Tempest Fighter Jet: UK, Italy, Japan Collaboration by 2035
The Tempest project, or Global Combat Air Programme, aims to produce a sixth-generation fighter jet by 2035 as a successor to the Eurofighter Typhoon. Despite challenges and a recent downgrade in the FCAS program’s rating, government backing continues, emphasizing the need for improved procurement processes to ensure project success and efficiency.
BRITAIN UPDATES ‘SECRET WAR PLANS’
Officials in the Cabinet Office are understood to be updating the ‘homeland defence plan’ spelling out how the government would respond to a strike by a hostile foreign state. Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a review of Britain’s war plans due to growing fears of a potential direct military attack Continue Reading
San Francisco Police to use Remote Control Robots That Can Kill
Police in San Francisco will be allowed to use remote-controlled robots that can kill, despite fierce opposition from civil liberties groups. The police department says they will not arm the robots with guns. However, when lives are at risk, the police may send out robots armed with explosives “to contact, Continue Reading
Operation Buckthorn
Operation Buckthorn was a British special forces operation successfully carried out by men of the Special Boat Service on 21 December 2018 that rescued the crew of the cargo ship Grande Tema who had been taken hostage by four West African stowaways armed with crude melee weapons after the four Continue Reading
Eternal Blue was a NSA tool
Source: BBC News Dave Lee, North America technology reporter The huge cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world, including some UK hospitals, can be traced back to the US National Security Agency (NSA) – raising questions over the US government’s decision to keep such flaws a secret. Elements of the malicious software used Continue Reading
MI5 to improve
MI5 is enhancing working procedures after accepting calls from the coroner at the inquests into the 7/7 London bombings, which killed 52 people. Lady Justice Hallett had called for improved record-keeping and procedures for showing photographs to informants. They were among nine recommendations she made for MI5, the emergency services Continue Reading
