Military
‘Pain Beam’ to Be Installed in Los Angeles Jail
(AOL NEWS) — An invisible heat-beam weapon developed in secrecy by the military is set for use in a U.S. jail. Law enforcement officials recently revealed plans to use the nonlethal device at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Pitchess Detention Center, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. The weapon, which shoots an invisible... »
Combat brigades in Iraq under different name
(ARMY TIMES) — As the final convoy of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., entered Kuwait early Thursday, a different Stryker brigade remained in Iraq. Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division are deployed in Iraq as members of an Advise and Assist... »
National Guard Homeland Response Force coming to Missouri
(SEDALIA DEMOCRAT) — The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday that Missouri will be one of 10 states to host National Guard Homeland Response Force units to help coordinate federal response to a terrorist attack. The Defense Department will place one unit in each of the 10 Federal Emergency Management Agency regions. Missouri is located... »
Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will be hit targets in another continent
(DAILY MAIL ONLINE) — Looming ominously like a space ship from Star Wars, this is the future of unmanned flight. Defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet. The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with... »
Pentagon plans ‘flying submarine’
Just like The Incredibles! — PID (THE TELEGRAPH) — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the US military science and technology department, has set about creating an aircraft that can fly low over the water until near its target before disappearing under the sea to avoid detection. It would then creep closer in submarine form... »
McChrystal likely to resign over magazine comments, source says
(CNN) — America’s top military commander in Afghanistan is unlikely to survive the fallout from remarks he made about colleagues in a magazine profile to be published Friday, according to a Pentagon source who has ongoing contacts with the general. Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely resign Wednesday, the source said. McChrystal’s fate is expected to... »
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Hunted by Pentagon Over Massive Leak
(THE DAILY BEAST) — Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about to publish a huge cache of classified State Department cables that, if made public, could do serious damage to national security, government officials tell The Daily... »
Israel, US hold joint strike drill
(JERUSALEM POST) — Israel and the United States simulated war this week in a massive aerial drill that included dozens of F-16 fighter jets from both countries. The exercise, known as Juniper Stallion, came as Turkey was holding its own aerial maneuvers with the US, which Israel was not a part of. The IAF holds... »
Photos From Pacific Partnership 2010
(MHS) — Here’s a selection of pictures from Pacific Partnership 2010 — at sea and at its first stop in Vietnam. Pacific Partnership 2010 is a U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavor that will visit six nations in Southeast Asia and Oceania during a five-month deployment. via MHS Blog > Photos From Pacific Partnership... »
Recalled Helmets No ‘Direct Risk’ to Soldiers
(MHS NEWS) — The Army recall of 44,000 Advanced Combat Helmets that were issued to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is the result of a Department of Justice investigation as well as independent tests that show the helmets do not meet Army standards, military officials say. Army officials say the recalled helmets are not a... »
NATO ‘must be ready to intervene anywhere’
This is a new mandate for the Western Alliance. With such open and vague language, protecting the ‘vital interests of Alliance members’ could lead to NATO wars all over the globe. In fact, NATO forces could easily transition into the NWO military. — PID (AFP) — /snip/ The experts also call for cooperation with partners... »
Air Force may suffer collateral damage from PS3 firmware update
(ARS TECHNICA) — When Sony issued a recent PlayStation 3 update removing the device’s ability to install alternate operating systems like Linux, it did so to protect copyrighted content–but several research projects suffered collateral damage. via ars techinica »
‘Pakistan face severe consequences if NY attack traced to the country’
(The Hindu) U.S. has warned Pakistan it will face “very severe consequences” if a terror plot like the botched Times Square bombing was traced to that country. “We’ve made it very clear that if – heaven-forbid – an attack like this that we can trace back to Pakistan were to have been successful, there... »
Mahdi Army revival comes at precarious time for Iraq
(AP) — A once-feared Shiite militia that was crippled two years ago by defections and a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown has quietly started to regroup. The resurgence of the Mahdi Army, loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is adding street muscle to the Shiite party that emerged strongest from Iraq’s parliamentary elections. The... »
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