Glass
9th August 2010, 05:16 PM
I thought this was an interesting article. I clicked it because I thought it was about WikiLeaks. The Titile says "Wikileaks not part of the Empire". As there was some discussion about whether or they are a limited hang out operation I thought it might cover that.
Oh no it don't....
A major military exercise involving US, Australian, British, New Zealand and other allied forces is underway in an inhospitable area of Arizona to test intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology before it is used against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Empire Challenge, held at the Fort Huachuca US Army installation in south-east Arizona near the Mexican border, replicates situations and operations faced by allied forces in Afghanistan, including roadside bomb attacks and the identification and tracking of "high value individuals".
The scenarios test the flow of intelligence information between different segments of the US military, as well as from ally-to-ally to prevent hiccups in Afghanistan.
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Empire Challenge, held over 13 days, is an annual exercise and proved valuable to the British military last year when extreme hot temperatures at the US Naval Air Weapons Station, located in California's Mojave Desert, "literally melted" their equipment, while high winds also caused problems.
link....... (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/7736117/wikileaks-not-part-of-the-empire/)
Sounds like they know the US is part of the Empire.
Oh no it don't....
A major military exercise involving US, Australian, British, New Zealand and other allied forces is underway in an inhospitable area of Arizona to test intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology before it is used against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Empire Challenge, held at the Fort Huachuca US Army installation in south-east Arizona near the Mexican border, replicates situations and operations faced by allied forces in Afghanistan, including roadside bomb attacks and the identification and tracking of "high value individuals".
The scenarios test the flow of intelligence information between different segments of the US military, as well as from ally-to-ally to prevent hiccups in Afghanistan.
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Empire Challenge, held over 13 days, is an annual exercise and proved valuable to the British military last year when extreme hot temperatures at the US Naval Air Weapons Station, located in California's Mojave Desert, "literally melted" their equipment, while high winds also caused problems.
link....... (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/7736117/wikileaks-not-part-of-the-empire/)
Sounds like they know the US is part of the Empire.