Military Industrial Complex

America needs a new war or capitalism dies

April 17, 2013

Editor’s Note: Are we not in a state of perpetual war / global military operations and expansion ? Source: Market Watch America needs a new war? For the economy to survive? Job market to revive? Capitalism thrive? Maybe. Here’s why: Forbes reported that GDP data “fell for the first time in three and a half years [...]

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A battleground for weapons of the future

December 2, 2012

Source: Reuters More than a week after a U.S.-Egyptian brokered ceasefire brought a fragile peace to Gaza, military analysts are busily assessing the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Their goal: Apply lessons from the eight-day battle to weaponry still in development. Israel’s frequent conflicts with its Arab neighbors have historically been proving grounds for the [...]

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“Super-Soldiers” Fight Disease With Bionic Implants

May 6, 2012

The military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, announced plans to create nanosensors that monitor soldiers’ health on the battlefield and keep doctors constantly abreast about potential health problems. DARPA’s plan for nanosensors reflects a larger trend, as scientists are trying to harness technology to improve health care across the globe. Doctors are already [...]

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G4S eyes Africa as resources sector booms

May 4, 2012

G4S is not the Mom and Pop store down the street. G4S is a global mercenary force and they are eying natural resources. FYI: The Global Mercenary Network Private security firm to run police station Source: Africa Reuters G4S is targeting a rising number of opportunities in Africa’s buoyant natural resources sector, as the world’s [...]

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UK ‘exporting surveillance technology to repressive nations’

April 7, 2012

Britain is exporting surveillance technology to countries run by repressive regimes, sparking fears it is being used to track political dissidents and activists. The UK’s enthusiastic role in the burgeoning but unregulated surveillance market is becoming an urgent concern for human rights groups, who want the government to ensure that exports are regulated in a [...]

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U.S. seeks missile-defense shields for Asia, Mideast

March 26, 2012

The United States is seeking to build regional shields against ballistic missiles in both Asia and the Middle East akin to a controversial defense system in Europe, a senior Pentagon official disclosed on Monday. The effort may complicate U.S. ties with Russia and China, both of which fear such defenses could harm their security even [...]

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Iraq bans security firms on oil fields

March 20, 2012

Image: rlw/U.S. Navy/Arlo K. Abrahamson/UPI Source: UPI With U.S. forces gone from Iraq, Baghdad has banned foreign security contractors, long abhorred by Iraqis, from the 12 major oil fields being developed by international companies, mainly in the south. But the government may find that hard to enforce. Iraq’s military and security forces, still [...]

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Tuareg rebels say US, France supplied weapons to Mali troops via Malta

March 19, 2012

The NATO Mission into Libya was successful. Why? Destabilization of Africa. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Source: Malta Today Tuareg rebels have accused France and the United States of using Malta to provide “urgent military aid” to Mali in a bid to save it from disintegration and falling into Al Qaeda hands at height of Libyan revolution. Abdullah [...]

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Jack Cafferty: Military-industrial complex has this country by the throat

March 14, 2012

Source: Raw Story CNN commentator Jack Cafferty railed against the United States’ ongoing involvement in Afghanistan following the alleged murder of 16 Afghan civilians by a rogue U.S. soldier. “How much is enough?” he said Tuesday. “The United States has been in Afghanistan for more than ten years. And President Obama insists we will remain [...]

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Surveillance Inc: How Western Tech Firms Are Helping Arab Dictators

March 12, 2012

Do not be a fool. Western Tech Firms are spying on everyone. FYI: NYC’s Ring of Steel Part 1 and 2 IARPA wants to sweep social media and public cameras to predict future California police using computers to predict crimes Pentagon Seeks a Few Good Social Networkers Homeland Security eyeing Twitter, Facebook for intelligence Governments [...]

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US to have airbases, special forces in Afghan post 2014:Senator Charles Schumer

March 11, 2012

Source: Economic Times U.S. will continue to maintain air bases and special forces in Afghanistan post-2014 to ensure that the Taliban never comes back, a top American Senator said today. “There will be a follow-on force post-2014 with air bases and special forces units to make sure the Taliban never come back and that NATO [...]

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NGOs: Missionaries of Empire

March 10, 2012

Source: Foreign Policy Journal by Devon Douglas-Bowers Non-governmental organizations are an increasingly important part of the 21st century international landscape performing a variety of humanitarian tasks pertaining inter alia to issues of poverty, the environment and civil liberties. However, there is a dark side to NGOs. They have been and are currently being used as [...]

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Sweden’s ‘secret’ Saudi arms plant

March 8, 2012

Sweden has been secretly helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of an arms factory to produce anti-tank missiles, the Swedish national broadcaster has reported. The Swedish Defence Research Agency (known by its Swedish acronym FOI) has co-operated with Saudi Arabia since 2005, though construction on “Project Simoom” has yet to begin, Swedish Radio reported on [...]

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Controversial security company paid $2.4 million to train Canadian troops

March 8, 2012

Source: Vancouver Sun An American private security firm whose employees have been implicated in the killing of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan was paid nearly $2.4 million to train Canadian soldiers last year. Documents tabled in the House of Commons show Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater, was providing select troops specialized training in [...]

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Netanyahu asked Panetta to approve sale of bunker-busting bombs, U.S. official says

March 6, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the United States approve the sale of advanced refueling aircraft as well as GBU-28 bunker-piercing bombs to Israel during a recent meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. The American official said that U.S. President Barack Obama instructed Panetta to work directly with Defense [...]

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Darpa’s Robotic Cheetah Sets Racing Record

March 5, 2012

Source: Wired

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Somalis want Saracen South Africa linked mercenary group out

March 4, 2012

Source: Somaliland Sun Hundreds of former South African reconnaissance soldiers (“reccies”) continue to serve as soldiers of fortune in a number of foreign dirty wars despite it being illegal under South African law, and despite the UN warning that one company with links to South Africa presented the biggest threat to the failed state of [...]

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