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April 24, 2013
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The MSM's 'Seminal Omissions': The Rich Get Richer On Drone Wars But You Wouldn't Know It From AP's Boeing Reporting

This AP Wire piece makes no mention of Boeing’s involvement in ANYTHING Military-Industrial. Perhaps, like Halliburton’s transfer of Pulsed Neutron Generators (dual use) to Iraq and Libya during the 90s, Boeing has shifted that reportage to their (snigger) “Logging Subsidiary”.


For recent information on the unmentioned Drone/UAV end of Boeing’s business see April 24, 2013, 12 Companies Cashing In On Drones - HuffPost Business

And March 23, 2013, Boeing: Cleared For Takeoff:
Transforming military might to an emerging civilian market, Ivey Business Review.

A glimpse of that “Emerging Civilian Market
Drones Over America
DroneTaze

Boeing’s net income rose 20 percent in the first quarter despite its troubles with the 787.

The big airplane maker earned $1.11 billion, or $1.44 per share. Its adjusted profit would have been $1.73 per share, well above analyst expectations.

Revenue fell 3 percent to $18.89 billion because Boeing delivered just one 787 before the plane was grounded in mid-January.

Boeing says it will still meet its financial and delivery targets this year. That includes delivering at least 60 787s. Production of the plane has continued, so once Boeing installs a redesigned battery system, it will be able to hand 787s over to customers relatively quickly. [Source]

Tags: Boeing UAVs Drones Drone Wars MSM Journalism War Pigs Military-Industrial Complex Disinformation Semantics

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January 05, 2013
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Do you know what you’re fighting for? He does.… And he doesn’t need Zyprexa or Prozac… and he’s taught his children well.These are the people the West slaughters indiscriminately with remote controlled drones dispatched from offices outside Las Vegas Nevada, Grass Valley California, and other facilities around the world even as the cost of waging that war will destroy the Western soldier’s minds and the economies of their countries as surely as it destroyed Russia’s.For more on how that war affects the ‘people in the cubies’ at those facilities, see this Spiegel article.

Do you know what you’re fighting for? He does.

… And he doesn’t need Zyprexa or Prozac… and he’s taught his children well.

These are the people the West slaughters indiscriminately with remote controlled drones dispatched from offices outside Las Vegas Nevada, Grass Valley California, and other facilities around the world even as the cost of waging that war will destroy the Western soldier’s minds and the economies of their countries as surely as it destroyed Russia’s.

For more on how that war affects the ‘people in the cubies’ at those facilities, see this Spiegel article.

(Source: nativethoughts, via abzmedia)

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November 07, 2012
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"Drones are well-known for their ability to hunt down suspected terrorists abroad, but they have also increasingly become a popular tool of police departments,” prompting legislative bids for restrictions, The Hill leads."

— Congressional Quarterly Behind The Lines Homeland Security Newsletter November 07, 2012 (Free Subscription)

Tags: Drones Drone Wars Domestic Surveillance Police State Police-Industrial Complex Homeland Insecurity Homeland Security

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June 12, 2012
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Drones Over America - DoD Current and Future U.S. Drone Activities Interactive Google Map

All code cribbed from Public Intelligence.net

The following map depicts the approximate locations of current and planned Department of Defense unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) activities inside the U.S. The locations, service branches, and types of UAS flown were obtained from several publicly released DoD presentations.

If you are aware of other DoD drone activities in the U.S. not listed below, please let us know.

LocationService BranchTypes of UASUAS Activities Status
Fort Lewis, WAArmy, Special Operations CommandShadow, Wasp, RavenCurrent
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WASpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Portland, ORSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Arlington, ORSpecial Operations CommandScan EagleCurrent
Limestone Hills Training Area, MTSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenCurrent
Grand Forks Air Force Base, NDAir ForceGlobal Hawk, PredatorFuture
Camp Ripley, MNArmyShadowCurrent
Beale Air Force Base, CAAir ForceGlobal HawkCurrent
Moffett Air Field, CAArmyRMAXFuture
Fort Ord, CAArmyRMAXFuture
Camp Roberts, CASpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Simi Valley, CAArmyRaven, Warrior, Puma-AECurrent
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, CANavyGlobal Hawk, BAMSFuture
Camp Pendleton, CASpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
El Mirage, CAArmyWaspCurrent
Palmdale, CAAir ForceGlobal HawkCurrent
29 Palms, CAMarine CorpsShadow, RavenCurrent
Victorville, CAArmy, Special Operations CommandRaven, A160 HummingbirdCurrent
Fort Irwin, CAArmyUnknownCurrent
Creech Air Force Base, NVAir ForcePredator, ReaperCurrent
Dugway, UTArmyHunter, ShadowCurrent
Camp Williams, UTSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Fort Huachuca, AZArmyWarriorCurrent
Cochise, AZArmyHunterCurrent
Holloman Air Force Base, NMArmy, Air ForcePreadtor, ReaperCurrent
Cannon Air Force Base, NMAir ForcePreadtor, ReaperCurrent
Santa Fe, NMArmyRavenCurrent
Laguna, NMArmygMAVCurrent
Fort Carson, COArmy, Special Operations CommandShadow, Wasp, RavenFuture
United States Air Force Academy, COAir ForceViking 300, Scan EagleCurrent
Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, COArmyRavenCurrent
Fort Riley, KSArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Worth, TXArmyRavenCurrent
Hondo, TXArmy, NavyUnknownCurrent
Longhorn, TXArmyUnknownCurrent
Fort Hood, TXArmyHunterCurrent
Robert Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood, TXArmyHunterCurrent
Camp Bullis, TXSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenCurrent
Fort Polk, LAArmyRavenCurrent
Woodworth, LAArmyUnknownCurrent
Stennis Space Center, MSSpecial Operations CommandWasp, Raven, Puma-AECurrent
Fort Campbell, KYArmy, Special Operations CommandShadow, Wasp, RavenCurrent
Camp Shelby, MSArmyShadowCurrent
Redstone Arsenal, ALArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Benning, GAArmyShadowCurrent
Camp Atterbury, INSpecial Operations CommandTiger MothCurrent
Louisville, KYSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Fort Knox, KYArmyShadowCurrent
Patriot, KYSpecial Operations CommandWarrior, Raven, Puma-AE, ShadowFuture
Kenova, WVSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Robbins Air Force Base, GAAir ForcePredatorFuture
Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, GAArmyHunterCurrent
Evans, GAArmyShadowCurrent
Camp Blanding, FLSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Choctaw, FLSpecial Operations CommandWasp, Raven. Puma-AE, ShadowCurrent
Hurlburt Field, FLAir ForceWasp, RavenFuture
Eglin Air Force Base, FLSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenFuture
Key West, FLSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenCurrent
Homestead, FLSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenCurrent
Okeechobee, FLArmyRavenCurrent
Fort A.P. Hill, VAArmyRMAXCurrent
Blackstone Army Airfield, VAArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Indiantown Gap, PAArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Bragg, NCArmyRavenCurrent
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NCSpecial Operations Command, Marine CorpsShadow, Warrior, RavenCurrent
Fort Eustis, VAArmyVigilanteCurrent
Naval Air Station Pax River, MDNavyGlobal Hawk, BAMSCurrent
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJArmySpyderCurrent
Fort Drum, NYArmy, Air Force, Special Operations CommandPredator, ShadowFuture
Syracuse, NYAir ForceReaperFuture
Griffiss Air Force Base, Oneida County, NYSpecial Operations CommandRascalFuture
Mount Washington, NHSpecial Operations CommandWasp, RavenCurrent
Ladd Army Airfield, AKArmyShadowCurrent
Allen Army Airfield, AKArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Wainwright, AKArmyShadow, RavenCurrent
Bryant Army Heliport, Fort Richardson, AKArmyShadowCurrent
Fort Greely, AKArmyShadowCurrent
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, HINavyRavenCurrent
Wheeler Army Airfield, HIArmyShadowCurrent
Ellington Air Force Base, TXAir ForcePredator, Global HawkFuture
Edwards Air Force Base, CAAir ForceUnknownCurrent
Davis-Monathan Air Force Base, AZAir ForcePredator, ReaperCurrent
March Air Force Base, CAAir ForcePredatorCurrent
Southern California Logistics Airport, CA
Air ForcePredatorCurrent
Nellis Air Force Base, NVAir ForcePredatorCurrent
Fargo, NDAir ForcePredatorCurrent
Ellsworth Air Force Base, SDAir ForcePredatorFuture

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May 27, 2012

Anonymous hacks, defaces drone maker… Demands the release of Bradley Manning

Anonymous hacks, defaces drone maker Alpha Unmanned Systems: “All the drones tango down.”

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Hacktivists claiming allegiance to the international Internet collective known as Anonymous hacked and defaced Alpha Unmanned Systems (http://www.alphaunmannedsystems.com/) Saturday, May 27.

Anonymous hacktivists claim that Alpha Unmanned Systems, experts in designing simple and portable flight control systems, is “just another covert corporation funded by the CIA.”

Anonymous hacktivists claim border patrols and law enforcement agencies will be missing some drones soon, and imply there are serious problems with “manual remote control of the UAVs plus the video transmission.”

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