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Israel is world’s largest exporter of drones, study finds

By   /  May 19, 2013  /  In Other News, World  /  No Comments

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In eight years Israel exported $4.6 billion worth of UAVs, to countries ranging from Britain to India and Uganda.

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France to buy American drones for Mali operation

By   /  May 19, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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RT Two of America’s medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country’s operations against Islamist rebels in Mali. The news comes from the ‘Air et Cosmos’ specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 [...]

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Japan confirms DPRK launched missile

By   /  May 18, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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ANI Japanese government confirmed the DPRK’s missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan’s territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country’s defense ministry. It is reported [...]

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Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria

By   /  May 18, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday.

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Mystery Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian Mercenary “Rebels” Revealed

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian rebels revealed

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge Previously, when looking at the real underlying national interests responsible for the deteriorating situation in Syria, which eventually may and/or will devolve into all out war with hundreds of thousands killed, we made it very clear that it was always and only about the gas, or gas pipelines to be exact, [...]

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Qatar, allies tighten coordination of arms flows to Syria

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Amena Bakr & Mariam Karouny | Chicago Tribune Qatar, which has taken a lead in arming the Syrian opposition, is coordinating with the CIA and has tightened control of the arms flow to keep weapons out of the hands of al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters, according to rebels and officials familiar with the operation. With Britain [...]

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Pentagon Wants ‘Human Surrogate’ for Directed Energy Weapons Testing

By   /  May 11, 2013  /  News, Science & Technology, World  /  No Comments

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Cryptogon If the pain ray just affects the skin, as the military has said for years, why do the “Human Surrogate” systems need simulated organs? The spokesperson mentioned in the piece below said that the surrogate will be, “A common test target that can be used across the spectrum of non-lethal stimuli.” That’s fine, nothing [...]

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‘Israel used depleted uranium shells in air strike’ – Syrian source

By   /  May 5, 2013  /  Breaking News, World  /  No Comments

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RT Israel used “a new type of weapon”, a senior official at the Syrian military facility that came under attack from the Israeli Air Force told RT. “When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake,” said the source, who was present near the attack site on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning. “Then a giant [...]

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US: New Bunker Busters Could Destroy Iran’s Civilian Nuclear Program

By   /  May 4, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Jason Ditz | AntiWar US officials have reportedly shown Israel a demonstration of their new “bunker buster” bombs, with advanced burrowing capabilities, in hopes of convincing them that the US is capable of destroy Iran’s civilian nuclear program. The new Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP) is said to weigh 30,000 pounds and is an upgrade [...]

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UN report calls for moratorium on ‘killer robots’

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  News, Science & Technology, World  /  No Comments

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ANI A United Nations report has said that killer robots that can attack targets without any human input “should not have the power of life and death over human beings”. The report for the UN Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals with legal and philosophical issues involved in giving robots lethal powers over [...]

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5 Weapons of Mass Destruction the U.S. Military Uses Every Day

By   /  May 1, 2013  /  Conflict, World  /  No Comments

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By Michael Peck | Forbes When most of us think of weapons of mass destruction, we think of nuclear bombs, or nerve gas, or biological agents. So it was surprising to see accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with using a weapon of mass destruction after he and his brother allegedly detonated a bomb [...]

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U.S. considers sending arms to Syria rebels

By   /  May 1, 2013  /  News, Politics, World  /  No Comments

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But no decision is expected soon, and Obama appears to have softened his ‘red line’ threat over chemical weapons use by the Assad regime.

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