Given the spectacular special effects on display in Marvel’s “Iron Man” movies and the Defense Department’s clever allusions to the popular hero throughout the development of programs like their TALOS armored exoskeleton, you could be forgiven for thinking mankind is on the cusp of fielding some real-life superheroes. Many media outlets have been happy to More »
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Learn How To Prepare For Cold Weather Prior to Selection
Because most of our military bases are in the southern United States, one area that can be neglected, especially when preparing for Special Operations training is cold weather training. It is surprising how many young people who enter the military don’t know or understand the basics of cold weather preparation. First some of the basics; More »
Polar Fitness App Leaks Sensitive Information on US Military
The Finnish-based fitness tracking app Polar has disabled its global activity map feature after last week when it was learned that a simple click was all that was required to track down the real-world identities of military and intelligence personnel. Polar Flow, one of Polar’s apps, was allowing anyone to access a feature called Explore, which More »
Vague Trump Directive Creates “Space Force” or Did It?
The President, love him or hate him certainly knows how to make a splash. And he definitely did just that on Monday afternoon when he signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to create a new ”Space Force,” which will certainly anger the Air Force. The President’s purposely vague directive, if followed thru will radically More »
Fifty Years Later, Who Really Killed Robert Kennedy?
Most of us who are old enough to remember, recall the events of June 5, 1968, when Robert Kennedy had just won the Democratic primary in California and was assassinated as he made his way from the podium and into the kitchen of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel. Our country was in a bad way. More »
More Google Employees Quit Over Military AI Flap
Google employees are quitting the internet giant over the company’s work with “Project Maven”, a drone program that is using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to help analyze huge amounts of captured surveillance footage. Billed as a way of maintaining “advantages over increasingly capable adversaries,” the project is formally known as the Algorithmic Warfare More »
European Spy Chiefs Warn of Russian Hybrid Threats
The Russian meddling in the United States, as well as other elections, is now going to be the norm, in addition to cyber warfare, disinformation campaigns and more traditional espionage the European heads of intelligence warned on Monday. The Sergei Skripal assassination attempt in the UK is a prime example. After the attack, it was More »
Israeli Intelligence Pulls Off a Coup and Reveals Iranian Nuke Program
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on Israeli television on Monday night and revealed to the country that the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad pulled off an incredible intelligence coup. Netanyahu called it the greatest intelligence achievement in history. While that may be stretching it a bit, it is an extraordinary piece of intelligence gathering. What More »
Russians Jamming US GPS Signals for Drones in Syria
U.S. military surveillance drones operating in Syria are having their signals jammed by the Russian military, seriously affecting U.S. military operations, according to American officials. The Russians began jamming some smaller U.S. drones several weeks ago, the officials said, after a series of suspected chemical weapons attacks on civilians in rebel-held eastern Ghouta. The Russian military was More »
Nerve Agent Poisoning Puts Secret Russian Military Labs in the Spotlight
The recent events that unfolded in the UK with the nerve agent poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on a bench in Salisbury is putting the secret labs of the Russians that research and manufacture these weapons in the spotlight. During his last run for the presidency, in 2012, Russian More »