You might think that this was a story the US Department of Defense (DOD) would love, and recently obtained archive files show how the producers approached the Pentagon seeking access to military bases for filming, as well as F-18 fighter jets so they could record audio and video for use …
Read More »Pentagon announces carrying out strikes on Iraq-Syria border ‘at Biden’s direction’
“At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement on Sunday. “The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are …
Read More »Amazon acquires secure messaging app Wickr used by Pentagon
The deal was announced by the two companies on Friday, with neither disclosing any figures. “We are pleased to share that Wickr has been acquired by Amazon and is now part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team. We’re proud to have created highly trusted, secure communication solutions for messaging, …
Read More »The aliens are coming: Here’s what the movies tell us we should expect from the Pentagon’s UFO report
On Friday, the Pentagon is scheduled to release its highly anticipated report on UFOs, or as the government now calls them, UAPs – unidentified aerial phenomena. Similar to Richard Dreyfuss in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, I’m a long-time, self-confessed, tin-foil hat-wearing UFO enthusiast/fanatic. As such, I’m delusionally hoping …
Read More »The media’s amnesia over smearing the Pentagon Papers leaker as a Russian spy exposes their refusal to admit they’ve been duped
The documents, leaked by Department of Defense whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, revealed that successive US governments had ever-increasingly ramped up aggressive attacks on North Vietnam in the years leading up to Congress officially authorizing the use of conventional military force against the country in August 1964, systematically lying to the media, …
Read More »Top Pentagon officer Mark Milley says Russia & China pose ‘biggest threats’ after Biden says it’s climate change
Asked about Biden’s comment during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested that the president was speaking more loosely in regards to the nation’s greatest threats, instead naming two foreign ‘adversaries’. “Climate change does impact, but the president is looking …
Read More »Pentagon chief ‘absolutely concerned’ about Iranian ships crossing Atlantic & ‘proliferation of weapons in our neighborhood’
Asked about the two Iranian ships, which US officials allege are headed for Venezuela to fulfill a weapons sale inked last year, Austin told lawmakers that he shares their concerns, suggesting they pose a proliferation threat in the Western Hemisphere. “I am absolutely concerned about the proliferation of weapons, any …
Read More »As US military exits from Afghanistan, Pentagon considering airstrikes if Taliban threaten to take Kabul – media
In the event of a Taliban offensive that threatens the capital, Kabul, the US military is weighing the possibility of responding with warplanes or drones, the New York Times reported, citing senior officials. President Joe Biden has pledged to end US military engagement in the country, including airstrikes, by September, …
Read More »Pentagon makes China top priority in new directive as deputy defense chief says $715bn budget will ‘deter aggression’ by Beijing
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued the guidance on Wednesday, outlining US military policy toward the People’s Republic after a months-long Pentagon review ordered by the White House in February. The new directive is classified, however, with Austin and other military officials offering scant details on the document. “The initiatives I …
Read More »Pentagon says US exit from Afghanistan halfway done, but won’t give ‘specifics’ on progress going forward
US Central Command (CENTCOM), the military body that oversees the Middle East and Central Asia, said more than half of American forces had left Afghanistan in a Tuesday press release. “US Central Command estimates that we have completed greater than 50% of the entire retrograde process,” it said, adding that …
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