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Some fear COVID-19 will be ruse to further invade privacy
By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON— With COVID-19 as justification, the Chinese government is increasing its efforts to meld facial recognition and contact tracing into a potential powerful new tool to reign in the personal privacy of its citizens. Some at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the U.S. government have taken notice and areRead moreB-52, with new engines and more, outlasts upstarts to be more viable, vibrant and vicious
By Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — When the first B-52 bomber was rolled out in 1954, then Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan Twining had what he thought was merely a timely observation. On that March day Twining said, “the long rifle was the great weapon of its day. Today this B-52Read moreSome German-based US troops will head east to Poland, Pentagon says, even though question remain on infrastructure needs
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said U.S. forces are bound for Poland after negotiations with Warsaw have been successfully concluded and that a new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement will provide “the required legal framework, infrastructure and equitable burden-sharing essential to deepening our defense cooperation.” Under the agreement, which has yet to be foamily signed, Poland willRead morePentagon delivers on Trump’s vow to punish Germany, yanks troops and headquarters
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon delivered on President Trump’s threat to punish Germany, announcing Wednesday the removal of 11,900 troops from the NATO ally, as well as air wings and command headquarters. The decision, which had bubbled for several weeks, has attracted significant bipartisan opposition and upset allies who see it as Trump’s way to weakenRead moreHere comes one satellite a week, at $10 million each, to help the Pentagon in outer space
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to build one satellite per week at the cost of around $10 million each in a bid to enhance its military’s to detect and whack threats such as surface-to-air missile launchers and hypersonic missiles. The goal is full coverage by 2026, Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, toldRead moreTwo prisoners, intelligence materials taken during lethal raid on ISIS compound; hero dog recovers from wound
WASHINGTON — The Saturday raid that killed the head of ISIS also yielded unspecified intelligence materials and the capture of two ISIS figures, Pentagon officials said Monday. It also elevated a K-9 solider to hero status. Perhaps are critical as the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — by his own hand — wasRead moreBerlin airlift 70 years ago saved the city and proved the Air Force was needed
By tom On Wednesday, July 18 th, 2018 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingWASHINGTON — Raymond Roberts still remembers vividly the sight of that Soviet MiG jet teasing the cargo plane he was in as a crew member ferrying supplies 70 years ago to a besieged Berlin. “We were helpless,” Roberts, who lives in Denton, Texas, said in an interview. “We were just flying in a small (air)Read moreRed Sox powerful Pentagon weapon revealed
WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon officials dogmatically decline to speculate about any future operation, maneuver, deployment or weapons system when asked a question by a reporter. That is, unless it is about the Boston Red Sox. Boldly going where few generals trod, Gen. James McConville says the Red Sox are a lock to win the World SeriesRead moreMattis, Chinese take measure of each other
BEIJING — Defense Secretary James Mattis came to China armed with his knowledge of geography, history and the determination to see — perhaps prove — that retired generals do not fade away, they make the world better. Mattis believed the two superpowers could find common ground, trumpet that duet, and then try to proceed toRead moreIf not victory, , can there be success in Afghanistan?
WASHINGTON — If you search for the metrics to winning the war in Afghanistan, you will get plenty of results, plenty of metrics — and no victory declared. And that may be the way it will be, indefinitely. At best, the U.S. is seeking success, not victory, experts are now saying. The U.S.-led coalition isRead morePentagon seeks it, DARPA creates it
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James Mattis says the U.S. needs to keep technologically ahead of adversaries and that means, among other things, quicker advances in smartly developed and financed tools and weapons. He better dial 703-526-6630. Or drive 4.2 miles south of his Pentagon office. That is where DARPA has its headquarters and that isRead moreFaceoff coming soon for Las Vegas hockey team and Army
WASHINGTON — The Las Vegas Golden Knights, the newest franchise in the National Hockey League, defeated one of the elite teams on Sunday, besting the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a showdown between division leaders downtown in the nation’s capital. The. Knights came back three times to tie and then take the lead for good, perhapsRead more