 2009, the Hamas regime blocked Jihad and other groups from firing missiles, mortars and rockets into Israel. But military sources said the regime has not stopped the Palestinian militias over the last month.
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Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2009 |
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It is hardly surprising then, that the Pentagon and the CIA have spent “hundreds of millions of dollars researching, developing, and purchasing a slew of ‘Tagging tracking and locating’ (TTL) gear,” Wired reports.
Long regarded as an urban myth, the military’s deployment of juiced-up RFID technology along the AfPak border in the form of “tiny homing [...]
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Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2009 |
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As the global economic crisis deepens, tempers around the world are getting shorter. French and British trade unions are organizing strikes, Putin is sending troops into the streets and Beijing is trying to buy itself calm. By SPIEGEL Staff more…
The State’s Silent Takeover: Germany’s Big Banking Bailout
The Credit Crunch Lab: Iceland’s Warning to the World
SPIEGEL [...]
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Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2008 |
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Fast-rising unemployment has led to an unusual series of strikes and protests. Normally cautious government officials have offered quick concessions and talk openly of their worries about social unrest. Laid-off factory workers in Dongguan overturned patrol cars and clashed with police last Tuesday, and hundreds of taxis parked in front of a government office in [...]
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