New US arms sales to Israel, Saudi Arabia and UAE targeting Iran
US military chief Chuck Hagel is to finalize weapons deals worth USD10 billion to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during his visit to the region next week with the stated objective of countering Iran.
Read More →Afghan Taliban pledge to take revenge over Guantanamo shootings
ANI The Afghan Taliban has pledged to take revenge on US troops in Afghanistan after guards at Guantanamo prison fired non-lethal rounds at inmates to quell unrest. According to US military officials, guards at the US-run prison in Cuba fired the rounds last Saturday to halt unrest as they relocated inmates into individual cells, reports [...]
Read More →U.S. military Black Hawk crashes near North Korea border
Al Arabiya Amid heightened military tensions within the Korean peninsula, a U.S. military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border with no apparent casualties, officials said. The helicopter was reportedly taking part in a joint South Korea-U.S. drill, officials said, as reported by AFP news agency. In what a U.S. official described the crash as [...]
Read More →Pentagon to Build Robots With ‘Real’ Brains
By Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars A Pentagon-funded team of scientists have constructed a machine that functions like a human brain and would enable robots to think independently and act autonomously. Researchers for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) have created a device that “looks and ‘thinks’ like a human brain,” James K. Gimzewski, professor [...]
Read More →The Media Consensus Behind Militarism
By Jeff Cohen | Consortiumnews via Global Research While the U.S. media has some spirited debate over politics and social issues – i.e. Fox News vs. MSNBC – there remains a broad consensus about foreign adversaries whose behavior is almost always cast in the harshest light, a reality that colors how America reacts to the world. [...]
Read More →Germany gives Japan its backing as N.Korea tensions rise
Daily Star Japan can count on German solidarity in the face of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Tuesday, as North Korea stepped up its sabre-rattling. “There is a clear message from the government of our country… that Japan can count on solidarity and other peaceful countries can [...]
Read More →Baghdad’s Camp Nama: brutal prison torture during Iraq war revealed
Al Arabiya A U.S. detention facility in Baghdad, shrouded in secrecy during the Iraq war, has been disparaged by British military officers speaking out about the human rights abuses they witnessed. British army personnel from two RAF squadrons, and one Army Air Corps squadron, were given guard and transport duties at the secret prison during [...]
Read More →The Rise of the U.S. Special Operations Command
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has become perhaps the most important component within the Department of Defense, taking on the responsibility of executing the Obama administration’s new policy for thwarting terrorism threats. Last year, President Barack Obama established the U.S. Defense Strategic Guidance, which made clear that the days of large-scale invasions (and [...]
Read More →Air Force Wants New Energy Weapons to Cause Non-Lethal ‘Bioeffects’
By Robert Beckhusen | Wired The Air Force is preparing to spend millions researching how unknown “bioeffects” happen when the human body is blasted by radiowaves and high-powered microwaves — which the Air Force hopes could lead to exotic new energy weapons. Recently, the Air Force Bioeffects Division announced it’s exploring how radiation from non-lethal energy weapons can causes [...]
Read More →U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid sabre-rattling
Reuters The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea. The advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main U.S. Air Force base [...]
Read More →The Militarization of American Life
By Justin Raimondo | Antiwar As the American Empire transforms itself from a constitutional republic into a social democratic monstrosity – where everyone is “equal,” and no one is free – egalitarianism is the fuel that runs the engine of imperialism. A perfect example is the recent announcement that the US military is getting with the times [...]
Read More →Military Cyber Strike Teams Will Soon Guard Private Networks
By Aliya Sternstein | NextGov Cyber Command aims to deploy by September all 13 cyberwarrior teams capable of striking adversary networks to deflect assaults on U.S. private computers, Pentagon officials said this week. Last week, Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the command, provided lawmakers with a vague timeline for fleshing out three cyber forces, each with [...]
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