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LinkedInIn case you haven't heard, there's a very quiet, but very significant arms race taking place, once again between the USA and Russia. Since Mr. Putin and his oligarchs in the KGB wrested control back from the corrupt Yeltsin era cronies, the corruption in Russia has once again been re-appropriated to its vast military-industrial(and, one would add, ecclesiastical) complex. Indeed, it is the last component that, in some respects, distinguishes the current regime from Stalinism, and yet, that in other respects, makes it so resemble it. But...that's another story. For the moment, we must … [Read more...]
NEXT: DRONE SUBMARINES
December 5, 2012 By
Iranian Press TV is reporting on the latest DARPA brainchild: the drone submarine, here: US building drone subs to track, chase away enemy vessels: Report This, really, shouldn't surprise us by now, but what should give us great pause is the trend that is now developing within the military affairs of the West in general and the American military in particular. I am certainly not the first to have commented that the increasing role of drone technology within the American military has had the effect of dehumanizing warfare, and isolating its participants from their victims: it now becomes … [Read more...]