Tag: defense contractors
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#NSA Fallout Hits American Defense Contractors To The Tune Of $4b
from falkvinge.net: Brazil ditches Boeing’s F/A-18 in favor of SAAB’s JAS 39 Gripen over the NSA’s rogue behavior. In a press conference tonight, Brazil’s defense department announces that Brazil will buy the Swedish fighter jet, according to multiple Brazilian sources. The direct reason for rejecting Boeing’s F/A-18 was the United States’ hostile and unacceptable spying…
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#DataDump: Macs, Hacks, Sachs and more
Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone: Text Message Spam, Difficult to Stop, Is a Growing Menace // Widespread Virus Proves Macs No Longer Safe From Hackers // FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to Crowded Skies // Bomb Sniffing Dog Humps Bomb Defusing Robot
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‘Laser Rifle’ Is Latest US Weapon Against Enemies
from smartplanet.com: Last month, a British defense company demonstrated how a non-lethal laser weapon can be used to ward off pirates. Now, American researchers have created a laser gun that sea bandits really wouldn’t want to mess with. While the crystalline Neodymium Yttrium Aluminium Garnet laser canon, developed by BAE Systems, can temporarily disorient an…