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 [...]

Air Force Research Laboratory Promotional Video

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

More info on UNM and Space Militarization

More info on UNM and Space Militarization: First ReSpace/MAPLD Conference to be held in Albuquerque KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The ReSpace/Military/Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices Conference occurs Monday through Thursday (Nov 1-4, 2010) at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. This year, the MAPLD Conference, traditionally hosted by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will [...]

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 [...]

More on Lasers and Other Weapons at Kirtland

More on Lasers and Other Weapons at Kirtland Here’s another laser weapon being developed at the facilities at Kirtland.  This is the Space Laser program.  It will be a constellation of satellites mounted with laser cannons orbiting the earth.  They would be used to shoot down ballistic missiles, but likely have other uses too, like [...]

Laser Weapons Testing at White Sands

Laser Weapons Testing at White Sands White Sands is home to the missile range, a 3,200 square mile range that is the largest overland test range in the United States.  It is also home to the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF).  Here is their own description, from the website of the U.S. Army [...]

UNM: Institute for Infrastructure Surety

http://www.ece.unm.edu/ifis/about_us.html “Although we have been working on various aspects of this problem across the School of Engineering and with colleagues in Arts & Sciences, the awarding of the DTRA University Strategic Partnership Program has provided the impetus to found this Institute.” It looks at three areas:  Complexity Theory/Networks, Communication and Control, and Physical Threats.  This [...]