Pentagon plans new cyberspace war command
Reuters
05/29/09
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare, the New York Times said on Friday. The military command will complement a civilian effort President Barack Obama plans to announce on Friday that will overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks, the newspaper said on its website. Citing Obama administration sources, the Times said the president will detail on Friday the creation of a White House office that will coordinate a multi-billion-dollar effort to restrict access to government computers, protect systems that run U.S. stock exchanges, clear global banking transactions and manage the air traffic control system...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE54S0XQ20090529
Army starts testing “Judge Dredd” weapon
Fox News
05/28/09
The U.S. Army is set to start testing a computerized, high-tech projectile launcher that can take out bad guys hiding around corners and in caves or trenches, even if they’re out of the soldier’s line of sight. Some experts call it the ‘Judge Dredd’ gun, after the Sylvester Stallone movie. The Pentagon calls it the XM-25 Individual Air Burst Weapon, which uses a laser rangefinder to precisely measure the distance to a target, then primes a fuse on a timed grenade so that the projectile explodes exactly where it should.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522699,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cyberspace
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=computer+warfare
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
05/29/09
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare, the New York Times said on Friday. The military command will complement a civilian effort President Barack Obama plans to announce on Friday that will overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks, the newspaper said on its website. Citing Obama administration sources, the Times said the president will detail on Friday the creation of a White House office that will coordinate a multi-billion-dollar effort to restrict access to government computers, protect systems that run U.S. stock exchanges, clear global banking transactions and manage the air traffic control system...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE54S0XQ20090529
Army starts testing “Judge Dredd” weapon
Fox News
05/28/09
The U.S. Army is set to start testing a computerized, high-tech projectile launcher that can take out bad guys hiding around corners and in caves or trenches, even if they’re out of the soldier’s line of sight. Some experts call it the ‘Judge Dredd’ gun, after the Sylvester Stallone movie. The Pentagon calls it the XM-25 Individual Air Burst Weapon, which uses a laser rangefinder to precisely measure the distance to a target, then primes a fuse on a timed grenade so that the projectile explodes exactly where it should.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522699,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cyberspace
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+command
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=computer+warfare
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
rudkla - 29. Mai, 11:12
