<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Cloak and Dagger</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/cloak-and-dagger/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>USS Ponce to Become Spec Ops Mothership</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commandos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16254</guid> <description><![CDATA[In case you didn’t see this on Friday, the Pentagon is converting the 1970s-vintage amphibious assault ship USS Ponce into a mothership for special ops and countermining missions in the Middle East, the Washington Post is reporting. The 570-foot long ship’s big flight deck and well deck are well suited to carry the choppers and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/28/uss-ponce-to-become-spec-ops-mothership/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>93</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Stealthy, Worm-Shaped, Spying Airship. What?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/a-stealthy-worm-shaped-spying-airship-what/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/a-stealthy-worm-shaped-spying-airship-what/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:55:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Big Bro's Watching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16121</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out the latest piece of UAV spy tech that the DoD is looking at out at the giant Nevada Test Site. World Surveillance Group’s worm-like Argus One airship began flight demonstrations for the Pentagon at a Department of Energy-owned airstrip inside the mysterious test range. (It was probably at the DoE’s Yucca airstrip, a site that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/23/a-stealthy-worm-shaped-spying-airship-what/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>81</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>X-37B Likely Spying on China’s Space Station</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/x-37b-likely-spying-on-chinas-space-station/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/x-37b-likely-spying-on-chinas-space-station/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:57:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15958</guid> <description><![CDATA[We may finally have a clue what the U.S. Air Force’s secret space plane, the X-37B, is up to on its record breaking mission in the heavens. Amatuer satellite trackers have noticed that the robo-shuttle’s orbital path is nearly identical to China’s brand new space station, Tiangong-1, which was launched in September. Remember, the X-37B [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/06/x-37b-likely-spying-on-chinas-space-station/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>58</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iran’s Shadowy Power Grabs in Iraq</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/04/irans-shadowy-power-grabs-in-iraq/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/04/irans-shadowy-power-grabs-in-iraq/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:15:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iraq Diary]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15872</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iran’s high-profile efforts to bully everyone in the Middle East have been getting a ton of attention this week. However, a group of Texas National Guardsmen recently revealed much more subtle, and potentially more important, ways that Iran could fill the power vacuum left by the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. It’s not news that Iran’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/04/irans-shadowy-power-grabs-in-iraq/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>123</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ok Guys, Who Sent Patriot Missiles to China? (Updated)</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/22/ok-guys-who-sent-patriot-missiles-to-china/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/22/ok-guys-who-sent-patriot-missiles-to-china/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cops and Robbers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15776</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, Finnish Authorities yesterday found 69 Patriot air-defense missiles and another 160 tons of explosives on a ship bound for China. What!? The British-flagged merchant ship Thor Liberty apparently left Emden, Germany with the missiles and stopped in Finland to pick up anchor chains when Finnish customs inspectors found the weapons — in crates marked as fireworks [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/22/ok-guys-who-sent-patriot-missiles-to-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>101</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A New Blast at an Iranian Research Facility</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:06:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15670</guid> <description><![CDATA[The situation in Iran just keeps getting weirder. An explosion apparently rocked Esfahan, the town hosting one of the Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear research facilities on Nov. 28, according to Australian and Israeli news outlets. This explosion comes only a couple of weeks after a massive explosion at a missile research facility killed the founder [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>59</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Close Up Pictures of the RQ-170</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/close-up-pictures-of-the-rq-170/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/close-up-pictures-of-the-rq-170/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:34:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15652</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out these hi-res screenshots of the RQ-170 Sentinel drone that went down inside Iran recently. They give a unprecedented close up view of the airplane; so unprecedented that many, including me, wondered at first blush whether this drone is real. It seems increasingly likely that the drone Iran is showing off is indeed an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/close-up-pictures-of-the-rq-170/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>110</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iranian TV Shows Captured RQ-170</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/iranian-tv-shows-captured-rq-170/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/iranian-tv-shows-captured-rq-170/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:34:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cyber Security Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Extra! Extra!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15637</guid> <description><![CDATA[Iran’s Press TV news channel is showing images of what is allegedly the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone that Iranian electronic warfare troops brought down intact. American defense officials have acknowledged that a Sentinel — apparently operating out of Shindand in Eastern Afghanistan (notice that satellite pics of the base haven’t been updated in years, they [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/iranian-tv-shows-captured-rq-170/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>260</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Found: A Secret Drone Base In Nevada</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/a-new-secret-drone-base-in-nevada/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/a-new-secret-drone-base-in-nevada/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15627</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well, as the U.S. withdraws from its UAV base at Shamshi, Pakistan, it looks like a new secret drone base has been discovered. Where? In the most cliched place imaginable, the Department of Energy’s Yucca airstrip located inside the massive Nevade Test Site — you know the federal land reserve that was used for nuclear [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/08/a-new-secret-drone-base-in-nevada/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>35</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Drone Eye Candy: The RQ-170 at Kandahar</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/07/drone-eye-candy-the-rq-170-at-kandahar/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/07/drone-eye-candy-the-rq-170-at-kandahar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:38:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghan Update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15606</guid> <description><![CDATA[Given all the attention that the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone has been receiving lately, we thought it would be cool to published these rare-ish photos of the bird taxiing around Kandahar airport in Afghanistan. The pictures were published on the secret projects web forum a while ago but you could only view them if you were a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/07/drone-eye-candy-the-rq-170-at-kandahar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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