British Army’s Information Warfare Unit will be deployed to tackle anti-vaccine propaganda ahead of jab rollout Leaked documents revealed soldiers are already monitoring cyberspace The British Army’s Information Warfare Unit will tackle anti-virus propaganda It comes amid a rise in the number of anti-lockdown protests around Britain The defence cultural specialist unit was launched in … Read more
Chemring boosts profits outlook after strong orders for military technology and electronic combat systems Just over £450million in orders was received by the Romsey-based business Chemring has borrowed £50m from the Covid Corporate Financing Facility CEO Michael Ord: ‘We have good momentum as we near the end of FY20’ By Harry Wise For This Is … Read more
Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more
Officer at the Army’s secret psychological warfare unit ‘pressured veteran who reported his security blunder’ Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Burridge lost a pile of cards with his contact details He is in the 77th Brigade which leads efforts against Covid-19 disinformation The cards were spotted on a street in Cottesmore, Rutland, by an Army veteran Here’s how … Read more
President Trump’s top official for public health preparedness, Robert Kadlec, dedicated billions in taxpayer dollars to fight biological and chemical weapons prioritizing that over battling a naturally occurring pandemic, a Washington Post investigation has found. Kadlec’s team, for instance, cut a deal to buy up to $2.8 billion in smallpox vaccine and also purchased anthrax vaccines, while cutting … Read more
US military scientists are developing a new kind of blood test for coronavirus that could detect infection before symptoms begin, according to a report by The Guardian. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is collaborating with scientists at several US universities to make a screening tool to fill the gap between nasal swabs used … Read more
Researchers have found the resting place of a World War II submarine wreck 11,000 feet below the surface. Named the Stickleback, the vessel sank on May 28, 1958 during a military exercise 19 miles off the coast of Barbers Point, Oahu. It lost power during the drill, which forced it to dart towards the seabed … Read more