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LinkedInIranian 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...]
DRUG CARTELS AND U-BOATS
September 16, 2012 By
I had fully intended these next two weeks' worth of blogs to be mostly about technological and cultural issues, but, as usual, on my normal surf through the always-rewarding and information-laden website of Russia Today (rt.com), I found once again that the government-sponsored Russian news service is reporting on an interesting development: the use of U-boats by the international drug cartels, to smuggle drugs: Feds helpless in fight with drug cartel submarines Eat your heart out Grossadmiral Doenitz; you could have had your U-boats, torpedoes, wolfpacks and drugs too! That may seem … [Read more...]