Tag: Future Combat Systems
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warwhores: alcohol, ambitions & future combat systems
alcohol abuse by soldiers soars since ’03*neo-nazis are in the army now*video: corps of engineers used internet to attack katrina critics*it’s official: fcs cancelled*pilot in utah f16 crash dies*stars & stripes embed booted by army*US army corps of engineers awards $10m contract to saic*US lawmakers pass $550b pentagon budget, ignore veto threat*prince william hints at…
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cyber/spacewar: singularity, censorship, malware, mars & the moon
1 in a million: german boy hit by meteorite*pentagon blinds astronomers to ‘armageddon’*military hush-up: incoming space rocks now classified*hathaway confirms she’s a candidate for cyber chief*future warbot powered by xbox controller*US ceases analog television broadcasts*the singularity is near – terminator: salvation & the future of humanity*cia adopting web 2.0 tools despite resistance*twitter quitter trent reznor…
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the coming cyberwar & spacewar is in-your-face more
strange things are afoot as we look at the surge in space-related activity… but first, a few words from uncle ronnie… exposing US govt policy on extraterrestrial life &/orcould ‘truth commission’ expose 9/11 & ufo secrets? will there be ‘wild card’ events worldwide in 2012 or beyond?from seattle exopolitics examiner: There is converging objective predictive…
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miltech & more: xe, fcs, global tv, battlebots & nasa billions
pirate bay trial ends, verdict due apr17 blackwater’s prince cuts & runsfrom danger room: The rebranding of Blackwater continues. First, the mercenary firm expands beyond its core, guns-for-hire business. Then, the company changes its name – to the inscrutable, barely-pronounceable “Xe.” The latest: Outspoken and controversial firm founder Erik Prince announces he’s stepping down as…
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miltech: crashes, viruses, future combat & body language
global warming rocket with nasa satellite crashesfrom ap: A rocket carrying a NASA satellite crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after a failed launch early Tuesday, ending a $280 million mission to track global warming from space. The Taurus XL rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory blasted off just before 2 a.m. from California’s Vandenberg…
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police state international: false flags & the strategy of tension
german intel agents caught staging false flag terrorfrom paul joseph watons: German intelligence agents have been caught staging a false flag terror attack against an EU building in Kosovo, apparently in an attempt to create a pretext for EU police to be deployed in Kosovo after government leaders rejected the UN-mandated proposal. “Germany declined to…
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updates from daily dose of terror
the bear roars, US collapse continues, terror watch + market collpase roundup from daily dose of terror dod budget, russia missiles, hyperinflation + news boeing atl, defense cuts & pandemic prep US collapse, space defense, fcs & wargames roundup china/US space race/war? geo eye images, emp attack & drill updates pandemic, america’s final solution? dhs,…
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army looks to save its ‘future’
from danger room: With budget tights and tolerance for high-price technology programs growing thin, the Army today is announcing plans to revamp its massive $200 billion modernization effort, called the Future Combat Systems. Like the program itself, the changes are confusing, but appear to consist of plans to accelerate those technologies the Army thinks are…
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the military vs america, bush’s budget & fcs follies
US troops asked if they would shoot american citizensfrom paul joseph watson: U.S. troops are being trained to conduct round-ups, confiscate guns and shoot American citizens, including their own friends and family members, as part of a long-standing program to prepare for the declaration of martial law, according to a soldier who recently returned from…
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spacewar, fcs, fake experts, fingerprints & kevlar
US & russian citizens want weapons-free outer spacefrom afp: Most Americans and Russians want their governments to ensure a weapons-free outer space and would back a treaty underpinning the move, a poll showed Thursday. Seventy-eight percent of Americans and 67 percent of Russians said their leaderships should refrain from deploying any weapons in space as…
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police state technocracy run amok
the pentagon’s electronic warfare programfrom global research: In 2003, then Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld signed a document called the Information Operation Roadmap which outlined, among other things, the Pentagon’s desire to dominate the entire electromagnetic spectrum. If you are unfamiliar with this document, more detail can be found in a previous article here… How…
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the army’s $200 billion makeover
from washington post: In the Army’s vision, the war of the future is increasingly combat by mouse clicks. It’s as networked as the Internet, as mobile as a cellphone, as intuitive as a video game. The Army has a name for this vision: Future Combat Systems, or FCS. The project involves creating a family of…
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don’t microwave me, bro!
from wired/blacklisted news: Seven months after an airman was burned in a test of the nonlethal heat beam, the Air Force has released a heavily redacted version of the mishap report (2.28mb PDF) that reveals few details about what happened. The military has bent over backwards to demonstrate to the public that the Active Denial…
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pentagon forecast: cloudy, 80% chance of riots
from wired: The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin to try to predict insurgencies and civil unrest like the weather. It’s part of a larger military effort to blend forecasting software with social science that has some counterinsurgency experts cringing. Lockheed recently won a $1.3 million, 15-month contract from the Defense Department to help develop the…
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news on the march
army’s robotic, armed combat vehicle rolls outfrom wired: We now know that there are robotic cars smart enough to drive themselves around a city. The next step: give those vehicles automatic weapons, of course… Last month, a set of South African remotely-operated 35 mm guns spun out of control, and killed nine soldiers. The Black…