The report, first cited by the German magazine Spiegel, says the Panavia Tornado, which first entered service in the 1970s, has several equipment flaws that make it vulnerable and no longer suitable for duty. The fleet of fighter jets needs costly modernization if Germany wants to keep them operational until 2035, as it plans. The […]
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US military to develop genetically modified plants to spy in environments ‘unsuitable for traditional sensors’
Source: Independent The US military wants to deploy plants as “the next generation of intelligence gatherers”. Genetically modified plants could be employed as self-sustaining sensors to gather information in settings unsuitable for more traditional technologies. The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is responsible for the development of emerging technologies in the US […]
Politico Reports Bush Knew 2001 Terror-Attack was Imminent and Wanted It
A stunning news-report at Politico on November 12th, titled «The Attacks Will Be Spectacular», reveals that the then CIA Director George Tenet, and his anti-terror chief Cofer Black, say that they had told the White House this, but that the response coming back to them was «We’re not quite ready to consider this. We don’t want the […]