Tag: Military Industrial Complex
U.S. Covered Up an Israeli Nuclear Test in 1979, Foreign Policy Says
Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decades
Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decades
The last full-scale underground test of a nuclear weapon was conducted at the Nevada Test Site in September 1992.
The profoundly ominous nature of America’s anti-China hysteria
The profoundly ominous nature of America’s anti-China hysteria
There’s something foreboding and eerie about this anti-Chinese frenzy that’s broken out within the U.S. and its vassal countries. It’s like when Germany reacted to its loss of World War I and the Great Depression by blaming Jews and ramping up militarism; an imperialist country, faced with its decline on the world stage and the collapse of its economy, is shifting its reactionary fury onto a manufactured threat.
US to sell US$180 million worth of submarine-launched torpedoes to Taiwan
US to sell US$180 million worth of submarine-launched torpedoes to Taiwan
The United States is set to agree the sale of US$180 million worth of submarine-launched torpedoes to Taiwan, as the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, vowed during her second inauguration ceremony to bolster its defences.
US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
Military analyst David Maxwell, a former Special Ops soldier himself, advocated for a widespread culture war, which would include the Pentagon commissioning what he called “Taiwanese Tom Clancy” novels, intended to demonize China and demoralize its citizens, arguing that Washington should “weaponize” China’s one-child policy by bombarding Chinese people with stories of the wartime deaths of their only children, and therefore, their bloodline.
A not dissimilar tactic was used during the first Cold War against the Soviet Union, where the CIA sponsored a huge network of artists, writers and thinkers to promote liberal and social-democratic critiques of the U.S.S.R., unbeknownst to the public, and, sometimes, even the artists themselves.
The anatomy of a STRATCOM disinfographic
The anatomy of a STRATCOM disinfographic
United States Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons, recently released an imperially misleading infographic on Twitter. The graphic is confused—not only about when to use bold typeface, but also about the facts.
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