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Russia Holds Black Sea Military Drills ‘Under NATO’s Watchful Eye’
GlobalResearch
NOVOROSSIISK — The Russian Black Sea Fleet practiced an amphibious landing of troops on the coast of Abkhazia as a nearby NATO vessel observed, a Russian Navy source said on Wednesday.
U.S. To Be Hit By Massive Cyber Attack On Feb. 16. Asterisk.
Marc Ambinder
On February 16, at about 10:00 am ET, the U.S. will be hit by a massive, crippling cyber attack from an unknown entity. Key players will convene in the White House situation room and plan the response, from mitigation to (possibly) retaliation. It’ll be live on television — G.N.N.
Of course, my knowledge of this [...]
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US starts large war game in Pacific
Press TV
The US launches its largest military exercise in the Pacific in cooperation with Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore with South Korea also joining in.
The “Cobra Gold” exercise is to run until February 11 and will see soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen from the six countries taking part in operations across Thailand.
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US: Three Mile Island
A radiation leak at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear reactor posed no danger to the public, utility officials said. An estimated 100 workers wearing protective suits were contaminated by the leak Saturday afternoon, but had been decontaminated as of late Saturday night and suffered no injury, plant spokesman Ralph DeSantis told WHTM-TV, [...]
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Harvard: Sodium Azide
Harvard University says six researchers who became sick in August apparently were poisoned. The Boston Herald says a memo released Friday says the group drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. A leading toxicologist believes the chances are slim [...]
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US and India
U.S. and Indian forces wrapped up their largest joint military exercise to date, practicing a set of maneuvers simulating environments in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 200 troops from the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 14th Calvary Squadron brought 17 Stryker combat vehicles from Hawaii to practice maneuvers with their counterparts in the Indian armed [...]
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U.S. tested 2 Afghan scenarios in war game
Obama and advisers evaluating exercise that used different troop levels
By Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Pentagon’s top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by the Pentagon and are being weighed by the Obama administration [...]
Juniper Cobra: Israel, U.S. begin joint military exercises
CNN
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Israeli military says drill “is not in response to any world events”
Air defense exercise believed to be largest joint military exercise between Israel, U.S.
Security analysis firm: Drill “will ratchet up already sky-high tensions” with Iran
Missile defense exercise will be held for two weeks in Israel
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Drill will simulate shooting at Metro station