Big Brother barks? Govt unveils shouting CCTV cameras

Not bad..."Hey, Mr. Hussain, our softaware determinded your back-pack is too heavy! Maybe a bomb? Stop, lay face-down and don´t move..."

Big Brother barks? Govt unveils shouting CCTV cameras

The SS and it´s boss Himmler loved gadgets: he leased IBM (early-) sorting machines. He got them for "elections"... but of course it was used to compile registers of Jews, and other "undesirables".
His followers, ups, sorry!, victors, in DDR installed "Selbstschutss-anlagen" along the Iron curtain: remotely or locally (by hapless refugee) triggered SHOTGUNS. This will be the next, logical step in UK. Of course, more human, morphine tipped pellets will be deployed!

USS Nimitz, other warships leave San Diego for the Persian Gulf

SAN DIEGO - The USS Nimitz and several other American warships left San Diego today for the Persian Gulf to join another locally based aircraft carrier strike group already in the region.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will join the San Diego-based John C. Stennis Strike Group and relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, according to Naval Air Forces Public Affairs.

Military officials said in a statement that the two-carrier presence in the Persian Gulf area is intended to demonstrate U.S. 'resolve to build regional security and bring long-term stability to the region.'

The Nimitz's departure comes amid heightened tensions in the region following the detention of 15 British sailors and marines by Iran. Iran maintains the detainees were operating in its territorial waters, a charge the British government denies."
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The RELENTLESS buildup continues. And it´s not so sure the Eisenhower task-group will be replaced.
That Bush was quiet for a week and Blair put on Jimmy-the-Dhimmy mask is caused by their unwillingness to depart from agreed upon timetable and plans. I hope.

Show whips off the camouflage net

• My kind of show: Military and Art, both in the same venue. Must see this summer, if I summon courage to visit anything in London...
  

A major London exhibition on the history of military camouflage looks at how it took to the field and ended up on the catwalk.

Dress the French army as harlequins, Picasso reportedly quipped during World War I, and the diamonds will make them harder for the enemy to see.

France, perhaps wisely, declined to kit out its soldiers as Italian clowns but was otherwise happy to apply Cubism to the war effort, on the principle that a broken-up form is harder for a spotter-plane to sight. The Section de Camouflage, staffed with minor Cubist painters and set designers, was born in 1915 and no major piece of military hardware would ever be safe again from the paint-brush.

Just finishing my face - S Korean soldier applies camouflage paint

Back in Napoleonic times, high-visibility uniforms were the battle order of the day, as French blues and Russian greens, British reds and Austrian whites marched forth.

"It was basically a way of identifying soldiers but it was also about the camaraderie that comes from wearing the same kit," Tim Newark, author of new book Camouflage, told the BBC News website.

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Camouflage runs at the Imperial war Museum from 23 March to18 November 2007.

Where are the guns?

Military expert raises eyebrows at Maoist weapon stats

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Feb 24 - Military expert Dr Indrajit Rai on Saturday said that it was not as easy to believe the stats of the Maoist weapons that have been registered at the UN.

The United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) yesterday had made public that the UN had registered 30,852 PLA combatants and 3,428 weapons from the cantonments across the country.

Rai said that the number of weapons registered at the UN is far less than the number of Maoist combatants registered and the situation arose because "one man, one weapon" principle was not adopted while registering the PLA fighters.

Stating that the negotiators too failed at some critical points, expert Rai said that he had a slight inkling of this situation when it was decided that registration of those fighters also would be done who did not have weapons.

"There could have been 10-12,000 weapons and I had thought half of those would be registered. Even that figure did not come," said Rai.

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The missing 10,000 GOOD weapons, not the wrecks in the white containers, are hidden, most probably within walking dinstance of the Valley. The UN, as in Rwanda, Darfur, Congo, Lebanon - pick your favorite failed state - facilitates genocide, rape, theft and bullying. All citizens of these enitities have to fear when UN takes over... Ask the Rwandans, Darfurians... poor Nepal!

Nepali Maoist Arrested Has Links With Laskar -E-Toiba, Says Indian Army

Nepali Maoist Arrested Has Links With Laskar -E-Toiba, Says Indian Army

Update 2007-02-26

Well, maybe we are victims of Indian Army manipulation:


Indian Army claim on Maoist-Lashkar nexus fictitious: Indian media

By Special Correspondent

KATHMANDU, Feb 23 - The Indian media quoting investigators on Friday ruled out the Indian Army's claim that a Nepali national, Pasang Lama, who was arrested in Kashmir 10 days ago, was a Maoist and that he had a nexus with the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba.

The Indian police had detained Lama on Feb 13 from Baramulla, Kashmir and had claimed that Lama was a member of the CPN-M and that he was trading weapons with the terrorist group Lashkar.

The Indian media today stated that Lama was neither a Maoist nor was he in Kashmir for the alleged arms deal.

"The claim (by the Indian Army) is not true. There was no deal at all. We have asked local police to reassess the case filed against him (Lama)," reported Hindustan Times, one of the top English dailies in India, in its Friday's edition quoting a security personnel involved in the investigation.

The Maoists have already dismissed the Indian Army claim.

Spokesperson of the Indian Army, Lt Col VK Mathur had said on Feb 13 that Lama was arrested by the Indian police along with Md Yunus, a member of the banned terrorist group Lashkar. Mathur had also mentioned that Lama, when nabbed, was making an arms deal equivalent of IRs five hundred thousand.

Lama was immediately sent to judicial detention.

In the investigation report, Lama has been described as a businessman dealing in Pashmina raw materials. The report also added that Lama exports the raw material to businessmen in Kashmir.

Lama was reported to have told the investigators that he was asked to accept an AK-47 rifle instead of his outstanding cash, which Lama rejected.

When he was arrested, the Indian Army however was not in a position to verify his involvement with the Nepali Maoists and the Maoists in Nepal had ruled out the claim laid by the Indian Army. Nonetheless, the Indian Army is still maintaining its claim that Lama is a Maoist and has links with Lashkar.

Mathur said, "Criminals never admit their crimes. We did not find any weapon on him but he has confessed that he came to make an arms deal."

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Or the story is true, what would Nepali have to sell in Kashmir? Pasmina means Kashmere - that's were the word originated! So this is preposterous, just an excuse?

US. Military shows off new ray gun

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The military calls its new weapon an "active denial system," but that's an understatement. It's a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire.

Apart from causing that terrifying sensation, the technology is supposed to be harmless - a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop their weapons.

Military officials say it could save the lives of innocent civilians and service members in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

The weapon is not expected to go into production until at least 2010, but all branches of the military have expressed interest in it, officials said.

During the first media demonstration of the weapon Wednesday, airmen fired beams from a large dish antenna mounted atop a Humvee at people pretending to be rioters and acting out other scenarios that U.S. troops might encounter in war zones.

The device's two-man crew located their targets through powerful lenses and fired beams from more than 500 yards away. That is nearly 17 times the range of existing non-lethal weapons, such as rubber bullets.

Anyone hit by the beam immediately jumped out of its path because of the sudden blast of heat throughout the body. While the 130-degree heat was not painful, it was intense enough to make the participants think their clothes were about to ignite.

"This is one of the key technologies for the future," said Marine Col. Kirk Hymes, director of the non-lethal weapons program at Quantico, Va., which helped develop the new weapon. "Non-lethal weapons are important for the escalation of force, especially in the environments our forces are operating in."

The system uses electromagnetic millimeter waves, which can penetrate only 1/64th of an inch of skin, just enough to cause discomfort. By comparison, microwaves used in the common kitchen appliance penetrate several inches of flesh.

The millimeter waves cannot go through walls, but they can penetrate most clothing, officials said. They refused to comment on whether the waves can go through glass.

The weapon could be mounted aboard ships, airplanes and helicopters, and routinely used for security or anti-terrorism operations.

"There should be no collateral damage to this," said Senior Airman Adam Navin, 22, of Green Bay, Wis., who has served several tours in Iraq.

Navin and two other airmen were role players in Wednesday's demonstration. They and 10 reporters who volunteered were shot with the beams. The beams easily penetrated various layers of winter clothing.

The system was developed by the military, but the two devices currently being evaluated were built by defense contractor Raytheon.

Airman Blaine Pernell, 22, of suburban New Orleans, said he could have used the system during his four tours in Iraq, where he manned watchtowers around a base near Kirkuk. He said Iraqis constantly pulled up and faked car problems so they could scout out U.S. forces.

"All we could do is watch them," he said. But if they had the ray gun, troops "could have dispersed them."

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Can't wait - this is BIG! Many, many applications, the head just spins: automatic warehouse and plant protection (nuclear, rafinery, pipeline) - as it is supposedly non-lethal, it could be robots who "fire" at burglars, and all from distance of 500 m, in all kinds of visivility & weather!