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Was the Missile Launched Against Flight MH17 Stolen or Given?

Was the Missile Launched Against Flight MH17 Stolen or Given?

by | Jul 21, 2014 | Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Russia, USA

* The missile that took down flight MH17 may have been stolen by pro-Russian insurgents at the end of last month, since they proclaimed to have taken control of BUK systems as then relayed by state-owned Russian media. * An unnamed American intelligence officer told...
Was the Missile Launched Against Flight MH17 Stolen or Given?

Pocket Gunship: From AC-XX to the MC-27J Praetorian

by | Jul 20, 2014 | Americas - Other, ATK, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Finmeccanica, Forces - Special Ops, New Systems Tech, Specialty Aircraft, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Trends

C-27J 3-view(click to view full) In mid-2008 Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) made a $32 million budget reprogramming request in order to buy a C-27J light tactical transport plane and convert it into a small prototype AC-XX gunship, using...
Was the Missile Launched Against Flight MH17 Stolen or Given?

MH17 Attack: Looking for Clues In A Potential Pivotal Event

by | Jul 18, 2014 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Israel, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Russia, Think Tanks, USA

* More than half of the 298 people dead in the MH17 shot over Ukraine yesterday are Dutch nationals. So far Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a very short statement while his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for an international investigation....