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Showing posts with label Militarised Drones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Militarised Drones. Show all posts

August 26, 2015

Intel & Surveillance News



US vows to help #Philippines in intel gathering
/ oldest US ally in Asia
no specifics re support

see Territorial dispute
South China Sea #China claim
Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei + Taiwan have overlapping claims
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/08/26/1492532/us-vows-help-philippines-intel-gathering


MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Lttd /MDA
CA$3.9 million contract with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
http://softwaredev.itbusinessnet.com/article/MDA-to-provide-operational-enhancements-for-information-solution-to-support-flight-operations-at-airports-4038599
other
MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Lttd /MDA 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacDonald,_Dettwiler_and_Associates

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
combat support agency, under USA DOD
& intelligence agency US intel comm
GEOINT
NGA credited by WH military officials
for providing info re Op Neptune's Spear 2011 / bin Laden
#Serbia
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
cause of #NATO Bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade
/ CIA argues otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency

USA military - DRONES
Spent last decade amassing over 7,000 surveillance drones
/ some size of birds / others as big as as jetliners

Drone technology
= USA spy planes will be phased out starting in 2018

Without US ground troops in Iraq and Syria,
#USA commanders rely on airborne #surveillance more than ever before
Iraq war
- USA had plenty fighter pilots
- low on aerial surveillance re what happening ground
/ long distance pilots on amphetamine paste

Over decades, U-2 spy plane
claimed lives of 30 pilots
/ many have nearly crashed after suffering decompression sickness

Russia
U-2 spy plane
shot down over Soviet Union in 1960
/ capture of pilot Francis Gary Powers
/ traded for Soviet spy 1962

It is after satellites could be relied upon for remote control that drones could be used for surveillance.

US Airforce trained:
  • x18 U-2 pilots trained 2014
  • x57 ground-based pilots for Global Hawk (drone)
[ looks like drones are the go ]
DRONES
= cost about half what the U-2 spy planes cost per flying hour to operate
Global Hawk
= drone

http://www.latimes.com/nation/great-reads/la-na-c1-spy-plane-pilot-20150826-story.html

Potomac Advocates (PRASAM)
PRASAM, intel community's 'official' lobbyist
grabbed lion’s share of USG lobbying 4 intel community
/subsription
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/due-diligence/2015/08/26/prasam-intelligence-community-s--official--lobbyist,108088706-ART

More

Potomac Advocates

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000036775

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc
provides war fighter solutions and security related services
engineering, Information Technology services and war fighter solutions primarily for US National Security priorities

services include command, control, communications, computing, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (c5ISR), weapon systems lifecycle support, military weapon range and technical services, network engineering services, advanced information technology services, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration services.
http://www.americantradejournal.com/kratos-defense-security-solutions-inc-short-interest-update-2/657949/


#Canada Surveillance
Police surveillance camera goes up in East Vancouver neighbourhood
/ gang violence issue
http://www.news1130.com/2015/08/25/police-surveillance-camera-goes-up-in-vancouver-neighbourhood/


#Surveillance
Windows 10 heralds a future in which the cloud rules and computers snitch on us by default

default / automatic sharing of data the new normal — from your voice & typing patterns to unique machine ID s/ track & target

#surveillance
By default, users of Mac OSX & Ubuntu Linux
transmit local search terms to respective companies + third parties
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/8/when-surveillance-is-a-feature-not-a-bug.html

#AmericanAggression
masked as deterrence to 'Russian aggression'
USA send F-22 Raptors to Europe
European Reassurance Initiative
$985 million in overseas contingency operations USA funding - 2015 current fiscal year.
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2015-08-25/us-will-send-f-22s-europe-bolster-allies-deter-russia


Understanding Indications & Warning Efforts Of US Ballistic Missile Defence – Analysis
http://www.eurasiareview.com/26082015-understanding-indications-and-warning-efforts-of-us-ballistic-missile-defense-analysis/

Surveillance / Militarised Police
#Baltimore police
Coming Storm 'Stingray' Surveillance by Police
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/08/youre-going-to-hear-a-lot-more-about-police-use-of-stingray/402283/

USA
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act | CISA
concerns re proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
ie - nature and volume of private data about users being funneled to the government (and intelligence agencies) by companies who opt to participate in the information sharing scheme contemplated by the law
https://www.justsecurity.org/25475/cisa-surveillance-law-xss-attack/

USA - Surveillance Act (FISA)
electronic surveillance under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
fed appeals court upheld sentence
http://www.startribune.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-women-s-prison-sentences-in-terror-case/322843851/


Military Drones Market to Reach $11 Billion by 2021 From $3 Billion in 2014
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12106991/military-drones-market-to-reach-11-billion-by-2021-from-3-billion-in-2014

Ghostery privacy extension / Ghostrank
Ghostery privacy extension
http://www.extremetech.com/internet/212476-is-it-safe-to-use-the-ghostery-privacy-extension

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Random surveillance articles.  Bit of a mixed bag that's thrown up some military stuff.  Mostly just skimmed.

The ballistic missiles article could be interesting, as it's a bit hard to apply lessons of history to present day strategy, without knowing anything about today's military capabilities. 

That might be a reading list article.  Not sure I'll get there.  Swamped with all the earmarked stuff I think might be a good read.  Not enough time in the day for all this stuff.  lol

The US proposal for companies to share info with government and spy agencies is about as totalitarian as it gets.


February 01, 2015

VIDEO - Noam Chomsky - On Film 'American Sniper'







VIDEO - Noam Chomsky - On Film 'American Sniper'

Source - YouTube



Drawn to this by the Janet Allon, Greenleft article [HERE]:
" ... most extreme terrorist campaign of modern history, if not ever ― Obama’s global assassination campaign, the drone campaign, which officially is aimed at murdering people who are suspected of maybe someday planning to harm us.”
Chomsky recommends reading some of the transcripts with drone operators, calling them “harrowing” in their dehumanising treatment of people who are targeted."
[Greenleft]

At the end of the video, Chomsky says:
"Obama may recall, when he won the Nobel Prize, he said "Make no mistake, evil does exist in the world," and he's right; he knows exactly where to find it." [Noam Chomsky]

Some strong words from Noam Chomsky.
It's mind-blowing that people around the world are being killed by the US government, without trial and merely on suspicion that they may represent a future 'threat'.
 
Yet the US drone program -- employing unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), which are remotely controlled by the CIA's Special Activities Division -- barely gets mentioned.

Human Rights Watch reported:

US has carried out at least 400 drone strikes since Obama took office, reportedly killing upwards of 2,600 people, according to independent research groups.
Source - HRW - Mar 2014 - here.

That's over 2,600 in the space of about 5 years.

Seems like 'targeted killings' aren't really precise.

But it's a preferred way of conducting war, precisely because of its remote and 'invisible' nature ... the public at home aren't going to complain, as it doesn't affect them in ways that traditional war does (ie burying the war dead).




August 07, 2014

IRAQ - CHALDEAN CATHOLICS - LOBBY OBAMA FOR US ASYLUM & DRONE STRIKES



San Diego Chaldean business leader cancels Washington trip
Posted: Aug 07, 2014 1:20 PM Updated: Aug 07, 2014 1:20 PM

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego business leader who sounded the alarm over the persecution of Christians in northern Iraq decided Wednesday to cancel a trip to Washington, D.C., where he was set to meet with top administration officials.

Mark Arabo, CEO of the Neighborhood Market Association, leads a coalition of people who represent Chaldean Catholics in the Middle East.

The coalition is still scheduled to meet with National Security Advisor Susan Rice on Thursday, but Arabo decided to stay home and participate by phone, a spokesman said. He said Arabo had traveled a lot recently and was pleased with a United Nations resolution this week to condemn the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS.

Coalition members plan to tell Rice that they hope President Barack Obama will recognize the situation in Iraq as a refugee crisis, to immediately increase visas and to raise the annual asylum ceiling for Middle Easterners from 10,000 to 40,000. They will also ask for targeted drone strikes against ISIS.

Thousands of Christians fled the Iraqi city of Mosul, where they traditionally live side-by-side with Muslims, after being threatened with death by the fundamentalist Islamic fighters.

ISIS swept through northern Iraq in late May and early June and were advancing on Baghdad before their offensive stalled. Witnesses said ISIS has instead imposed strict Islamic law in the regions they control.

...

http://www.kusi.com/story/26218551/san-diego-chaldean-business-leader-cancels-washington-trip




Chaldean (Iraq Catholic) lobby urging US drone strikes.
Wonder if Obama will go for it.



July 17, 2014

US to sell 'militarised drones' to allies?



RT America News Article below:

Published on 16 Jul 2014
 
The [US] State Department's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs, Kenneth Handelman, hinted this week that the U.S. might soon loosen its restrictions on exporting militarized drones to allies. Speaking at an international airshow, Handelman told the audience to stay tuned. 

A 1987 agreement known as the Missile Technology Control Regime, which was signed by 34 nations, prevents the spread of unmanned systems that have the capability of carrying weapons of mass destruction. 

But, with dozens of countries pursuing this type of technology, it's only a matter of time before one of them succeeds. 

Proponents say the relaxed restrictions will boost competition and stimulate the economy. 

Opponents are worried about civilian casualties or the scenario of these weapons ending up in the wrong hands. 

RT Correspondent Meghan Lopez reports from the State Department about these developments. 

SOURCE - RT America News - Video - here.
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US corporate interests want money so the bet is the agreement falls by the wayside.

Also, the NATO crew are all increasing the military spending (as per US directive) and have agreed to escalated US military presence in Europe, so I predict drones sold to allies in the very near future.  

LOL.