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1.US Government Poisoning Soldiers with Secret Vaccinations (www.informationliberation.com)
"This is the worst cover-up in the history of the US Military."
All military personnel who are headed to combat are required to take vaccinations. Are these shots leaving some soliders deathly ill?
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2.Blackhawk helicopters buzz downtown in military exercise (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Night-time military helicopter flights over downtown Los Angeles this week are part of training exercises to familiarize military personnel with urban settings and prepare them for future assignments overseas, according to authorities.
The helicopters, which have appeared nightly for almost a week, have attracted the attention of residents as they hover over downtown landmarks like City Hall, or maneuver quickly between office skyscrapers on Bunker Hill. While many residents speculated that the diving and climbing helicopters were part of a movie shoot, authorities confirmed Wednesday that they were part of a joint exercise.
A short notice saying the LAPD would be supporting an urban military exercise was posted on the department's official blog.
The notice says the exercises started June 15 and are scheduled to end Saturday and that they will occur throughout Greater Los Angeles.
Authorities said training sites and times have been selected so they do not disrupt the daily routines of businesses and residents. Safety precautions have also been taken to protect the public and military personnel. The training is not open to the public.
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3.Boeing slammed by Army cutback (www.latimes.com)
In a blow to Boeing Co.'s defense business, the Pentagon on Tuesday said it was curtailing plans to develop a new generation of weapons and computer technologies for the U.S. Army.
The Army's biggest development program, dubbed Future Combat Systems, or FCS, was initially projected to cost $160 billion. But the Pentagon said it was canceling a major component of the program to develop new manned vehicles at a cost of $87 billion........
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The Navy’s recent mine-hunting efforts have proved imperfect. In 2003, they credited the deployment of dolphins with clearing 100 underwater mines from the Persian Gulf. But the dolphins require lengthy training and a human handler at all times. And then there’s that constant harping from animal advocacy groups. In 2007, Lockheed Martin created a Remote Minehunting System, which got a test run on the Bainbridge destroyer. A 2008 report from the ship’s skipper, Commander Stephen Coughlin, cited “growing pains” using the unwieldy ‘bot, which is lifted from the water using a giant hook, precision timing - and luck.....
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5.Navy silent on North Korean live-fire exercise (www.stripes.com)
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy is aware of a North Korean live-fire military exercise the communist nation said it will hold at sea, but isn’t commenting on whether it will affect 7th Fleet operations.
North Korea plans to conduct drills in waters off Wonsan between Thursday and July 10 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to an e-mail sent Monday by North Korea to Japan’s coast guard.
"We do monitor notices to mariners and airmen and are certainly aware when countries establish temporary closure areas like this," 7th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Jeff Davis said. He declined, as per Navy policy, to comment on any operations or say whether Navy ships will give the exercise area a wide berth........
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6.Why Was Pakistan Drone Strike So Deadly? (www.wired.com)
The latest drone strike in Pakistan is apparently the deadliest yet: Reports describe between 45 and 70 dead and many injured. The details are far from clear, but we can at least answer some questions: is it really possible for a drone attack to be so lethal? Is new, more lethal weaponry being deployed?
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Neo-Nazis are in the Army Now (alexconstantine.blogspot.com)June 15, 2009 | On a muggy Florida evening in 2008, I meet Iraq War veteran Forrest Fogarty in the Winghouse, a little bar-restaurant on the outskirts of Tampa, his favorite hangout. He told me on the phone I would recognize him by his skinhead. Sure enough, when I spot a white guy at a table by the door with a shaved head, white tank top and bulging muscles, I know it can only be him........
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8.Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser Fires High-Power Laser In Flight (www.spacewar.com)
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft for the first time in flight.
During the test, ATL took off from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and fired its laser while flying over White Sands Missile Range, N.M., successfully hitting a target board located on the ground. ATL, which Boeing is developing for the U.S. Air Force, is a C-130H aircraft equipped with a chemical laser, a beam control system, sensors and weapon-system consoles........
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9.Despite FAA ban, US spy aircraft patrols northern border (truthiscontagious.com)
Even though the Federal Aviation Administration has banned the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the Department of Homeland Security currently has a US spy aircraft patrolling the northern border of New York for the month of June........
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