(Global Times) 08:16, August 28, 2014 China and the US started a two-day meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday to negotiate a code of conduct on the high seas, in the wake of a Chinese fighter jet intercepting a US… Read More ›
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Report: F35 fighters unable to evade Russian and Chinese radars
30 April 2014 The US’s newly developed radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be able to escape Russian radars. “The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter… is not, in fact, stealthy in the eyes of a growing number of… Read More ›
US Defense Secretary says Russia should guarantee will not invade Ukraine / Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border
March 26, 21:56 UTC+4 WASHINGTON Chuck Hagel recalled his conversation last week with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom he asked why Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border AP Photo/Charles Dharapak WASHINGTON, March 26, /ITAR-TASS/. Russia should… Read More ›
Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, U.S. ( Turla )
– A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date Reuters, 07/03 16:26 CET By Peter Apps and… Read More ›
Pentagon pays experts to study Putin’s body language
Friday, 07 March 2014 A Pentagon research team is studying the body movements of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders in order to better predict their actions and guide U.S. policy, Pentagon documents and interviews show. The “Body… Read More ›
Southern air defence zone ‘crucial for China in long term’, PLA expert says
– “The establishment of another ADIZ over the South China Sea is necessary for China’s long-term national interest.” UPDATED : Saturday, 22 February, 2014, 4:51am Minnie Chan and Reuters in Washington US Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno and General… Read More ›
Senior Navy intelligence officer ” China was training its forces to be capable of carrying out a “short, sharp” war with Japan in the East China Sea “
Pentagon plays down intelligence officer’s provocative China assessment Segment found at about 26:28 Source: Reuters – Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:31 AM Author: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday played down remarks by a senior Navy… Read More ›
New Chinese submarine patrol puts Hawaii, Alaska within nuke range – report
Published time: February 06, 2014 22:43 AFP Photo / Guang Niu The Chinese are preparing to deploy submarines armed with nuclear missiles that will patrol the northern Pacific Ocean and come within range of at least two US states,… Read More ›
US nuclear officer cheating scandal has grown to 92 out of a force of 500
US nuclear officer cheating scandal widens as top brass investigates Defence secretary Chuck Hagel summons military chiefs to Pentagon to tackle ‘systemic problems’ of stress and low morale Associated Press in Washington theguardian.com, Thursday 30 January 2014 12.38 EST US air… Read More ›
US intelligence agencies incapable of detecting nuke threats – report
© Photo: Flickr.com/benben/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 American intelligence and security agencies are not currently capable of detecting when foreign nations are building nuclear weapons or ramping up their existing programs, according to a newly released Pentagon report that faults a range… Read More ›
China seeks to calm US fears over missile
EEV – Great example of the Chinese Government , getting its point across. Through building the illusion of the capabilities of its potential adversary. The Chinese military is far more capable than they will ever reveal publicly. This deserves a… Read More ›
Honeywell under investigation for Chinese-made parts in US warplanes
– The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on US weapons to keep the $392bn F-35 fighter Sensors and magnets for F-35 fighter jet were made in China • Pentagon issued waivers to ban on Chinese-made components Reuters in… Read More ›
Former US defense secretary criticizes Obama administration in new memoir
– “suspicion and distrust of senior military officers by senior White House officials – including the president and vice-president – became a big problem for me” Robert Gates, who also served under George W Bush, says relations between White House… Read More ›
US Aircraft Attacked, Fighting Escalates In South Sudan
Dec. 21, 2013 – 04:33PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | Reports indicate three V-22 Ospreys were fired on while conducting an evacuation mission in South Sudan. (Bell Helicopter) JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — US aircraft flown into South Sudan to help… Read More ›
Info Demanded on Turmoil at U.S. Missile Base
PHILADELPHIA (CN) – A public policy group sued the Pentagon for information on why 17 military officers at Minot Air Force Base lost their certification to launch nuclear-armed Minuteman III missiles after an Air Force review in March. Speaking Truth… Read More ›
Spy fears: CIA, Pentagon ‘work against’ Russia building GLONASS station in US
Boris Zyryanov, chief of division of electric and radio tests of navigating satellites, supervises the electric testing of the GLONASS-M space navigation satellite (Reuters / Ilya Naymushin) US intelligence and military are pressing the State Department not to license… Read More ›
Pentagon’s security chief misused authority, probe shows
The head of Pentagon security forces misused his authority by treating employees to a golf outing during the workday, relying on others to fetch his lunch and improperly getting a relative into an agency firing range, a Pentagon investigation… Read More ›
Feds: Navy Secrets Bought With Hookers, Gaga Tix
SAN DIEGO November 4, 2013 (AP) By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” the gregarious Malaysian businessman is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, where his company has serviced warships for 25 years. But prosecutors in… 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 ›
Boeing caught selling used parts to Pentagon as ‘new’
Wednesday, 16 October 2013 The Pentagon’s inspector general has found that Boeing repeatedly charged the United States military for “new” helicopter parts even as it installed used parts instead. Since 2008, Chicago-based Boeing, the military’s second-largest contractor, has overcharged… Read More ›
Body Armor Details May Be Kept Close to the Chest
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge won’t force the Pentagon to release autopsy information of U.S. soldiers killed in action to a former Marine doing research on the effectiveness of body armor. Roger Charles has… Read More ›
DoD to Award Contracts Throughout Shutdown, But Won’t Announce Them
Oct. 1, 2013 – 03:45AM | By MARCUS WEISGERBER | US Defense Department lawyers are working ‘to see if there’s any margin here or widening in the interpretation of the law regarding exempt versus non-exempt civilians,’ said Defense Secretary Chuck… Read More ›
Official: US Could Increase Scale of Syria Strikes / Longer engagement, and use of Air Force Bombers
Sep. 8, 2013 – 11:49AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | A BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from its Mark 41 vertical launch system aboard the Destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) during Operation Desert Storm. War planners aim to unleash a… 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 ›
Pentagon purges Osama bin Laden raid records
Posted By Associated Press On 10:59 AM 07/08/2013 In Politics WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. special operations commander, Adm. William McRaven, ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense… Read More ›
Congressman blasts Obama’s Defense Department for blocking Marine colonel from appearing before Congress as key witness in Benghazi probe
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 14:01 EST, 9 July 2013 | UPDATED: 20:06 EST, 9 July 2013 Have you seen this man? U.S. Marine Corps Col. George Bristol, who is believed to have retired in March, commanded… Read More ›
Homeless woman has snuck into top security MacDill Air Force Base FOUR TIMES since last October – and has lived inside for days at a time
Suzanne M. Jensen was charged with trespassing on the Tampa, Florida base last month At least once, the 50-year-old got into the especially well-guarded home to U.S. Central Command–which overseas operations throughout the Middle East–by climbing atop a trash … Read More ›
US army blocks access to Guardian website to preserve ‘network hygiene’
Military admits to filtering reports and content relating to government surveillance programs for thousands of personnel Spencer Ackerman and Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 11.42 EDT The Pentagon insisted the Department of Defense was… Read More ›
DoD Calls Out China On Cyber Spying
Jun. 19, 2013 – 09:50AM | By Staff report | Filed Under C4ISR Journal The Pentagon for the first time is making direct allegations that China’s government and military are behind widespread cyber spying. Previously, the U.S. had tried to… Read More ›
Georgia conducts dangerous experiments with viruses: “experiments with viruses have led to the spread of such dangerous illnesses as pig flu and measles”
Photo: EPA The people of Georgia are in danger. This sensational statement was made by the Georgian President’s former American advisor, journalist Jeffrey Silverman. According to him, a laboratory on the outskirts of Tbilisi is developing health hazardous viruses that… 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 ›
Russian bombers conducts practice strikes on US missile defenses in Asia ( Mock attacks against ground-based missile defense site in Japan )
Friday, 05 April 2013 A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks. According to U.S. officials, a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber… Read More ›
North Korea ready for cyberwar
Posted By Josh Peterson On 1:10 PM 04/05/2013 In Tech Despite the popular impression that North Korea is technologically inept, the regime boasts a significant and effective cyber arsenal, in addition to what is currently known about its nuclear arsenal…. Read More ›
U.S., Japan review plans for retaking disputed islands
National Mar. 21, 2013 – 06:05PM JST ( 52 ) Disputed islands claimed by China and controlled by JapanAFP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officers are discussing worst-case contingency plans for retaking disputed islands in the East China Sea if… Read More ›
Chinese general who threatened US with nuclear strike is Pentagon’s guest of honor
Published time: March 06, 2013 01:39 AFP Photo A Chinese general who once threatened to nuke the US is visiting Washington this week as part of a military exchange program with the Pentagon. The Pentagon’s collaboration with Major Gen…. Read More ›
Russia conducts largest nuclear drill in 20 years
Russian nuclear forces conducted a major exercise last month that tested the transport of both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons near Europe, according to United States officials..The exercise raised concerns inside the Pentagon and with the U.S. European Command because… Read More ›
Pentagon laying off 46,000 staff
The US defence department says it has begun laying off most of its 46,000 temporary employees, as automatic defence budget cuts loom in March. Deputy Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said the Pentagon was acting “because we’re running out… Read More ›
GhostShell hackers release 1.6 million NASA, FBI, ESA accounts
Hacktivist crew signs off for Christmas By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 11th December 2012 01:19 GMT Free whitepaper – Enabling Datacenter and Cloud Service Management for Mid-Tier Enterprises The hacking collecting GhostShell has announced it has finished… Read More ›
U.S. DoD’s Autonomous Weapons Directive Keeps Man in the Loop: ” Humans still must play an oversight role “
Nov. 27, 2012 – 01:43PM | By AARON MEHTA | The U.S. Defense Department has issued a new directive on the use of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems, an attempt to regulate a technology that officials say could be years… Read More ›
Obama signs secret directive to help thwart cyberattacks
By Ellen Nakashima, Wednesday, November 14, 7:27 AM President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks. Presidential Policy… Read More ›
Iranian warplanes fired on U.S. drone over Gulf-Pentagon
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:35 GMT Reuters * Pentagon says drone never entered Iranian airspace * Incident disclosed as U.S. announces new sanctions on Iran By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Iranian warplanes fired at… Read More ›
100% Right 0% of the Time
Why the U.S. military can’t predict the next war. BY MICAH ZENKO |OCTOBER 16, 2012 Two weeks ago, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered the Landon Lecture to hundreds of U.S. servicemembers and students at… Read More ›
Did the Pentagon just take over America’s cybersecurity?
Ready Player One It was bound to happen. The Senate fumbles and the House proffers only magical solutions for cybersecurity. The task of improving cybersecurity reverts to the executive branch, but the Department of Homeland Security does not inspire confidence…. Read More ›
U.S. energy companies victims of potentially destructive cyber intrusions: The secretary said that a coordinated attack on enough critical infrastructure could be a “cyber Pearl Harbor”
Posted By John ReedThursday, October 11, 2012 – 8:56 PM Foreign actors are probing the networks of key American companies in an attempt to gain control of industrial facilities and transportation systems, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed tonight. “We know… Read More ›
Obama administration officials say there’s no point crafting detailed sequestration plans
Prepare for the Worst Oct. 7, 2012 – 04:14PM | By THE DEFENSE NEWS STAFF Obama administration officials say there’s no point crafting detailed sequestration plans, given it’s a crisis created by Congress that might never happen. But Pentagon… Read More ›
U.S. military aims to prevent suicides by taking soldiers’ private guns away from them
Pentagon and Congress to back policies encouraging the separation of at-risk soldiers from their private weapons Suicide rate among U.S. military staff rising again in 2012, almost half of those committed with personal firearm Likely to spark opposition from gun… Read More ›
Military rape victims sue Leon Panetta claiming Department of Defense ‘failed to punish dozens of sexual assaults’
20 men and women claimed they were harassed, raped, or assaulted Further allege they suffered retaliation when they reported alleged crimes By Associated Press PUBLISHED:22:42 EST, 28 September 2012| UPDATED:00:56 EST, 29 September 201 A lawsuit was filed Friday in… Read More ›
The Next Wave in U.S. Robotic War: Drones on Their Own : Autonomous Robotic Weapons
Sep. 28, 2012 – 12:04PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — The U.S. military’s current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter — operating virtually without… Read More ›
Former Navy SEAL’s book on Osama bin Laden raid contains classified info that may be dangerous insight into U.S. operations, Pentagon say
By Associated Press PUBLISHED:16:09 EST, 4 September 2012| UPDATED:16:54 EST, 4 September 2012 A former Navy SEAL’s insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information and may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S…. Read More ›
Engineering Evil 