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In a new campaign of budget-bolstering and fear-mongering, the Pentagon has warned of impending attacks on US satellites by Russia and China.

“Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade and destroy our space capabilities,” Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the Air Force Space Command, told the US House Armed Service strategic forces subcommittee on Tuesday.

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‘Immediate Threats’: US Air Force Strengthens Space Defense to Counter Russia, China

“They understand our reliance on space, and they understand the competitive advantage we derive from space. The need for vigilance has never been greater,” he asserted.

Hyten has campaigned for a new Air Force project group, whose sole purpose would be to protect US space assets against foreign “aggression.” On Tuesday, he warned that US Global Positioning System satellites are vulnerable to attack.

Lt. Gen. David Buck, commander of Joint Functional Component for Space, testified alongside Hyten.

“Simply stated, there isn’t a single aspect of our space architecture, to include the ground architecture, that isn’t at risk,” Buck declared. “Russia views US dependency on space as an exploitable vulnerability and they are taking deliberate actions to strengthen their counter-space capabilities.”

Buck also sounded alarms over China’s creation of its Strategic Support Forces, a space warfare and cyber warfare unit.

“China is developing, and has demonstrated, a wide range of counter-space technologies to include direct-ascent, kinetic-kill vehicles, co-orbital technologies that can disable or destroy a satellite, terrestrially-based communications jammers, and lasers that can blind or disable satellites,” he said.

“Moreover, they continue to modernize their space programs to support near-real-time tracking of objects, command and control of deployed forces, and long-range precision strikes capabilities.”

But alongside the chicken-little rhetoric that the sky is falling, the Pentagon officials could offer no proof, and only vague solutions to the dire threat they proclaim.

“A space offset strategy must employ a diverse set of resilience measures that complicate the technical, political, and force structure calculus of our adversaries, by arraying a complex set of response, with few overlapping vulnerabilities and a combination of known and ambiguous elements,” Douglas Loverro, deputy assistant defense secretary for space policy, told Congress.

Much of this wild-eyed science-fiction hype appears to be driven by a fear of losing the current military space budget, in a period of financial drawdowns for the Pentagon. Last month, Hyten told Defense One that US Space Command keeps a close eye on Russian satellite positions, claiming that, “We watch where it goes all the time.”

No Enemy Needed: US Jammed Its Own Satellites 261 Times This Year Alone

Similarly, the Air Force expressed anguish over China’s decision to shoot down one of its own weather satellites in 2007. While the move was a way to effectively dismantle a decaying satellite, Washington viewed the incident as a demonstration of Beijing’s offensive capabilities.

The US condemned North Korea’s recent satellite launch, leading the charge to impose additional UN sanctions on Pyongyang.

As the Pentagon relentlessly invents external “threats” at which to point fingers, Hyten admitted in December 2015 that the US may be unintentionally jamming its own satellites.

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/18/2016 12:47:42 AM
	Panic Reaches New Heights: ‘Russia, China Planning Space Attacks on US’ By GPD on March 16, 2016 In a new campaign of budget-bolstering and fear-mongering, the Pentagon has warned of impending attacks on US satellites by Russia and China. “Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade and destroy our space capabilities,” Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the Air Force Space Command, told the US House Armed Service strategic forces subcommittee on Tuesday. ESA/J.HUART ‘Immediate Threats’: US Air Force Strengthens Space Defense to Counter Russia, China “They understand our reliance on space, and they understand the competitive advantage we derive from space. The need for vigilance has never been greater,” he asserted. Hyten has campaigned for a new Air Force project group, whose sole purpose would be to protect US space assets against foreign “aggression.” On Tuesday, he warned that US Global Positioning System satellites are vulnerable to attack. Lt. Gen. David Buck, commander of Joint Functional Component for Space, testified alongside Hyten. “Simply stated, there isn’t a single aspect of our space architecture, to include the ground architecture, that isn’t at risk,” Buck declared. “Russia views US dependency on space as an exploitable vulnerability and they are taking deliberate actions to strengthen their counter-space capabilities.” Buck also sounded alarms over China’s creation of its Strategic Support Forces, a space warfare and cyber warfare unit. “China is developing, and has demonstrated, a wide range of counter-space technologies to include direct-ascent, kinetic-kill vehicles, co-orbital technologies that can disable or destroy a satellite, terrestrially-based communications jammers, and lasers that can blind or disable satellites,” he said. “Moreover, they continue to modernize their space programs to support near-real-time tracking of objects, command and control of deployed forces, and long-range precision strikes capabilities.” But alongside the chicken-little rhetoric that the sky is falling, the Pentagon officials could offer no proof, and only vague solutions to the dire threat they proclaim. “A space offset strategy must employ a diverse set of resilience measures that complicate the technical, political, and force structure calculus of our adversaries, by arraying a complex set of response, with few overlapping vulnerabilities and a combination of known and ambiguous elements,” Douglas Loverro, deputy assistant defense secretary for space policy, told Congress. Much of this wild-eyed science-fiction hype appears to be driven by a fear of losing the current military space budget, in a period of financial drawdowns for the Pentagon. Last month, Hyten told Defense One that US Space Command keeps a close eye on Russian satellite positions, claiming that, “We watch where it goes all the time.” No Enemy Needed: US Jammed Its Own Satellites 261 Times This Year Alone Similarly, the Air Force expressed anguish over China’s decision to shoot down one of its own weather satellites in 2007. While the move was a way to effectively dismantle a decaying satellite, Washington viewed the incident as a demonstration of Beijing’s offensive capabilities. The US condemned North Korea’s recent satellite launch, leading the charge to impose additional UN sanctions on Pyongyang. As the Pentagon relentlessly invents external “threats” at which to point fingers, Hyten admitted in December 2015 that the US may be unintentionally jamming its own satellites. 2015 saw 261 cases in which US satellite communications were jammed. When asked by Breaking Defense how many of those were conducted by China or Russia, Hyten, at the time, said, “I really don’t know. My guess is zero.”
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/18/2016 10:43:44 AM
	FULL CIRCLE 03.17.16 2:17 PM ET David Duke: Trump Makes Hitler Great Again David Duke told his radio show on Wednesday that Donald Trump’s campaign could do wonders “rehabilitating” Adolf Hitler’s image. by Gideon Resnick David Duke, a onetime leader of the Klu Klux Klan, suggested on his radio program yesterday that Donald Trump, whom he has encouraged his listeners and followers to vote for, may be helping to rehabilitate the image of Adolf Hitler. In his Southern drawl, Duke said that media comparisons drawn between the mustached German dictator and the straw-haired aspirational authoritarian were simply going to end up making Hitler look like a nicer fellow. “The truth is, by the way, they might be rehabilitating that fellow with the mustache back there in Germany, because I saw a commercial against Donald Trump, a really vicious commercial, comparing what Donald Trump said about preserving America and making America great again to Hitler in Germany preserving Germany and making Germany great again and free again and not beholden to these Communists on one side, politically who were trying to destroy their land and their freedom, and the Jewish capitalists on the other, who were ripping off the nation through the banking system,” Duke said in audio captured by Right Wing Watch. Trump, who has denied knowing who David Duke is even though he damn well knows who David Duke is, has disavowed the former Grand Wizard’s endorsement. In a prior conversation with The Daily Beast, Duke reasserted that he doesn’t outright endorse the Republican frontrunner but said he would vote for him. Later in Wednesday’s program, Duke attributed the protests that shut down a recent Trump rally in Chicago, to the media, who he blamed for inciting a war against the Republican frontrunner. “This war that’s going on against Donald Trump is really a war going on against America, it’s a war going on against the European-American majority,” said Duke, who asserts that Jewish Zionists control the media and manipulate its message. “The media has incited hatred and violence and repression of Donald Trump and the hundreds of thousands, the millions of people who support him, and that’s what happened in Chicago.” There are almost eight more months until the election. (thedailybeast.com)
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	Dejected and weary, refugees in Greece choose relocation By Catherine Boitard and Camille Pagella19 hours ago Refugees around a campfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni on March 17, 2016 (AFP Photo/Daniel Mihailescu) View Gallery LIVANATES (Greece) (AFP) - Ten days in the squalid Greek border camp of Idomeni were enough to convince Adel to put his dreams of dashing to Germany on hold and apply for the EU's refugee relocation scheme. Related Stories Syrian boys suffer electric shocks in Greek border camp: police AFP EU commissioner warns of migrant buildup in Greece ahead of key summit AFP The Refugee Crisis in the Neighborhoods of Athens Huffington Post Refugees still vow to reach north Europe via Macedonia AFP The Latest: Greece seeks 'major' border patrol boost Associated Press Wall Street Furious Over New Trading Algorithm Ultimate4Trading Sponsored  "It was unbearable," says the 20-year-old finance student from Aleppo, one of a growing number of Syrian and Iraqi refugees who are expressing an interest in the sharing-out programme that until now appeared stalled. Adel is among a hundred-odd Syrian and Iraqis currently lodged at Hotel Edelweiss in Livanates, a coastal town nearly 150 kilometres (93 miles) north of Athens. A family hotel, the Edelweiss is part of a programme run by the UN refugee agency to accommodate 20,000 refugees eligible for relocation after being trapped in Greece by a domino effect of border closures along the migrant trail to northern Europe. "Last week we had 650 applications compared to barely a hundred in February," says Jean-Pierre Schembri, a spokesman for EASO or the EU's European Asylum Support Office. EASO has doubled its presence in Greece, deploying 60 staff on islands where refugees arrive from Turkey, the port of Piraeus and refugee accommodation camps around the country. The goal, says Schembri, is to limit the waiting procedure to a maximum two months, otherwise the refugees will lose interest and turn to smugglers for help. So far, the numbers are not encouraging. - 'No future in Turkey' - Out of the 63,000 mainly Syrian and Iraqi refugees supposed to be farmed out from Greece in the space of two years, only 569 have been accepted by fewer than half of the EU's 28 member states. Hardline states including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia have flatly refused to take any refugees. View gallery Out of the 63,000 mainly Syrian and Iraqi refugees supposed to be farmed out from Greece in the spac … Refugees cannot choose where they will end up in the EU but Adel, who spent 18 months in Turkey after fleeing his Syrian hometown of Aleppo, no longer frets about that. "In Turkey, there was no future, just safety. It doesn't matter where I will finally end up as long as I can go forward," he says. Until last month, Syrians and Iraqis were permitted to travel through Greece and reach family members in Germany, Scandinavia and elsewhere. Many Syrian and Iraqi men took advantage of this option and forged ahead, frequently leaving behind their wives and children to follow at a later stage. But amid a raging debate in the EU over how many more refugees to accept after over a million people arrived from camps in Turkey in 2015, Macedonia and other Balkan states shut their borders to all exiles last week, trapping over 45,000 people in Greece. Around a third of them are massed at the Greek border post of Idomeni, where a makeshift camp initially planned for 2,500 people now holds over 14,000. - 'They might forget us' - Refugees have described conditions at Idomeni as 'hellish'. Recurring rains have turned the overflowing camp into a quagmire. Thousands sleep in tiny tents in muddy fields and ditches and queue for hours just to get a sandwich. Conditions at the Edelweiss are a huge improvement. The refugees have clean beds and warm meals, but time seems suspended for the refugees as they await news on their asylum applications. "We eat, we sleep, we grow tired," says Adel. Besides a stroll by the sea, and watching the children play, there is little to do. "There has been no information at all. We've been here a week and no one has contacted us," says Amina Khalaf, a 37-year-old who escaped Aleppo with her husband and two daughters after she was hurt in a bombardment. "I'm afraid that more people will apply for the programme and that suddenly, there will no longer be room for us," says Zahraa Al Bayati, a 40-year-old mother of three from Iraq. "They may well forget about us here," she adds as around 40 children shout and run about. The EU's migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday urged member states to "scale up" the scheme. "We have adopted all together a relocation mechanism that must work immediately. So I call on member states to provide us with more pledges and start implementing immediately this plan," Avramopoulos said during a visit to Idomeni. On Thursday, European leaders are holding a summit with Turkey, hoping to curb massive migration flows that have plunged the bloc in crisis. But Zahraa harbours no illusions that the summit will make any difference to her and others like her. "There is no hope that the borders will reopen," she says.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/18/2016 11:13:39 AM
	Defiant North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, Japan protests By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park1 hour ago By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park Related Stories N. Korea fires ballistic missile into sea: Seoul AFP North Korea fires missiles, to 'liquidate' South Korean assets Reuters N. Korea test fires two mid-range ballistic missiles AFP North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: South Korea Reuters North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA Reuters La ciencia revela una crema antiarrugas mejor que LifeCell Sponsored  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800 km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Friday, as the isolated state stepped up its defiance of tough new U.N. and U.S. sanctions. A U.S. official told Reuters in Washington it appeared to be a medium-range missile fired from a road-mobile launcher. That would mark North Korea's first test of a medium-range missile, capable of reaching Japan, since 2014. The missile, launched from north of the capital, Pyongyang, flew across the peninsula and into the sea off the east coast early Friday morning, South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. It appeared the North may have fired a second missile soon after from the same region, with a projectile disappearing from radar at an altitude of about 17 km, the statement said. South Korea did not confirm the type of the missiles. But 800 km was likely beyond the range of most short-range missiles in North Korea's arsenal. The North's Rodong missile has an estimated maximum range of 1,300 km, according to the South's defense ministry. View gallery North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks through a pair of binoculars during an inspection of the Hwa I … Friday's launch quickly provoked a barrage of criticism and appeals. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang urged North Korea to abide by U.N. resolutions and not do anything to exacerbate tensions. The U.S. State Department in a statement urged North Korea to focus on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its international commitments and obligations. Japan lodged a protest with North Korea through its embassy in Beijing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament. "Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary measures, such as warning and surveillance activity, to be able to respond to any situations," Abe said. View gallery North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a rocket warhead tip after a simulated test of atmospheric … South Korea's Unification Ministry said Pyongyang should focus on improving the lives of its people and that provocative actions would help nothing. NUCLEAR WARHEADS North Korea often fires missiles during periods of tension on the Korean peninsula or when it comes under pressure to curb its defiance and abandon its weapons programs. Last week, the North fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast and its leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear weapons tests and missile tests. That came after North Korean media said the North had miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles and quoted Kim as calling upon the military to prepare for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike" against the United States and South Korea. U.S. President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday over its nuclear test and satellite launch. The sanctions freeze North Korean government assets in the United States, bans U.S. exports to, or investment in, North Korea, and expands a U.S. blacklist to anyone - including non-Americans - who deal with North Korea. North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 in defiance of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions. The North has reacted angrily to annual joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean troops that began on March 7, calling the exercises "nuclear war moves" and threatening to wipe out its enemies. The U.S. and South Korea remain technically at war with the North because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce instead of a peace agreement. Over the last several weeks, the two Koreas have suspended economic ties over the mounting tensions. South Korea and U.S. officials this month began discussions on deploying the advanced anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to the U.S. military in the South, despite Chinese and Russian objections. On Wednesday, North Korea's supreme court sentenced a visiting American student to 15 years of hard labor for crimes against the state, a punishment Washington condemned as politically motivated. (Additional reporting by Tokyo newsroom, Phil Stewart in Washington and Megha Rajagopalan in Beijing; Editing by Bill Tarrant) View Gallery
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/18/2016 1:36:23 PM
	The Kremlin is furious about Donald Trump's latest campaign ad Will Heilpern Mar. 17, 2016, 10:51 AM The Kremlin has criticized Donald Trump's latest presidential election video, which it says is "demonizing" to Russia. The clip, posted to Instagram, implies that Hillary Clinton is unable to deal with America's toughest opponents, which it presents as ISIS and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The video shows Putin throwing a man in a judo match and an ISIS soldier pointing a gun at the camera before cutting to Clinton barking like a dog. "I saw this clip. I do not know for sure if Vladimir Putin saw it. [But] our attitude is negative," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a teleconference with reporters, according to Reuters. "It's an open secret for us that demonizing Russia and whatever is linked to Russia is unfortunately a mandatory hallmark of America's election campaign. We always sincerely regret this and wish the [US] electoral process was conducted without such references to our country," he added. Trump looks likely to win the GOP nomination outright, and he has since shifted his campaign's focus to target Clinton, his probable Democratic rival. NOW WATCH: Russia slams Trump over this Clinton attack ad (http://uk.businessinsider.com/)
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