Germany In Talks To Buy Weaponized Drones From Israel

Germany 'may buy weaponised drones from Israel'

A Heron TP surveillance drone at Israel's Tel Nof Air Force base in 2010. Germany is in talks with Israel to buy weaponised drones for its military that are seen as more technologically advanced than US ones, the weekly Der Spiegel says.

AFP - Germany is in talks with Israel to buy weaponised drones for its military that are seen as more technologically advanced than US ones, the weekly Der Spiegel reported.
The news magazine's Monday edition said the German defence ministry had already held two meetings with Israeli military officials, in November 2012 and February 2013, on the proposed purchase.
The chief of Germany's air force, Lieutenant General Karl Muellner, was said to have recently gone to Israel to attend a presentation of Israel's Heron TP drone, Der Spiegel said.
Berlin was believed to favour the Heron over the US-made Predator drones because it was seen as more cutting-edge, the magazine said.
Germany's defence minister, Thomas de Maiziere, in February called for combat drones to be incorporated into the air force, saying their lack created a disadvantage.
At the time, he made no mention about which drones Germany would be interested in.
But Germany had expressed an interest in jointly developing drone technology with France, to avoid becoming dependent on US or Israeli drones.
The issue of drones has generated an ethical debate in Germany, which does not use unmanned aircraft to fight battles but only for surveillance and reconnaissance missions in places such as Afghanistan.

source: http://www.france24.com

I Cannot Wait For Obama's State of the Union Address!

On today's agenda...get a notebook and pen, as well as a good seat in front of the TV with the whole family.  

Why?

Obama's State of the Union Address, of course.



I CANNOT WAIT!

I can't wait to hear what Obama yammers about tonight as he enjoys hearing himself talk as he gets a nose bleed and shows us how he can read (from his teleprompters) what he has had someone else wrote!  

I can't wait for Twitter to go wild about the defense cuts that won't be mentioned and about those who will be sitting in the very front row and spotlighted as very "special guests" from the military (none of them smiling) as a play for American military "emotional pride" about our "important military" whose budget is being cut exponentially as North Korea detonates a very successful nuclear bomb, there is terrifying unrest in the Middle East, Russia is helping the negative regimes in Iran, Syria, Turkey and more.  



I can't wait because Twitter will also be going crazy about how Obama will tell us how great our economy is getting...how much it has grown since Bush ruined it for us for Obama's full presidency...it's ALL Bush's fault...everything negative.  Obama will boast about job growth, when the numbers don't actually add up.  Obama will brag about how HE is doing such a great job to boost the state of the economy through "investments" and "stimulus".







I cannot wait for Twitter to also be going crazy about Obama's "gun control initiatives" after false flags and emphasis on everywhere else except for the biggest culprit area of gun violence...Obama's home town...Chicago...

"Chicago Gun Violence Produce 500 Homicides in 2012
Chicago’s homicide total has broken 500 for the first time since 2008, an unfortunate statistic for a city that gone through its fair share of turmoil in 2012."   SOURCE: CLICK HERE

Twitter will totally be taking advantage of the whole "drone" issue that kills Americans without their valid rights and drones that invade the privacy right here in the U.S., which is likely something that will not be mentioned at all.







This is going to so exciting and captivating! 




 I love hearing his voice!



I cannot wait!

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POTUS Had to Give the "STAND DOWN" ORDER In Benghazi. Messages Watched 24/7/365. No Way Obama Didn't Know.

INTERESTING INFORMATION CAME IN FROM ONE OF MY MOST RELIABLE SOURCES.  THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED A WHILE AGO, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A DANCE OF LIES DELIBERATELY DELAYING THE TRUTH...

"a former special ops planner said that there is no way Obama could not have known what was going on in Benghazi.  

He said those "flash" emergency messages from consulates, etc. aren't emails but come in another way, and there is someone standing by 24/7/365 to check such messages. 

When received, the message would have been given to someone who would then have been ordered to deliver it to the president immediately - not to anyone else.  

The implication of this is that the order to "stand down" had to come from POTUS - the only others authorized to give such an order are the VP and Secretary of State, in that order... 

...(and one would assume only if POTUS is not able/available to do so). If all this is true, seems to me that this is another symptom of Obama's being unable to make tough decisions unless he has months to think about it."

HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT... 

'STAND DOWN': U.S. HAD TWO DRONES, AC-130 GUNSHIP, AND TARGETS PAINTED IN BENGHAZI

by AWR HAWKINS 27 Oct 2012, 12:02 PM PDT 112

Reports indicate two drones and an AC-130 gunship were in the area when Benghazi was attacked, yet their resources were not used.

This runs completely against the current explanation coming out of the White House, which is that Obama did everything he could once he learned of the attack. 

You'll remember that in the second presidential debate, Obama said that as "soon as I was aware the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team." The not-so-subtle intimation is that Obama was stepping up to the protect the U.S. personnel who were in Libya. And in the wakes of their deaths, which weren't "optimal," we have been assured that stronger action wasn't taken stronger because those options weren't available.

Sec. of State Leon Panetta gave us another version this same excuse, saying: "The U.S. military did not get involved during the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi last month because officials did not have enough information about what was going on before the attack was over."

There are three huge problems with the excuses Obama and Panetta are making.

1. It is now known that the U.S. had two drones in the area -- both of which were filming the attacks, sending back feeds in real time, and at least one of the drone may have been armed.  

2. Reports also indicate a Specter gunship, probably an AC-130, was in the area for backup. The gunship could have swooped in and not only leveled the playing field in the match between 50 attackers vs a handful of security personnel, it could have thrown the attack decisively in favor of the security personnel. 

3. The security personnel in Benghazi had painted a laser mark on the attackers outside the consulate. This mark would have made possible a response by the drones or the AC-130 routine had they been allowed to zero in on it. The member of the security team who was on the roof of the consulate, spraying machine gun fire down on the attackers, continually asked for backup from the AC-130. It never came.

Obama says he was doing everything he could, and Panetta says we didn't react more strongly because we weren't sure what was going on. Yet we now know two drones were sending back video of the attack in real time, and at least one of those drones may have been armed. We also know a massive AC-130 gunship could have been used for backup as well, but it was not. And we know that security was begging for backup and even marking targets with lasers for the drones and/or gunship so they could make quick work of the attackers. 

Yet Obama chose not to respond, and that's the bottom line.

SOURCE: http://www.breitbart.com

SOURCE: WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN OF ATTACKERS RELEASED TO LIBYA BY CIA

by AWR HAWKINS 27 Oct 2012, 2:04 PM PDT 

As a guest on Pennsylvania's Michael Smerconish Program on Oct 26, Obama spoke of the Benghazi attack: 

What happened in a Benghazi was a tragedy. We're investigating exactly what happened. I take full responsibility for the fact that I send these folks into harm's way and I want to make sure they're always safe.

He added:  

When that doesn't happen -- uhhhh -- we will figure out what happened and make sure it doesn't happen again. But my biggest priority right now is bringing those folks to justice, and I think the American people have seen that's a commitment I always keep.

Think about that. Obama said, "My biggest priority right now is bringing those folks to justice, and I think the American people have seen that's a commitment I always keep." Yet "according to a source on the ground at the time of the attack," Obama has not kept this promise. Rather, when the CIA captured three of the attackers, they were ordered to release them to Libyan authorities and are now unaware of their whereabouts. 

Who ordered the CIA to hand the three attackers over to Libya? 

CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood makes one thing clear -- the CIA didn't do it:  "We can say with confidence that the Agency reacted quickly to aid our colleagues during that terrible time in Benghazi. No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need, [and] claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate."

The CIA called for military support in Benghazi more than once on Sept 11. Those calls were not simply ignored, they were denied. 

SOURCE: http://www.breitbart.com

Canadian Military Unmanned Aircraft To Be Deployed On Mediterranean Missions

Canada Military Drones: ScanEagle, Unmanned Aircraft, To Be Deployed On Mediterranean Missions

First Posted: 11/22/11 Updated: 11/23/11 


OTTAWA - Canadian warships will soon be deploying drones on overseas operations.
The crew of HMCS Charlottetown is currently testing the lightweight ScanEagle, a leased, unmanned aircraft the army used to great effect in Afghanistan.

Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, head of the Royal Canadian Navy, says the idea is to deploy the drone when the frigate heads back to the Mediterranean next year as part of the government's recently announced plan to keep a warship in the region throughout 2012.

But instead of hunting for Taliban planting roadside bombs, Maddison says the plane will provide surveillance over both sea and land.

The Canadian navy has experimented with drones, but the use of the ScanEagle represents the first step towards their introduction into service.

The ScanEagle, with a three-metre wing-span, is capable of staying airborne for 20 hours and carries an infrared camera as well as a radar system.

It's launched by catapult and lands by snagging a wire.

Maddison says the drone is not a substitute for the vessel's aging Sea King helicopter, but will enhance the warship's existing capability.

"A UAV provides an excellent capability ... to do that surveillance and reconnaissance," he said. "We saw this as a real opportunity."

The frigate is currently testing the drone off the coast of Nova Scotia.

American warships have used unmanned aircraft since 2005 and defence experts say they've proven themselves especially valuable tracking pirates in the Gulf Aden and in the waters off Somalia.

Maddison made the comments in a teleconference while visiting HMCS Vancouver, which has been directed to join NATO's standing counter-terrorism mission in the Mediterranean.

The ship will be relieved next year by the Charlottetown, which has taken aboard an entirely new crew since it returned in September from taking part in the Libya campaign.

READ MORE HERE:HUFFINGTON POST