USA to test hiding underwater supply caches on seabed, to deliver to the surface on demand:
▻http://defensetech.org/2014/04/21/u-s-to-test-seabed-resupply-systems-by-2016
#USA #military #navy
USA to test hiding underwater supply caches on seabed, to deliver to the surface on demand:
▻http://defensetech.org/2014/04/21/u-s-to-test-seabed-resupply-systems-by-2016
#USA #military #navy
MENA #military_spending to reach $920 billion by 2020 : study
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19594
Military spending between 2014 and 2020 in the Middle East and North Africa will total $920 billion, IHS Global Insight said in a forecast Tuesday. The US-based consulting firm did not give an overall breakdown at the end of a forum it hosted in Dubai, but said $27 billion will have been injected into the economies of the Arab nations of the Gulf by 2020 from defense deals via offsets. Offsets are agreements in which a supplier agrees to buy products from the party to whom it is selling, in order to win the buyer as a customer and offset the buyer’s outlay. read more
The Matterhorn - Worlds Largest Subwoofer
The most powerful sub ever created. It was born out of a #military request
?#Sisi to take «official measures» for presidential bid
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/sisi-take-official-measures-presidential-bid
Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday he could not ignore demands that he run for president and will take official measures soon, state media reported. Officials close to Sisi told AFP the recently promoted field marshal would step down as defense minister after a law is passed to regulate the election expected this spring. Sisi emerged as the most popular political figure in #Egypt after he overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July following massive protests against the year-long rule of Egypt’s first freely elected leader. read more
#turkey abolishes special #military_tribunals
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/18733
Turkey’s parliament passed a law on Friday abolishing specially appointed courts that have convicted hundreds of military officers for coup plotting. The conciliatory move toward the military, proposed by the Islamic-rooted ruling party, comes as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is grappling with a high-level corruption scandal that has implicated his entourage and dragged down some of his ministers. read more
Shadow of the condor by João Pina
João Pina’s Shadow of the Condor explores the physical and emotional remnants of Operation Condor and the legacy of South America’s military #dictatorships during the “dirty war” years.
#Condor_operation #south_america #military #photography #moving_walls #documentary #chile #Argentina #Bolivia #Brazil #Paraguay #Peru #Uruguay #Pinochet
U.S. #NAVY TO DROP ITS ALL-CAPS COMMUNICATIONS NORM - SOON #MILITARY MESSAGES WILL STOP LOOKING LIKE THIS ! “LOWERCASE MESSAGES ARE HERE TO STAY” JAMES MCCARTY, THE NAVAL #MESSAGING PROGRAM MANAGER AT FLEET CYBER COMMAND SAID IN A STATEMENT - OR RATHER, AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE NAVY NOTICE THAT LOWERCASE LETTERS COULD BE USED WAS IRONICALLY ISSUED IN ALL CAPS. ▻http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/12/navy-to-drop-all-caps-communications
Mais ce ne sera pas sans poser des problèmes…
“It is true that we still have systems that are unable to process mixed case; in these instances, the C2OIX system will be able to convert the text to upper case before making final delivery,” McCarty said.
extrait du communiqué original ▻http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74740
Sans compter que les textes mixtes sont moins compressibles - or les militaires communiquent parfois (ou sont censés être capables de communiquent) à travers des liens à extrêmement bas débits dans des conditions très mauvaises. Les normes militaires ont parfois l’air bêtes et méchantes, mais elles sont robustes !
No cetacean mass stranding in the Canaries since military sonar ban in 2004
Prompt political action may have resulted in a remarkable conservation success for whales and dolphins. The Canary Islands used to be a hotspot for mass strandings, but there have been no mass beachings since the Spanish government imposed a moratorium on naval exercises in these waters in 2004.
▻http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/497317d.html
#conservation #dolphins #whales #sonar #military #protest #spain
Article de Russia Today en réaction à la décision de la Ligue arabe d’octroyer le siège de la Syrie à la Coalition Nationale [Rassemblement de l’opposition syrienne]. Moscou juge « anti-syriennes » et « malheureusement [favorables] à une solution militaire » les mesures qui viennent d’être prises à Doha. Le porte-parole du ministère des Affaires étrangères russe indique « qu’au regard du droit international, les décisions que la Ligue [arabe] vient de prendre à l’égard de la Syrie sont illégales et indéfendables dans la mesure où le gouvernement de la République arabe syrienne demeure le représentant légal d’un Etat membre des Nations Unies. ».
▻http://rt.com/news/arab-league-syria-opposition-924
Giving Syrian opposition seats at Arab League is ‘illegal, indefensible’
Moscow Published time : March 27, 2013
“ The Arab League’s move to hand the Syrian opposition the country’s official seat at a summit in Doha and the decision to give military backing to the rebels are both against international law, Moscow has said. “
#Russia #Syrian_opposition #Arab_League #military_solution #political_settlement
#Geoengineering - Science fiction gets real : a special report | Lateline
►http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3639093.htm
who has the capacity to do this? Well, I mean, there’s really only one answer and that’s the #military.
So, whoever has their hand on the thermostat is going to have an enormous amount of power and is also going to attract an enormous amount of hostility. My best guess is that it will be #China that does it. This has not been revealed yet, but within the last few weeks the Chinese Government included for the very first time geo-engineering research in its top 12 scientific research priorities.
(...)
There’s no doubting the scarily epic nature of such interventions.
CLIVE HAMILTON, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY: To seize control of the climatic system of the Earth as a whole. This is a massive proposal that humanity is starting to talk about. (...) When you consider the almost total failure of the global community to respond to the science of climate change with anything like the urgency that the science suggests ... I think geo-engineering is virtually inevitable.
(...)
Russ George remains unapologetic about his experiment. He says there’s no time to wait for an international treaty.
RUSS GEORGE: I don’t see that happening before the oceans die. Right? The Royal Society of England came out a few years ago and said that by the year 2050 there’d be no harvestable fish left in the ocean. So I don’t think we have time.
Ethical Machines in War: An Interview With Ronald Arkin » OWNI.eu, News, Augmented
►http://owni.eu/2011/04/25/ethical-machines-in-war-an-interview-with-ronald-arkin
The latest to emerge from within #military #technology are the unmanned weapon systems; remote controlled #robots that are replacing human #soldiers in war.
On continue à rigoler avec HBGary…
Exclusive: #Military’s ‘#persona’ #software cost millions, used for ‘classified #social_media activities’ | The Raw Story
►http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/22/exclusive-militarys-persona-software-cost-millions-used-for-classified-soc
A fake virtual army of people could be used to help create the impression of consensus opinion in online comment threads, or manipulate social media to the point where valuable stories are suppressed.
(...) #HBGary, which conspired with Bank of America and the Chamber of Commerce to attack #WikiLeaks, spy on progressive writers and use malware against progressive organizations, was also revealed to have constructed software eerily similar to what the Air Force sought.
“This contract was awarded to a firm called #Ntrepid,” Speaks wrote to Raw Story. “In addition to the classified activities this software supports, US #CENTCOM, like most military commands, does use social media to inform the public of our activities. I should emphasize that such uses do not employ the kind of technology that was the subject of this contract solicitation.”
Ntrepid Corporation, registered out of Los Angeles, bills itself as a privacy and identity protection firm in some job postings, and a national security contractor in others, but its official website was amazingly just one page deep and free of even a single word of description.
In spite of their thin online presence, Speaks said the firm was awarded $2,760,000 to carry out the “persona management” contract.
un article en français, par Benoît Dupont
►http://www.itrmanager.com/articles/116160/cote-obscur-entreprises-securite-informatique-benoit-dupont-professeur-u
Dan O’Huiginn : #EU #Military #exports to #Libya
►http://ohuiginn.net/mt/2011/02/eu_military_exports_to_libya.html
The EU exports around €340 million of military equipment to Libya each year. Here are the details — what country, what kind of equipment.
* The 4 biggest exporters were Italy, Germany, France and the UK.
#UK firm defends #Libya #military_sales | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/21/uk-firm-defends-libya-military-sales
Oliver said: “I don’t have a problem with that. What we have taught them is the British policing system and using an escalated response and not carrying any lethal weapons.” He added this involved the police giving rioters “lots and lots of warnings” before they used more forceful weapons.
#Phone app aims to bridge language gap for US troops in #Afghanistan | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/13/smartphone-app-translates-troops-afghanistan
After a decade of relying on interpreters, the US #military is testing a simultaneous translation programme that runs on an ordinary smartphone.
Developed by US defence department scientists, it can translate from English into Dari and Pashto, the two main languages of Afghanistan, and back again.
Transtac (short for "translation system for tactical use") is being tested by members of the 101st Airborne Division in the eastern province of Paktika.
Breaking down barriers and building trust between foreign soldiers and Afghans is one of the key ambitions of the counter-insurgency strategy being pursued in the country. But when kitted out with bulky body armour and blast-resistant sunglasses, US soldiers attempting to influence Afghan hearts and minds often look more like beings from another planet.
Heureusement qu’il y a la deuxième phrase.
Why [#USA] Might Fight, 2011 Edition NYTimes.com
►http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/weekinreview/12shanker.html
Rare #minerals. #Food and #water. Arable #soil. Air-cleansing #forests.
In the intellectual heart of the American #military and policy-making world, these are emerging not just as environmental issues, but as the potential stuff of conflict in the 21st century.