Air Force: New Technology Drives Away Adversaries (2001)

This was a press release released in 2001.  It has been cited in many articles (such as this one by researcher Frank Morales: http://extra.shadowpress.org/sin001/crowdcon.htm) about new high tech military weapons.  Yet the original article is gone from cyberspace.  To preserve it for future generations to cite, I republish it here.  Republishing this does not indicate [...]

Alibi: UNM’s Star Wars

Another article from the Alibi about UNM and military research: http://alibi.com/feature/18126/UNMs-Star-Wars.html V.16 No.9 | March 1 – 7, 2007 Feature Archive UNM’s Star Wars Is the university conducting military-funded research? By John Lasker Earlier this year, in a show of its space combat prowess, China obliterated one of its own satellites 500 miles above the [...]

Caldera post-script

Caldera post-script Louis Caldera served a whole 3 years as UNM president.  In January 2006 it was announced he would resign the presidency of UNM effective that August 2006.  There was speculation his relationship with the Regents, who have ultimate authority over UNM, deteriorated after 30 months as president.  There was no comment by either [...]

Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/9499345p-10423294c.html Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons – By Greg Gordon, Bee Washington Bureau – Published June 1, 2004 WASHINGTON – Test subjects can’t see the invisible beam from the Pentagon’s new, Star Trek-like weapon, but no one has withstood the pain it produces for more than three seconds. People who volunteered to stand [...]

Air Force Research Laboratory Promotional Video

Scary shit here, the guys who do high tech war and massacres.    

The Space Fence

http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123240692 Center awards Space Fence preliminary design contracts Posted 2/1/2011 Updated 2/4/2011 Email story <http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story_email.asp?id=123240692> <http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123240692> by  Chuck Paone 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs 2/1/2011 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Electronic Systems Center has issued two competitive contract orders, each worth $107 million, for preliminary design of the Space Fence program. The center awarded the [...]

Kirtland Training Dogs

November 12, 2010 Release #10-54 Kirtland AFB opens public comment period for proposed military working dog facility KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The U.S. Air Force has prepared an environmental assessment to identify and evaluate potential environmental impacts from the proposed construction, operation and maintenance of a new military working dog facility at Kirtland [...]

Heather Wilson, Qynergy, and Paul Shirley: Military Influence in New Mexico’s 1st District

Heather Wilson, Qynergy, and Paul Shirley: Military Influence in New Mexico’s 1st District     (written a few years ago, the sources were lost but easily obtainable for those looking) Recently Heather Wilson helped pass a $391 billion Defense Appropriations bill which included $15.7 million for defense projects that will be conducted primarily in New [...]

A Look at Military Research Post 9/11

A Look at Military Research Post 9/11 Here we will explore how military research agendas changed after 9/11, in the era of the War on Terrorism.  Even before 9/11, the Bush administration was considering troop cuts to free up money for modernization. Personnel are the most expensive part of the military.(1) The military has always [...]

Military Directing Scientific Research

Military Directing Scientific Research Back in June 2001 the Defense Department stated it was pouring more research dollars into high energy lasers, microwave systems, and other advanced weapons needed to fight 21st century wars quickly and decisively.  These include unmanned systems like the Predator drones.  The threats in modern times are “asymmetric. The threats are [...]