Defense Manufacturers Conference

Aegis BMD (FTM-11) Stellar Hunters Quick Release

Lane Joran — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:59:57 +0000

Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced the successful completion today of the latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense “hit to kill” intercept flight test. Conducted jointly with the US Navy, the test involved the simultaneous engagements of a ballistic missile “unitary” target (meaning that the target warhead and booster remain attached) and a surrogate hostile air target. This marked the eighth successful intercept in ten flight tests for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program. The Aegis BMD system is the maritime component of the MDA’s Ballistic Missile Defense System, and is designed to intercept and destroy short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. This test also marked the 27th successful hit to kill intercept in tests since 2001. The mission was completed by the Aegis BMD cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), using the Aegis BMD’s shipboard weapon system; the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA, against the ballistic missile target; and the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA, against the surrogate hostile air target. The test demonstrated the USS Lake Erie’s ability to engage a ballistic missile threat and defend itself from attack at the same time. The test also demonstrated the effectiveness of engineering, manufacturing, and mission assurance changes in the solid divert and attitude control system (SDACS) in the kinetic kill weapon. This was the first flight test of all the SM-3 Block IA’s upgrades …

Defense Contractors Vs Private Military Contractors

Lane Joran — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:50:26 +0000

Defense contractors provide a huge variety of services to the military. Quite simply, a defense contractor is a company or individual that provides products or services to the defense department of a military. Products range from military aircraft to ships to “Meals Ready To Eat”, the beloved MREs that provide the bulk of the food in the field. Services include training, logistics, technical support, communications and even catering. What defense contractors do not generally do is provide direct support to military operations in the field. Under the Geneva Conventions any company or individual that does provide direct support are themselves available for and vulnerable to military attack from the other side. In other words, if your business shows up for direct help on a battlefield, you too can be legally shot. Most defense contractors don’t really want to sign up for that sort of thing Private military contractors, on the other hand, offer specialized military services and are occasionally classified as “mercenaries”. They’re also called private security contractors, private military corporations, private military firms, and military service providers. They generally offer the same sorts of services as the military or police force does, only on a smaller or more specific scale. They’re called private military contractors whether they work for a government or for a private corporation, which means that they can’t always be called a “defense contractor.” They don’t often provide offensive forces in a war zone, because they’d be considered unlawful combatants, but they do get into combat areas often as defensive forces such as bodyguards or rearguards. The biggest difference between strict defense contractors and private military contractors is that defense contractors most often supply a product and the specific people needed to support that product, while private military contractors supply people with tactical skills and combat experience. Many private military contractors will not engage in offensive combat because if they do, they may be legally classified as mercenaries, which would deny them the protections of the Geneva Conventions in the event of being captured. In the past, private military contractors working with the American military have not fallen under the regulations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice except during a war legally declared by Congress. In light of the recent conflict in Iraq, which was never ratified by Congress as a “war”, the UCMJ has recently been changed to cover private military contractor behavior during a “contingency action” as well. Defense contractors, on the other hand, are completely civilian and usually not bound by the UCMJ at all. Instead, their behavior is regulated and supervised by the Department of Justice whenever in a foreign nation. This distinction is important to anyone trying to become or get hired by a contractor. It’s important to know who exactly is hiring you, what your risks are, and what you’re signing up to provide. While most of the workforce doesn’t have to worry about these fine points, they become quite important to potential contractors. Education is, as always, your greatest asset.

1/26/10: White House Press Briefing

Lane Joran — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:42:48 +0000

White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.

Most Americans have lost their soul!

Lane Joran — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:53:03 +0000

***SPIRITUS CONTRA SPIRITUM*** Many don’t realize that the COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUSNESS of America has been manipulated…we have been tricked into believing evil resides in the caves of third-world countries. The true evil is the way manner in which the government, mainstream media & the controlling corporate & banking elite have manipulated us into projecting a false fear (of terror) across the globe. America has lost it’s soul — and you can blame the churches, the school administrators & everyone else that stood by and let these fascists take control of our money supply (& eventually our country)! They bomb nations without cause — spending over $400 million per day as the defense contractors and politicans steal from us. It doesn’t feel like stealing but those trillions of dollars are destroying the value of YOUR DOLLARS! It takes more of YOUR DOLLARS to buy things because their dollars have circulated into our system of fiat currency. The fractional banking system is a fraud set up for ultimate failure…just like out fiat money supply system. NOBODY will tell the masses of Americans — who would give up such a huge cash-cow…unless we make them leave! The only way to stop this is to break the COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUSNESS!

Between Israel, Pharm companies, and defense contractors, who owns the largest chunk of our government?

Lane Joran — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:03:27 +0000

We know it definately isn’t of the people, and for the people anymore.

UID Registry – What is It?

Lane Joran — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:41:41 +0000

The term UID registry is used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and those that work with the department of defense. The UID registry is a way of indentifying and classifying items used by the DoD. In simple terms it can be defined as a way of identifying and controlling parts and assets used by the military. The UID registry allows the military to have better control of those assets and is better able to perform any necessary audits. The UID registry regulations stipulate that items sold to the Department of Defense have to be marked with a 2 dimensional number that is non erasable. These markings are made to be machine readable. The reason, so that human error is reduced.

Through the use of the UID registry the acquisition of products is done much more efficiently, and the inventory control has also been improved. This makes it much easier for the DoD to make payment to providers at the specified time. Currently it is required that any defense providers be in compliance with the UID registry. This registry was first introduced by the Defense department in 2004, and now it is this registry that keeps all the information about the DoD assets, future assets, and past. The UID registry keeps all the data and helps the Defense department keep track of items that are arriving, are depleted, and need to be replaced. This new system allows personnel to easily track an item across the nation and even in other countries. All records can be easily accessed even when a product is no longer in use. The UID registry keeps data such as manufacturer, acquisition date, and even repair information.

Providers must submit information to the UID registry, so that it can easily be managed by Defense personnel. It is important that this submission process begin early on and that all data entered be correct. The registry will require information like, part number, serial number, enterprise code, among other information. As with most military acquisition processes, there is a certain way the data must be submitted and contractors must follow procedures to be accepted. The data needs to be converted to XML format before being accepted into the UID Registry, however, all external files need to be modified to the UID registry requirements before being changed over to XML format. There are specific formats available from the UID registry personnel which go over the process for contractors. Following this process the data is submitted for UID testing and for approval in the UID registry. The approval process can be seen at the UID registry website, and if all information has been submitted according to the DoD requirements then it should be approved.

Lois Battuello d-frog wq2rx shill TREASON AT THE PENTAGON

Lane Joran — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:35:51 +0000

d-frog wq2rx shill 911BLOGLINES.COM http terror101.blogspot.com http Very briefly it went something like this: The big takeaways are that the whole thing was engineered and supported by the National Security Council and the Bush regime. There wasn’t any external terrorist threat. The most important weapon used on 9/11 was the mass media. The media were directly involved in the attacks and we can prove that they aired fake videos on 9/11. Some of the actors who pretended to be eyewitnesses have now been exposed. Watch SEPTEMBER CLUES for the best introduction and starting point on TV Fakery. 1. Bush administration foreign policy is to “re-do” the middle east and replace all the independent states in Central Asia and the Former Soviet Union with pro-US (or new world order) puppet governments. Bush domestic policy is to establish a police state and weaken the Bill of Rights with the Patriot Act. 2. Because Bush was unpopular there was no way for him to carry out this foreign policy (or domestic policy) unless there was some dramatic “Good Luck Event” like a New Pearl Harbor that would get public support behind his wars and other policies. Read National Security Council documents or Project for a New American Century to get more on this idea. 3. Bush’s backers and the National Security Council worked out a deal with the Israeli government and private military contractors to carry out a large military deception operation to blow up the World Trade Center and blame the attack …

Why are cons usually pro-war? How did the defense contractors and the US government propagandize them into?

Lane Joran — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:45:57 +0000

accepting wars? How do wars benefit you? Seeing fellow Americans die so Bush can get back at Saddam for the assassination plot on Bushie Sr. somehow gives you satisfaction? Will you cons admit you have been indoctrinated so badly that you now support bloody wars so industries in the US can get richer than god?

Contractors in Iraq

Lane Joran — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:36:58 +0000

I am one of thepeople interviewed for, and featured in, Force Provision a documentary about the commercial provision of defense and security services as this relates to policy, military institutions, public consent of foreign engagements and necessary responsible oversight. Allie Tyler, who directed and produced the film, provided me the outtakes of the interview with me and has given me permission to post them online. So here is the seventh, in which I discuss historical norms regarding the use of private contractors in Iraq.

Blackwater Contractors?

Lane Joran — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:18:54 +0000

I was just looking for Opinions on the Blackwater Contracters.
The media, as well as protest groups has portrayed the Company as a “Danger” for being “Above the law”

For those of you who don’t know, Blackwater is a Private Military Contracter; meaning if you have experience in the Military, you can undergo a Contract with them for a fair sum of money. It could be to protect, secure, or fight in the War. Many are fighting in the War as we speak, and earning a nice bit of money from it. But are they really a danger?

Thanks for your opinions everyone! Really appreciate it!