Sunday, September 16, 2007

GA Anthrax Drill, UAV Kill, Taiwan, + DHS Fraud..




* this is worst than a SNL skit...

Terrorist drill unfolds early Sunday at Mall of Georgia
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=117438


BUFORD - It was a drill, only a drill, Sunday morning at the Mall of Georgia but Gwinnett area emergency responders treated a terrorist scenario involving deadly anthrax like it was the real thing.Fire, police and public health services observed September's National Preparedness Month with a drill that included simulated bombs, shooters and medical treatment according to Vernon Goins with East Metro Public Health.
"This is the first time that we've ever come together and all of the agencies that would be involved participated in one drill," Goins said." equipment that we've never had to deploy before and setting up a moment's notice to decontaminate and treat people."

Army records first UAV kills
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/09/army_UAV_kills_070915w/





When Army scouts in Iraq spotted two men planting a roadside bomb Sept. 1, they called in a nearby Hunter unmanned aircraft, which dropped a laser-guided bomb and killed the two men.
"We had the first confirmed use of an Army weaponized UAV," said Col. Don Hazelwood, project manager for Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
The Army is mounting precision-guided weapons on hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hazelwood said.
The MQ-5B Hunter will carry the laser-guided GBU-44/B Viper Strike, a 42-pound glide bomb with a one-yard wingspan that can strike within one meter of its aim point.
The Army intends to increase the number of Viper Strike bombs it intends to buy, but declined to give specific numbers, said Tim Owings, the Army’s deputy project manager for UAVs.
AGM-114 Hellfire missiles are going on the Warrior AlphaUAV, a prototype version of the MQ-1C Warrior Extended-Range Multi-purpose UAV to be ready by 2009. Eventually, the Warrior may also carry Viper Strikes.
Both UAV types will carry laser designators that can be used to guide munitions dropped from UAVs or manned aircraft, said Owings.
He said the Army has a human in the loop who decides when to fire a UAV’s weapons (cont..)

The warning behind the air raid drill
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/09/16/2003379042



Sunday, Sep 16, 2007, Page 8
Yesterday, three closely related events occurred in three cities -- two in Taiwan and one in China. Major rallies were held in Taichung and Kaohsiung by tens of thousands of Taiwanese supporting the nation's bid to join the UN. Meanwhile, Shanghai held its largest air raid drill since 1949, with sirens ringing across the city for as long as 20 minutes. These events indicate that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will not back down over Taiwan's sovereignty. (Cont...)



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"Exercise Himalayan Warrior"
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=31275

Himalayan Warrior, a joint UK-India exercise comprising specialist high altitude training, will be held in the Ladakh region 17 September-11 October including a period of acclimatisation. This is a unique opportunity to share best practice between elite soldiers of both British and Indian Armed Forces. (Cont..)

DANEX 07 brings together 20 units from five European nations
http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item922_albion.htm

HMS Albion has just taken part in a multi-national exercise in the Baltic, involving more than 20 units from 5 countries (Denmark, UK, Norway, Germany and Poland). The UK contribution also included a detachment of 2 Lynx Helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron. Staged and co-ordinated by the Danish Navy, DANEX 07 provided training in littoral operations, with a particular emphasis on Crisis Reaction Operations. The exercise included a Disaster Relief Operation and Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (or NEO). (cont..)

Operational Readiness Inspection

Barksdale exercises may increase noise
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070913/BREAKINGNEWS/70913044

Financial records at the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are so disorganized and inconsistent that they cannot be audited fully, making them subject to waste, fraud and abuse.
(Cont...)
"OJ" Arrest: News Cycle Distraction/Military/intel sting psyop?

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