Taiwanese defense officials have been forced to regroup on plans for artillery forces after being told that the US has pushed back the estimated delivery date for 40 howitzer systems by at least three years as Washington races to supply more weapons to war-torn Ukraine. Taipei’s $750 million order was …
Read More »Judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors
The vaccine mandate was set to go into effect on January 4, but is now facing a nationwide halt thanks to the decision by a federal judge in Georgia. The case in question, Georgia v. President Joe Biden, also includes plaintiffs from the states of Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, …
Read More »Shocking report exposes how US defense contractors have wasted trillions through fraud and corruption
It notes that since the start of the intervention in Afghanistan in October 2001, Pentagon spending has totalled $14 trillion, with the US war budget increasing between 2002 and 2003 by more than the entire military spending of any other country. Between one-third and one-half of that total was pocketed …
Read More »Facebook pays contractors to read your ‘encrypted’ WhatsApp messages, shares info with prosecutors – reports
Social media behemoth Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg promising to keep the stripped-down, ad-free messaging app “exactly the same.” End-to-end encryption was introduced in 2016, with the app itself offering on-screen assurances to users that “No one outside of this chat” can read their communications, and …
Read More »On hostels for military-contractors will spend a billion
Poltorak told how much hostels will be built. Defense Minister, army General of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak approved financing plan of construction in different regions of the country dormitories for servicemen. “One billion hryvnias of budgetary funds provided for the construction of 100 homes for the Ukrainian military. Reform in the …
Read More »Ukravtodor is planning to create a black list of contractors
Novak has promised to pay more attention to the quality of repair of roads. The state road Agency “Ukravtodor” plans to create a black list of contractors. This was at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine said the head of “Ukravtodor” Slawomir Nowak. “We change the approach …
Read More »Russian contractors are trying to avoid “mission” in the Donbass
Managed to restore the “track record” of the Russian military. Russian contract soldiers of the last war in the Donbass, trying to avoid further service in the districts and the compounds most frequently involved in “Ukrainian business trips”, says the investigation of the volunteer community InformNapalm. OSINT-intelligence found in the …
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