By Kevin Coleman – DefenseTech Cyber Warfare Correspondent The WikiLeaks saga continues. The launch of ‘Operation Payback’ has not just opened the eyes of many bystanders but also the minds of cyber intelligence analysts, military cyber planners, data security practitioners and hacktivists and shown the complexities of this new domain of conflict. Many political and intelligence analysts […]
From the monthly archives:
December 2010
As NASA’s space shuttle program winds down, several former program officials put together this video tribute of the program. The film is shown from the perspective of some of the 100-plus cameras used to monitor launches for potential problems. It has some amazing images of launches STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 with a bunch of interesting facts […]
The other day we showed you pictures of Russia’s prototype 5th gen fighter, the Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA. We mentioned that it’s a nice concept, but it remains to be seen if Russia can produce them in a timely manner. The former superpower has had serious trouble getting its nearly 20 year-old Su-34 design into service. […]
By Kevin Coleman – DefenseTech Cyber Warfare Correspondent Iran has been the target for lots of media attention over the Stuxnet worm. Information is leaking out about other cyber incidents that are being blamed on the same or similar Stuxnet cyber weapon. One such incident involved phantom radar images appearing during a Iranian military training exercise. Now […]
Well it’s finally confirmed. Those mystery tanks discovered by pirates who commandeered the MV Faina back in late 2008 were indeed meant for the rebel government in southern Sudan. It’s long been speculated that the cargo of 32 T-72 tanks, 150 grenade launchers and six antiaircraft guns were being shipped from the Ukraine to Sudan. Now, […]
