Military talks, 2010 + |
Military talks, 2010 + |
3 Feb 2010, 16:07
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Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 11 June 2009 From: On the Russian front lines Member No.: 127 |
This is a thread for ANY and ALL military news or just general...s military talk. So start talking about... The new, the old, the weird and the cool.
Here are some starting points. Australia - Unifroms: 01, 02 - Collins Class Submarines: 01, 02 China - New UAV: 01 EU - A400m: 01 Russia - Russian new doctine: 01, 02 - PAK-FA #1: First flight: 01, 02 #2: RAINOVOSTI spec pic's 01, 02 USA - F-35 #1: Set backs: 01 This post has been edited by Massey: 4 Oct 2010, 8:24 -------------------- This is so on the ball----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m4SCUaBHS8
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2 Dec 2010, 8:56
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Group: Project Leader Posts: 5870 Joined: 2 June 2009 Member No.: 10 |
Some of both actually. On the one hand, I can sort of understand the US government saying that this may compromise and even endanger some of their informants, but on the other hand, it does cast a bad light on their own internal security protocols if these supposedly confidential cables are so badly secured that a mere PFC can steal hundreds of thousands of documents and smuggle them out on a Lady Gaga CD. Could anyone do the same with all the secret files regarding aliens and UFOs please? Now that'd be interesting. Most of the actual information revealed through those cables aren't too surprising for anyone who walks through life and the world with their eyes open and the US most definately ISN'T the only country witholding secret information from the public. It's just embarrassing that it just HAD to be the US who got all their foreign policy secrets exposed by some shady, self-righteous transparency movement. The only thing that strikes me as a bit uncomfortable is the bit about the 'near environmental disaster over a rogue shipment of enriched uranium'. I would like to know more on this.
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3 Dec 2010, 3:40
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Group: Members Posts: 565 Joined: 14 June 2009 From: Sri Lanka Member No.: 155 |
Some of both actually. On the one hand, I can sort of understand the US government saying that this may compromise and even endanger some of their informants, but on the other hand, it does cast a bad light on their own internal security protocols if these supposedly confidential cables are so badly secured that a mere PFC can steal hundreds of thousands of documents and smuggle them out on a Lady Gaga CD. Could anyone do the same with all the secret files regarding aliens and UFOs please? Now that'd be interesting. Most of the actual information revealed through those cables aren't too surprising for anyone who walks through life and the world with their eyes open and the US most definately ISN'T the only country witholding secret information from the public. It's just embarrassing that it just HAD to be the US who got all their foreign policy secrets exposed by some shady, self-righteous transparency movement. The only thing that strikes me as a bit uncomfortable is the bit about the 'near environmental disaster over a rogue shipment of enriched uranium'. I would like to know more on this. One things that clouds my mind over this is that most of these things are just confirmations of what we already knew or suspected. Although this whole things is a huge revelation, it will not have any lasting impact on the US or any of its allies other than giving anti-US/West bloggers and debaters ammunition. But what is more striking is the reveals about the views about the Russian govs links to the Mafia, the leaks related to Iran and so on. The conspiracy theorist on my mind tell me that this may be a planned leak by the US. Does any of you guys think that is possible? I am not saying its actually what has happened, but I admit it crossed my mind, and as MARS says, the security should be ridiculously noobish for a PFC to steal these docs. -------------------- |
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