Monthly Archives: June 2014

Reduced Growler Buy Could Force Boeing to Restructure Production Line

Posted on June 23, 2014 by peace

by Dave Majumdar and Sam LaGrone, USNI News
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PENTAGON — The U.S. Navy and Boeing will have to hash out a new plan to continue producing the EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft if the Congress does … Read More

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Who Won Iraq?: Lost Dreams, Lost Armies, Jihadi States, and the Arc of Instability

Posted on June 20, 2014 by peace

by Tom Engelhardt, Tom Dispatch
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As Iraq was unraveling last week and the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history were coming into view, I remembered this nugget from the summer of 2002.  At … Read More

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Obama pledges US support to Iraq as Isis militants approach Baghdad

Posted on June 17, 2014 by peace

• White House weighing air strikes but not ground troops
• Senators say Pentagon briefing ‘scared the hell’ out of them

by Dan Roberts, The Guardian
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President Barack Obama pledged the US would help the Iraqi government push … Read More

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Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities

Posted on June 17, 2014 by peace

Half a million people on the move after gunmen seize four cities and pillage army bases and banks

by Martin Chulov in Beirut, Fazel Hawramy in Irbil and Spencer Ackerman in New York, The Guardian
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Iraq is facing its gravest test since the US-led invasion … Read More

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Why the feds are putting grenade launchers in the hands of local cops

Posted on June 16, 2014 by peace

by Dara Lind, Vox
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In the 1990s, when federal, state and local governments were scrambling to win the “war on drugs” and fight high crime rates, the federal government started helping local police officers get military equipment.

That’s … Read More

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Lockheed sees next U.S. F-35 fighter contract early this summer

Posted on June 12, 2014 by peace

by Andrea Shalal, Reuters
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Lockheed Martin Corp expects to sign a contract with the U.S. government early this summer for 43 more F-35 fighter jets, but the deal is unlikely to match price reductions seen on the last … Read More

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Changing the Conversation on Crime

Posted on June 11, 2014 by peace

Wednesday, June 11
7:00 p.m.
Place TBA

Join Drone Free St. Louis for a community conversation on next steps and alternatives to the Police Chief’s proposal for a Real Time Intelligence Center in the upcoming bond bill, … Read More

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Carrier-Based Drone Plan Takes Flak From Lawmakers

Posted on June 10, 2014 by peace

by W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
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A U.S. Navy plan for aircraft carrier-based droneshas launched a dogfight in Washington over the role of the robotic planes in combat.

The Navy has asked contractors for reconnaissance drones — essentially spy planes, with only … Read More

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War Gear Flows to Police Departments

Posted on June 10, 2014 by peace

by Matt Apuzzojune, New York Times
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NEENAH, Wis. — Inside the municipal garage of this small lakefront city, parked next to the hefty orange snowplow, sits an even larger truck, this one painted in desert … Read More

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The revolving door between Google and the Department of Defense

Posted on June 9, 2014 by peace

by Yasha Levine, Pando Daily
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So, Google continues to try to distance itself from the military-industrial complex.

Last month, the company made a big stink about refusing a tiny bit of DARPA funding for two robotics companies it … Read More

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