Q&A: Author of Command and Control discusses recent incidents involving those responsible for the US nuclear arsenal Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Friday 25 October 2013 11.35 EDT American author Eric Schlosser. Photograph: REX/FoxSearch/Everett For… Read More ›
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Russian Brigades Brace For The Chinese Threat
October 24, 2013: Russia recently announced that it would accelerate its plan to create 40 more combat brigades by the end of the decade. This conversion was first announced in 2009, and since then 70 brigades have been created. Not… Read More ›
Russia begins testing of hypersonic weapons
Artists rendering of an American hypersonic glider (AP Photo/ DARPA) IRKUTSK, October 23. (Itar-Tass) – Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that Russia initiated tests of a new hypersonic weapon. “I can say that field tests are being conducted: they’re… Read More ›
Iran gives Russia copy of US ScanEagle drone as proof of mass production
US spy drone given to prove Iran’s forces have mass produced the drone they claim to have captured a year ago Saeed Kamali Dehghan theguardian.com, Monday 21 October 2013 13.53 EDT The ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) launches from… Read More ›
U.S. Army says only two brigades fully trained due to budget cuts ( That is only 7,000 to 10,000 soldiers )
Source: Reuters – Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:44 PM Author: Reuters * Spending reductions this year fell heavily on training dollars * Top Army leaders appeal for greater budget certainty By David Alexander WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Two years… Read More ›
Singapore firm barred from U.S. contracts over bribery case -( Navy ) Three charged in case, including Navy officer
Source: Reuters – Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:06 AM Author: Reuters * Three charged in case, including Navy officer * Captain of U.S. amphibious assault ship relieved of duty * Travel, prostitutes and Lady Gaga tickets WASHINGTON, Oct 21… Read More ›
App could allow troops to call in airstrikes
Oct. 18, 2013 | Laura Major of Draper Laboratory holds an Android device with the airstrike app open. (Draper Laboratory) Written by Stephen Losey In the near future, troops on the battlefield could call in airstrikes not with a radio… Read More ›
Whom is benefiting economically from NSA spying ( A moderator question ) ?
EEV: It is highly evident that individuals are benefiting from using the U.S. Governments spy network to gain an unfair advantage in the investment markets. The NSA spying is alluding to being used more as a personal tool of enrichment… Read More ›
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents
Source: Reuters – Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:45 PM Author: Reuters By Mohammad Anwar KUNAR, Afghanistan, Oct 20 (Reuters) – An Afghan army special forces commander has defected to an insurgent group allied with the Taliban in a Humvee truck… Read More ›
Afghan special forces commander joins Taliban, takes a tank with him
Photo: EPA An Afghan army commander with the special force unit has joined the Taliban, taking a tank and some weapons and ammunition with him, an army official said Sunday. “The commander of Afghan special forces of the national army… Read More ›
Army warns it could have trouble handling single war ” Military budget analysts say the Army is crying wolf”
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY 11:44 p.m. EDT October 17, 2013 From left, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Army Secretary John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno.(Photo: Patrick Smith, Getty Images) Story Highlights Army documents say it can’t meet… Read More ›
US army developing ‘Iron Man’ body armour for soldiers of the future
Superhuman suits worn by comic book heroes may not be science fiction if US army scientists succeed in developing advanced body armour PUBLISHED : Sunday, 13 October, 2013, 12:00am UPDATED : Sunday, 13 October, 2013, 6:15am Agence France-Presse in Washington… Read More ›
Leaked Documents – Reforms have left the Army in chaos ( U.K)
Budget cuts have led to ‘hostile recruiting environment’, claims leaked document Former members of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers march in London after handing in a petition to save the battalion Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images By Christopher Hope, and James Kirkup… Read More ›
Canadian Spycatchers Get Schooled / (Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle) who was caught spying for the Russians
October 15, 2013: The Canadian military is not happy with how the government handled a recent case of a naval officer (Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle) who was caught spying for the Russians. The military was particularly upset at how they were… Read More ›
Here Are All The Things the British Military Can’t Do Anymore
Posted By Robert Beckhusen, War is Boring Monday, October 14, 2013 – 2:05 PM In late September, the Royal Navy unveiled its latest nuclear-powered Astute-class submarine, HMS Artful, and also “christened” the hefty but sleek Daring-class destroyer HMS Duncan — the sixth… Read More ›
Kerry fails to secure deal on US ‘troop immunity’ in Afghanistan
Published time: October 13, 2013 07:51 US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gives a press conference on October 12, 2013 with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul.(AFP Photo / Massoud Hossaini) Talks between… Read More ›
India’s Missile Modernization Beyond Minimum Deterrence
October 4, 2013 Hans M. Kristensen An Agni V missile is test launched from Wheeler’s Island on September 15, 2013. By Hans M. Kristensen Every time India test-launches a new ballistic missile, officials from the defense industry go giddy about… Read More ›
Two-Star General in Charge of ICBMs Fired
Oct. 11, 2013 – 01:46PM | By BRIAN EVERSTINE, JEFF SCHOGOL and ANDREW TILGHMAN | Maj. Gen. Michael Carey (Air Force) The Air Force fired the two-star general in charge of the service’s nuclear missile fleet following an incident of… Read More ›
Russian military: ‘Space troops not yet ready to fight aliens’
Published time: October 02, 2013 11:40 Edited time: October 02, 2013 17:56 Servicemen of the association of aerospace defense of the Central Military District deploy a command post with an acquisition radar of the S-300PS air defense system … Read More ›
Exclusive: Iraq still using bogus bomb detectors – and thousands pay the price
More than 4,500 people have been killed since the conviction of UK businessman, James McCormick, in April Kim Sengupta Wednesday, 2 October 2013 Bogus bomb detectors are still being used in Iraq five months after a British businessman who supplied… Read More ›
China Pursues Systems To Keep US Forces at Bay
Sep. 17, 2013 – 10:23AM | By WENDELL MINNICK | Comments Going Ballistic: China’s long-range ballistic-missile program is a key component of its anti-access/area-denial strategy. (Agence France-Presse) TAIPEI — Though everything in China’s military is classified secret, including lunch menus… Read More ›
Russia sends warships to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria ( “a planned rotation.” )
Thursday, 29 August 2013 Russia will “over the next few days” be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday…. Read More ›
Syria: US calls on UN to withdraw experts, mission senseless
Wsj, there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use 28 August, 10:09 (ANSAmed) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 – The UN mission in Syria is meaningless, as there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use, US… Read More ›
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and intelligence communities knew about and did nothing to stop a series of nerve gas attacks far more devastating… Read More ›
News of chemical weapons attack in Syria published one day before massacre happened – Islamic Invitation Turkey ***GRAPHIC/ SHOWS CHILDREN***
EEV: The video is only included by the Russian press in order to analyze the argument. Otherwise I would have omitted it. © Collage: Voice of Russia The Islamic politics and cultural website Islamic Invitation Turkey claims that several videos were uploaded… Read More ›
Exclusive: Edward Snowden leaks reveal UK’s secret Middle-East internet surveillance base
EEV: Base has been Compromised Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ Duncan Campbell, Oliver Wright, James Cusick, Kim Sengupta Thursday, 22 August 2013 Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station… Read More ›
Kashmir And The Coming Nuclear Holocaust
August 21, 2013: Pakistani politicians are caught between Indian officials (civil and military) enraged at the growing number of border incidents (Pakistani troops firing on Indians) and their own generals who insist it’s all the fault of the Indians. Some… Read More ›
Video Games Ruin Chinese Military Leadership
August 21, 2013: The Chinese armed forces is running into problems raising the standards of its officers and specialists. Over the last few years the Chinese have made more of an effort to attract college graduates to the military. Much… Read More ›
US Giants Skimp on Research, Development / Defense Industry As Profits Rose, Investment Lagged
As Profits Rose, Investment Lagged Behind Aug. 19, 2013 – 09:26AM | By ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS and MARCUS WEISGERBER | C WASHINGTON — The defense industry enjoyed nearly a decade of explosive growth following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but… Read More ›
“Purge the Generals: What it will take to fix the army”
The US military is preparing for the wrong future When it comes to military reform, China appears to be doing it a lot better than the United States Daniel Davis theguardian.com, Thursday 8 August 2013 10.30 EDT US army… Read More ›
Unhappy With U.S. Foreign Policy? Pentagon Says You Might Be A ‘High Threat’ : “Hema”
Matt Sledge Become a fan msledge@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/07/2013 11:36 am EDT | Updated: 08/07/2013 5:19 pm EDT Watch out for “Hema.” A security training test created by a Defense Department agency warns federal workers that they should consider the hypothetical Indian-American woman… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia dangles $15 billion arms deal in front of Russia in exchange for dropping Assad – report
Saudi Arabia dangles lucrative arms deal in front of Russia in exchange for dropping Assad – report Published time: August 07, 2013 20:12 Edited time: August 07, 2013 T-90 tank – like one of 150 Russia previously planned to supply… Read More ›
Greece arrests German man on suspicion of spying for Turkey
Police say 72-year-old admits photographing military buildings on island of Chios for people he believes are Turkish nationals Reuters in Athens theguardian.com, Sunday 4 August 2013 12.45 EDT Greek coastguard officers watch over a harbour in Chios. Last Tuesday a… Read More ›
The Pre-Snowden NSA leaks – Bumblehive, Operation Thinthread, Going Dark, Stingray, Trapwire, Total Information Awarness, etc..
Editors Note ( Ralph Turchiano ) – This is a requested Re-post from 2013 The Intelligence community began to lose control prior to Snowden. The Boston Bombing event resulted in over zealous Intelligence Consultants revealing trade secrets. Then Following the… Read More ›
Western spooks’ banned Lenovo PCs after finding back doors
Report suggests ‘Five Eyes’ alliance won’t work with Chinese PCs By Phil Muncaster Posted in Security, 29th July 2013 03:45 GMT Chinese PC giant Lenovo has been banned from supplying kit for the top secret networks of western… Read More ›
Russia to increase stock of its cruise missiles five-fold
Sergei Shoigu Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is going to increase the stock of its cruise missiles five-fold, it will happen within the next three years. That`s according to the country`s defence minister Sergei Shoigu. By the year 2020 the stock… Read More ›
Russia’s fifth generation T-50 fighter jet : The T-50 may surpass the F-22 in capability, as an almost fully Autonomous fighter Jet
Russia’s fifth generation T-50 fighter jet through important testing stage © Photo: aviasalon.com The Russian Army is through with the first stage of testing of a multipurpose fifth generation T-50 fighter jet. T-50 has been through years of research and… Read More ›
‘Missile defense killer’: Russia finalizes testing on prototype ICBM
Published time: June 08, 2013 14:08 The high-speed lift of the Topol missile launching. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Rodionov) Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces have reported a successful launch of a next-generation ICBM that can supposedly pierce any anti-ballistic… Read More ›
US discloses Israel’s top-secret military base outraging Tel-Aviv
Published time: June 04, 2013 19:17 Edited time: June 04, 2013 21:05 An Arrow II battery, a U.S.-backed Israeli missile shield, is seen at Palmachim base, south of Tel Aviv May 29, 2013.(Reuters / Amir Cohen) The US government… Read More ›
Russia deploys Nuke Subs to Southern Seas
Saturday, 01 June 2013 Russia plans to resume nuclear submarine patrols in the southern seas after a hiatus of more than 20 years following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Saturday, in another example… Read More ›
Pain ray: The US military’s new agony beam weapon
16 May 2013 by David Hambling Magazine issue 2916. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Weapons Technology Topic Guide A weapon that fires a beam hundreds of metres to induce unbearable pain is ready to be unleashed on… Read More ›
Russia pursues hypersonic weapon research
Photo: Voice of Russia Russia is developing a hypersonic weapon program. It involves more than 60 companies and is scheduled for completion this summer. Launched in the former USSR, hypersonic weapon research was resumed in post-Soviet Russia in 2009 under… Read More ›
‘Chinese’ attack sucks secrets from US defence contractor
Comment Crew blamed for three-year attack on QinetiQ By Phil Muncaster Posted in Security, 2nd May 2013 04:54 GMT Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement Just when it looked like US-China relations couldn’t get… Read More ›
Red faces as Pentagon leases Chinese satellite
It’s ok, we’ve added ‘additional transmission security’ By Phil Muncaster Posted in Government, 1st May 2013 04:04 GMT Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement US lawmakers are up in arms after it emerged that the… Read More ›
Pentagon leaning on Chinese satellite for Africa Command communications : ” sparked outcry by disclosing its lease of bandwidth from a Chinese satellite “
On the heels of a new presidential resolution for US government agencies to avoid Chinese IT hardware over security concerns, the Pentagon has sparked outcry by disclosing its lease of bandwidth from a Chinese satellite. According to Pentagon… Read More ›
WIG aircraft – a new joint project between Russia and China: ” advantage in the air, for example during an airdrop operation against Taiwan”
Photo: RIA Novosti Recently the Chinese press announced the first test flights of the new Chinese Wing In Ground Effect (WIG) aircraft CYG-11. In its appearance and technical characteristics it completely replicates the Russian WIG aircraft Ivolga, as Vasily Kashin,… Read More ›
China builds second aircraft carrier
Navy has a single carrier, the Russian-built Liaoning, and says another larger vessel is under construction Reuters in Shanghai guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 April 2013 00.23 EDT China’s first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-era Liaoning. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images China will build… Read More ›
Here Are The 18 Names On The Controversial ‘Blacklist’ That Could Derail US-Russia Relations
EEV: Where did Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, go? Adam Taylor Apr. 12, 2013, 1:44 PM AP The U.S. Treasury has announced the names of 18 Russian citizens who will have sanctions imposed on them under the Magnitsky… Read More ›
Source: White House Wanted DIA Finding on N. Korean Nukes Under Wraps
Apr. 12, 2013 – 01:36PM | By JOHN BENNETT | North Korea launched Unha-3 rocket Dec. 12 allegedly carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3. The photo was taken by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via Getty Images) WASHINGTON —… Read More ›
Russia develops new-type spaceship
Vladimir Popovkin Photo: The Voice of Russia Russia is developing a principally new type of a spaceship for interplanetary flights, the head of the Roscosmos Space Agency told reporters on April 12, which is traditionally marked as Cosmonautics Day in… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 