Government-Military News - Revision history

Kirk at 15:57, 1 June 2025

2025-06-01T15:57:33Z

← Older revision	Revision as of 15:57, 1 June 2025
Line 1:	Line 1:
		=====Flying Microchips The Size Of A Sand Grain Could Be Used For Population Surveillance=====
		[https://www.npr.org/2021/09/23/1040035430/flying-microchip-sand-grain-northwestern-winged by SCOTT NEUMAN NPR September 23, 2021]
		The devices don't have a motor, but engineers were instead inspired by the maple tree's free-falling propeller seeds — technically known as samara fruit. They optimized the aerodynamics of the microfliers so that "as these structures fall through the air, the interaction between the air and those wings cause a rotational motion that creates a very stable, slow, falling velocity," said John A. Rogers, who led the development of the devices.

Kirk: /* A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies */

2020-06-23T15:23:58Z

A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:23, 23 June 2020
Line 1:		Line 1:
	~~=====A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies=====~~
	~~<embed> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru </embed>~~
	That September, prime minister Theresa May went with option two. She told the House of Commons that the two Russian assassins were Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov – adding that the police believed these names to be aliases. CCTV images from their trips to Salisbury were revealed. Also shown was the apparent murder weapon – a counterfeit perfume bottle containing the nerve agent novichok.
	~~Paradoxically, this low-level corruption made Russia one of the most open societies in the world. Corruption was the friend of investigative journalism, and the enemy of government–military secrets.~~

Kirk: Created page with "=====A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies===== https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-de..."

2020-06-23T15:22:08Z

Created page with "=====A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies===== <embed> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-de..."

New page

=====A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies=====
<embed> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru </embed>
That September, prime minister Theresa May went with option two. She told the House of Commons that the two Russian assassins were Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov – adding that the police believed these names to be aliases. CCTV images from their trips to Salisbury were revealed. Also shown was the apparent murder weapon – a counterfeit perfume bottle containing the nerve agent novichok.
Paradoxically, this low-level corruption made Russia one of the most open societies in the world. Corruption was the friend of investigative journalism, and the enemy of government–military secrets.