Hidden REAL Military technology.

[Woody]

Can anyone expand on these names:

Smiths-Heimann.

X-Ray machines and other security devices for Airport Baggage Security....

(I've been working on it's upgrades for the last 3 years.)

Rheinmetall.

tank armour technology...(Truely incredibly advanced...)

Krauss Maffei.

Advance plastics processing....

Bell and Howell.

scanners. (various kinds.)

Calcomms.

Military Strategic Communications.



P.s. I hope I do not get arrested for this...

[popular]

Uh, why would you?

[sageb1]

Originally Posted by Woody

Can anyone expand on these names:

Smiths-Heimann.

X-Ray machines and other security devices for Airport Baggage Security....

(I've been working on it's upgrades for the last 3 years.)

*****See: http://www.smithsdetection.com/index.php


Rheinmetall.

tank armour technology...(Truely incredibly advanced...)

****** See: http://www.rheinmetall.de/index.php?lang=3&fid=1284

Krauss Maffei.

Advance plastics processing....

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krauss-Maffei

Bell and Howell.

scanners. (various kinds.)

*****No word about this line at all. Bell and Howell made cameras and related consumer goods. e.g. * Digital camera
* 35mm camera
* Handheld LCD TV
* Portable radio
* Sunlight Floor Lamp
* Sunlight Desk Lamp
* Ionic Whisper Air Purifier and Ionizer
* Alarm System
* Sonic Earz
* Bio7 Pain Therapist
* Solar Powered Flood Lights
* Noise Reduction Headphones
* ZX-7 Shaver


Calcomms.

Military Strategic Communications.

**** Unknown ifthis is the NZ company or the US-based company. Probably the former: http://www.calcomms.co.nz/

P.s. I hope I do not get arrested for this...

Doubtful you will as I used Google to find this info out.

[Woody]

Of course they r available on line, 'EVERYTHING', is available on line nowadays!

here's a few more from my travels:

Dalton Stanley A/SRM-C1 Assault/Sniper Rifle.

(Commercially available.)

A Tactical Weapon; if someone brighter than myself could find their press address please post it on-line, i would be most grateful....


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Lyngsoe Systems (Parcel Tracking Systems.)

It has software developers and provides logistics solutions for a wide range of complex logistics chains.

Lyngsoe Airport Division develops and integrates control and track-and-trace systems for optimal baggage and assets baggage handling.

It also provides discrete mail tracking systems.

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ndep.us

National Defence Education Program. (US-obviously!)

Building American Strength in Science and Engineering. (Apparently...)

In....eh........Wright-Patterson Airforce-base.


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krauss maffei wegmann.

produces armored vehicles. (the best, Germanic obviously....)


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Suomen Ilmavoimat.

Finnish defence force;

Finnish defence force, very discrete, very professional, very advanced and quite, 'awesome' and (I rarely use this world unless it is true), formidable!


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Soltam Systems.

Owned by the Israelis 'Elbit Systems', is recognised as one of the top artillery product producers.


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Armeetreff Ostschweiz Kradolf.

All manner of fun and games with 'em....

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ArmyRecognition.com

another uinverse within itself....

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I know, a bit of a mixbag.....but what I am saying is look beyond your own borders, there's a world out there....


but thanks for being awake 'sageb1', nice to know not everyone is esleep....
(well, u r older than myself...)


Oh; p.s. try CSIS in all it's variants;

Canandian Secrect Intelligent Services

Center for Strategic and International Studies



too-da-loo

[drydem]

Originally Posted by Woody

Can anyone expand on these names:
P.s. I hope I do not get arrested for this...

My problem is why should I care?

I'm really not inspired at all.

Nothing is more certain than that military secrets eventually will no longer are secret. It's just because those that work for and with the military eventually will want to bragging rights, a marketing angle, or for some other reason or another. For example, an Isreali general at his retirement party disclosed that was that Stuxnet worm was developed and being used by the Isreali military. Iranians now don't have to guess - they now know who tried to mess up their computers.

Call me jaded but atleast for me to be really inspiring military would have to identify a new scientific principle or atleast a new kind of functionality-ability.
For those in Skunkwork-like operations, those incremental improvements in military technology are common place.

What's really interesting in recent times is how DARPA has successfully turn to used open-competition between non-secretive/public research centers/universities to advance their agenda. What this suggest to me is that the return on investment on secretive skunkwork operation model to create advanced military technologies is declining or tapping out. Hence, DARPA has moved to foster new sources to stay one step ahead of the competition.

[MarshalStealth]

Originally Posted by drydem

... What's really interesting in recent times is how DARPA has successfully turn to used open-competition between non-secretive/public research centers/universities to advance their agenda. What this suggest to me is that the return on investment on secretive skunkwork operation model to create advanced military technologies is declining or tapping out. Hence, DARPA has moved to foster new sources to stay one step ahead of the competition.

DARPA's current open competition is similar to Netflix's contest of getting coders to write the best collaborative filtering algorithm to predict user ratings for films, based on previous ratings. It is a simple approach of baiting and luring the best of the best for some cash.

[kusojiji]

Originally Posted by drydem

For example, an Isreali general at his retirement party disclosed that was that Stuxnet worm was developed and being used by the Isreali military. Iranians now don't have to guess - they now know who tried to mess up their computers.

Really? That settles it? Some (obviously) old man who was likely drunk as hell couldn't possibly have been talking at least partly out of his ass at a party? You're easy to convince.

[Woody]

With all that's happened in Japan and around the world recently, let's reduce the testosterone and ego for a little here, the femine 'Moon Goddess' has definitely put her foot down.


I am a trained scientist, map maker and computer programmer; but even I'm getting superstitious, earthquakes happen for a REASON!

The whole of East Asia, or people of East Asian desent should put away our past differences and help out......That's why this forum is called Yellowworld.

I was and am humbled to tears, I sense we are punished for something....

For a middle-aged man that is saying something.....

[MarshalStealth]

Originally Posted by drydem

My problem is why should I care?
Nothing is more certain than that military secrets eventually will no longer are secret. It's just because those that work for and with the military eventually will want to bragging rights, a marketing angle, or for some other reason or another. For example, an Isreali general at his retirement party disclosed that was that Stuxnet worm was developed and being used by the Isreali military. Iranians now don't have to guess - they now know who tried to mess up their computers.

Originally Posted by kusojiji

Really? That settles it? Some (obviously) old man who was likely drunk as hell couldn't possibly have been talking at least partly out of his ass at a party? You're easy to convince.

The Presumptions
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...orm-claim.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/wo...16stuxnet.html

Some More Presumptions
[March 4, 2011] http://www.defencetalk.com/computer-...et-worm-32558/

http://www.businessinsider.com/is-us...missile-2011-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

The Latest View
* http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...stuxnet-201104
* Read http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...urrentPage=all

Read, review, reflect, contemplate and comment. ...

[drydem]

Originally Posted by kusojiji

Really? That settles it? Some (obviously) old man who was likely drunk as hell couldn't possibly have been talking at least partly out of his ass at a party? You're easy to convince.

That old man was a hi ranking military officer and
had access to Top Secret Isreali programs. While
he probably was punch drunk at his retirement party
when he spilled the beans, many were convinced
that he was telling the truth (rather than embellishing
the truth or lying out right) and so it was reported.
However, what really matters is that the Iranian
Intelligence is now convinced that the Isreali
(with the help of the USA) is waging a cyberwar
on them.

Originally Posted by MarshalStealth

The Presumptions
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...orm-claim.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/wo...16stuxnet.html

Some More Presumptions
[March 4, 2011] http://www.defencetalk.com/computer-...et-worm-32558/

http://www.businessinsider.com/is-us...missile-2011-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

The Latest View
* http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...stuxnet-201104
* Read http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...urrentPage=all

Read, review, reflect, contemplate and comment. ...

The recent events in Japan show that keeping
a damaged or failed nuclear reactor from going
critical can be extremely dangerous and difficult.
Sabotaging any nuclear plant may have
serious and deadly unforeseen side-effects.

[drydem]

Originally Posted by MarshalStealth

DARPA's current open competition is similar to Netflix's contest of getting coders to write the best collaborative filtering algorithm to predict user ratings for films, based on previous ratings. It is a simple approach of baiting and luring the best of the best for some cash.

And the civilian version of Darpa is the Xprize Competitions
- the latest one involves Lego mindstorm NXT kits!

Originally Posted by Woody

With all that's happened in Japan and around the world recently, let's reduce the testosterone and ego for a little here, the femine 'Moon Goddess' has definitely put her foot down.


I am a trained scientist, map maker and computer programmer; but even I'm getting superstitious, earthquakes happen for a REASON!

The whole of East Asia, or people of East Asian desent should put away our past differences and help out......That's why this forum is called Yellowworld.

I was and am humbled to tears, I sense we are punished for something....

For a middle-aged man that is saying something.....

The aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami
in Japan was terrifying and heartbreaking. However,
the Japanese seismologist had been predicting a big
earthquake for years and the Japanese have been working
to deal with this kind of disaster for years. My feeling
is that the Japanese as a people will not only survive
but they will take signficant steps improve their
tsunami and earthquake disaster prepareness and
response after this incident. I don't like to be the
bearer of bad news but given the long term
trend of rising sea levels, the intensity and damage
from tsunamis will likely increase. Hence, rather than
assume that Japan's current disaster is a rare event,
it is more likely part of a trend of more powerful
elemental global forces/systems in the future.

[Woody]

The aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan was terrifying and heartbreaking. However, the Japanese seismologist had been predicting a big earthquake for years and the Japanese have been working to deal with this kind of disaster for years.

Well again, that's the whole point....(If u set man/human's ego against mother nature, nature will win everytime!)

Far from me to speak in scriptural tone but; remember the Titanic!
(They blasphemed that God, himself/herself, etc; could not sink her, and what happened?)

Over-confidence in one's own abilities only courts; Murphy's Law!
Be that in an individual or a nation!

It was reported to be scale 8.6 initially and they upgraded it to 9.0.
Now all that is essentially academic...since no power on earth could have made the slightest bit of difference....

Now; as Disasters go......Earthquakes, Tsunamis.....fair-enough....!!(Bad things happen!)

But; one glaring point that really made everyone stood-up; was that, why did the backup diesel generators fail, (Remember; failure is not an option here!)

For a very wealthy, technologically-advanced, 'Well-Run-In', First-World-Nation; that was a TRUE surprise!

My feeling is that the Japanese as a people will not only survive but they will take signficant steps improve their tsunami and earthquake disaster prepareness and response after this incident.

Oh, no doubt! But; as I've hinted in other posts; there is a difference between living and surviving! The Japanese r no doubt very appt. in surviving; but living without a specter looming over you, that is a different matter!

A common English proverb:

Shut the stable doors after the horse has bolted!

Remember: Japan is THE most prepared nation on earth for that sort of thing, and it's defences still perfomed poorly, simply because of the sheer magnitude of the attack! (*Note:*Walls Of Jericho!*)

If we were not living in more enlightened and hospitable times then:

Consider the following factors;

The Japanese economy for the last 2 decades has been sluggish to say the least; it's currency is pretty unstable too, now this happens!

Furthermore; if I was a ruthless opportunist; this is the ideal time to deliver a 'cour-d'-gras' to a stricken beast!

(*N.B. More than a few WWII-veteran-hardliners in China must have allowed that thought to entertain their minds!*)

As I have hinted in other posts; this is the time when u find out whom your true-friends (or enemies) are!

If anyone here would be so kind as to illustrate to me how much help and aid were given by the US/EU as oppossed to her Asian neighbours such as HKong, Korea, Taiwan or China, etc!

I don't like to be the bearer of bad news but given the long term trend of rising sea levels, the intensity and damage from tsunamis will likely increase.

Well! Consider the following as further portent, if needed:

Earthquake in Blackpool, UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12930915

1 April 2011 Last updated at 12:19.

Small earthquake hits Blackpool

There has been a small earthquake on the Lancashire coast, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed.
A small earth tremor was felt in the Blackpool area at about 0330 BST, it said.

Lancashire Police said calls had been received from several people who said their properties were shaking.

A BGS spokesman said the 2.2 magnitude tremor was thought to have centred on Poulton-le-Fylde. No damage or injuries have been reported.

The British Isles are highly geologically stable, they rarely; if ever gets earthquakes!

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Now; even more alarming.....Vulcanic activity in Chile, S.America!


Chile's Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle mountain range!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13657187

5 June 2011 Last updated at 16:10

Chile volcano chain: Puyehue erupts, forcing evacuation

A chain of volcanoes has erupted in southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Large columns of smoke have been rising from the Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle volcano range, about 800km (500 miles) south of the capital, Santiago.

In pictures: Chile volcanoes spew ash.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13664429

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13664735

Chile volcano eruption: Alert remains for ash cloud.

Authorities in southern Chile and Argentina are continuing to monitor the direction of ash clouds belched out by a chain of volcanoes over the weekend.

Remember: this is an entire mountain range!

Hence, rather than assume that Japan's current disaster is a rare event, it is more likely part of a trend of more powerful elemental global forces/ systems in the future.

Oh, no doubt, but I am looking at more than Japan...

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I am actually looking at a much, much, more broader and wider picture here, do you get my drift!

In a previous post..........

Natural disasters of this magnitude is unprecedented! Almost Biblical!
Vulcanic eruptions in Iceland, spewing ash (Which is bankrupt by-the-by), and Hawaii,
Earthquakes in Hati (we have already forgotten that haven't we)
Hurricans and floods in New Orleans and BP Oil wells blowing up!
(Worst ecological disaster in history so far!)
Boxing Day Tsunami in Indonesia! (Remember that!)
Two massive cold winters in Britain in a row, where we have run out of rock-salt! Earthquakes in New Zealand, where Christchurch falls down!
Floods in Queensland Australia and it's East Coast!

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During the month of May 2011.
105 earthquakes were located in the Yellowstone National Park region!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13061779

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Also; see "Perigee Moon".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12799686

A super moon or "Perigee Moon" is about 31,000 miles closer to the Earth and can appear 14% bigger.

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Do you troopers finally grasp what I am hinting at............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drydem]

Originally Posted by Woody

why did the backup diesel generators fail

IIRC it was damaged by the tsunami. The reactors were
of an earlier design when big was considered better.
From what I've read the backup generators were not design
to withstand the level of flooding that occured. The
combined damage from both the the earthquake and
the flooding made access and repairs to the
reactors and backup generators problematic.

Just as in the Katrina Disaster, Japan's backup systems
were too close to the site affected and were destroyed.
An emergency backup system needs to be located out
of harms way but close enough to be move to the
disaster site within a short time frame.

Originally Posted by Woody

Furthermore; if I was a ruthless opportunist; this is the ideal time to deliver a 'cour-d'-gras' to a stricken beast!
(*N.B. More than a few WWII-veteran-hardliners in China must have allowed that thought to entertain their minds!*)

Japan is not exactly a stricken beast .

I doubt any WWII veteran whether in China or elsewhere
would be thinking about starting a war - from what I've
read and heard - every grunt who fought in World War
II realizes how horrible of an experience war is and
and would want to avoid war by every means possible.

From what I've seen those that advocate war tend
to be petty dictators, politicians, right wing syndicated
mass media talking heads, military academy jarheads
virgins who are looking for an opportunity for glory,
goose stepping Nazis, and arm-chair generals.

[Woody]

IIRC it was damaged by the tsunami. The reactors were
of an earlier design when big was considered better.

Excuses, excuses, excuses!
Nuclear Reactors are not supposed to experience catastrophic failure of this kind under ANY circumstances!

Be it; earthquakes, military, nuclear and terrorist attacks, internal sabotage, etc, etc....
Or any, REPEAT ANY senario EVER conceivable by man!
(Believe me they require teams of top mathematicians, thinkers, scientists and military-types in large, think-tanks to work these things out!)

(*On a personal note, I think it was a great blessing that only Nihon nationals from the heartlands that were widely effected!
Other nationalities escaped largely unscathed, be it that they made a quick and undignified exit through major airports...*)

From what I've read the backup generators were not design
to withstand the level of flooding that occured. The
combined damage from both the the earthquake and
the flooding made access and repairs to the
reactors and backup generators problematic.

Again; excuses, excuses!
(Natural disasters of this specific type and scenario were envisaged!)
Oh; and problematic; that's an understatement if ever I've heard one!
And......also;....from what u've read...!!!
(Take responsibility for your words, MAN!,.....Please!)

Just as in the Katrina Disaster, Japan's backup systems
were too close to the site affected and were destroyed.
An emergency backup system needs to be located out
of harms way but close enough to be move to the
disaster site within a short time frame.

Boo Whoo;.......my heart bleeds......excuses, again....blah blah blah....

Closing the gate after the horse had bolted!

Japan is not exactly a stricken beast.

(*Well; if it has big ears, a pair of tusks, a long trunk, a thick and wide body, a small tail....etc, etc, etc....*)

Certainly looks like it to me/US (Chinese), a failing and ailing economy, (6% wiped out!)
(2 decades of low growth, & quantative easing), now confirmed as only the third largest economy in the world!

A massive, costly and dangerous nuclear clean up operation required!
For the next 2 years at least, even then who knows what damages has already been done....
(Look at Chernobyl, well even.....now!)

I won't be having a swim or any picnics near that Spooky-Fuki' plant any time soon!

I doubt any WWII veteran whether in China or elsewhere
would be thinking about starting a war -

Tell that to the residents in the city of Nanjing, Changchun, HKong who has experiences The Three Years and Eight Months!

from what I've read and heard - every grunt who fought in World War II realizes how horrible of an experience war is and and would want to avoid war by every means possible.

So; what have u heard?!

From what I've seen those that advocate war tend
to be petty dictators, politicians, right wing syn..................etc...

I had yet to experience a petty dictator that had emerged from China....
Also; I personally am ex-CPS and Airport Security!

[Woody]

New liquids scanner tested at UK airport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13956561

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11675930

A new machine which tests liquids without them having to be opened, is being tested at Durham Tees Valley airport.

In 2013, a European ban on taking liquids onto planes is expected to be relaxed.

The BBC's Transport Correspondent Richard Scott has been to the airport to see one of the machines in action

29 June 2011 Last updated at 09:22

http://www.kromek.com/

This who r in the know is the new kid on the block!

Kromek will be the leading provider of digital colour x-ray imaging enabling direct materials identification in the security, medical, industrial inspection and defense markets.

Kromek develops a wide range of applications for a number of different platforms which utilise the Cadmium Telluride family of x-ray detector materials to provide material information to the User. Typically these detectors are used in applications which demand high resolution materials discrimination such as security, narcotics, non- destructive testing, medical imaging, counterfeit goods and defence.

usual corporate sales pitch....

Possibility to scan 'every item' in the future

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11663708

A former head of security for the airports operator, BAA has told the BBC that it is possible to scan every air freight item.
But that it was a "long term process" that could take up to 5 to 10 years to implement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11637306

UK airlines back call for airport security changes

The UK airline industry has backed British Airways chairman Martin Broughton's call for changes to airport security checks.

Mike Carrivick, of BAR UK, which represents more than 80 airlines, said the industry should "step back and have a look at the whole situation".

The Department for Transport said there were no plans to change rules on checking laptops and shoes.

Tom Symonds reports.

They r the new boys in town for analysing liquids; sad I have to know this...
(Chk. it out though.)

UK Customs' secret storeroom

Chris Butler from the UK Border Agency gives Newsbeat a tour of the secret warehouse where it stores items seized at airport security.

Drugs, guns, cigarettes and fake goods fill the shelves.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10475040

No doubt there will be more to come in terms of more sophisticated tech.
But; from all accounts, it is a real pain!