Privacy International has filed a lawsuit against US government agencies By Matt Burgess Thursday 6 July 2017 The Five Eyes surveillance cabal, established at the end of World War 2, includes the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The agreement covers how intelligence is shared. And that’s about all […]
Military and Defence
Russia has mocked the UK’s new aircraft carrier in retaliation for “arrogant” comments made by the Defence Secretary. The spat began after Sir Michael Fallon described Moscow’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, as “old and dilapidated”. Sir Michael had said Russia would be looking at Britain’s new vessel, HMS […]
Brett Tingley June 27, 2017 At last, it looks like the future is finally here: the Cold War has officially made its way into space. Over the last few years, the world’s military superpowers have been bolstering their space combat capabilities, mainly centered around so-called “killer” satellites which have the […]
The aerial sabre-rattling continues: by Tyler Durden Jun 21, 2017 7:08 PM A day after a Russian fighter allegedly flew within 5 feet of a US reconnaissance plane traveling over the Baltic Sea, Reuters reports that a NATO F-16 fighter jet returned the favor when it tried to improperly approach […]
Following the Syria situation covered here: Russia Warns U.S. After Downing of Syrian Warplane From BBC News: A Russian jet flew within 5ft (1.5m) of the wing tip of a US reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea on Monday, US officials say. The encounter was deemed “unsafe” due to the […]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/world/middleeast/iran-syria-missile-launch-islamic-state.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=world/middleeast&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Middle%20East&pgtype=article “WASHINGTON — An American fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday after it dropped bombs near local ground forces supported by the United States, the first time the American military has downed a Syrian aircraft since the start of the civil war in 2011, officials said. The […]
Article from Jeffrey Wefferson (Thanks Jeff) NOTE FROM JEFF: The worst part of all this is that with the ‘Pacific Pivot’ militarization of the south Pacific and the massive shift of U.S. naval and other military operations down under, into highly colonized and compliant Australia and New Zealand, ALL THESE TECHNOLOGIES […]
Source: http://spaceweather.com/ DID A SPY SATELLITE JUST VISIT THE ISS? On May 1st at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX launched a classified satellite (USA 276) for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Watching the spysat go into orbit, analysts around the world quickly realized something odd. The orbit of USA 276 was similar to […]
Published: May 29, 2017 Three months after China unveiled “Silent Hunter” – its vehicle-slicing laser weapon, Stars & Stripes reports that US military forces are testing their own array of hi-tech weaponry. The Silent Hunter laser is powerful enough to cut through light vehicle armor at up to a kilometer […]
Looks like there’s a “Top Gun” fan in the Chinese Airforce! Anyone know the Chinese for “Maverick”…? The Telegraph Neil Connor Two Chinese fighter jets conducted an “unprofessional” intercept of a US Air Force plane, US officials said, with one flying upside down directly above the aircraft in a manoeuvre similar […]