Sunday, May 27, 2018

Who wants this kind of technology?

Zaibullah Khan, alias Hamza, a 20 year old Pakistani terrorist captured in Kupwara in Kashmir has provided terrifying information to Indian intelligence agents. Al Muhammadia Students, a student wing of Laskar-e-Taiba has developed a mobile handset for members of the LeT. When a particular chip is inserted into the phone it can automatically connect to the nearest tower, no matter who the service provider, and it cannot be traced by our intelligence agencies. If anyone tries to trace the call it terminates the call automatically. Zaibullah also said that 450 boys between 15 and 25 years of age have been trained in weapons, survival techniques and mountain climbing. Known terrorist Hafiz Saeed motivated them in the name of Burhan Wani. Burhan Wani was a Hizbul commander killed by the Indian army in 2016. The last of 11 militants who posed for a photo with Burhan Wani was killed a few days ago, one of them had surrendered earlier. American Air Force gunships are being jammed as they fly missions over Syria, rendering them blind and unable to tell friend from foe. This means they are unable to identify targets and could bomb innocent civilians or even US troops. So, they are being forced to abort bombing missions. Jihadists are embracing new technologies, from social media, to end-to end encryption to guide individual operatives, to using drones to drop explosives. If national armies are using drones to assassinate terrorist commanders, then terrorists are experimenting with swarms of drones to overwhelm defensive capabilities as they tried against a Russian airbase in Syria. Russia has launched a new submarine, named Knyaz Vladimir, which is quieter than previous models, is capable of diving to 400 meters and "will be capable of launching 96-200 hypersonic independently maneuverable warheads, yielding 150-200 kilotons apiece". Which means that the submarine cannot be tracked and the missiles cannot be intercepted. Russians have also developed a 'Black Hole' hunter submarine, so called because they make almost no sound, and the new 'Husky' nuclear powered submarine will merge with ocean noise and will be able to travel much further. A recent cat-and-mouse game between a Russian submarine and the US Navy showed new capabilities which is worrying NATO. If Russians are going underwater the US has developed a new class of low-to-medium yield thrmonuclear gravity bomb which can be used as strategic or tactical nuclear weapon from a F-35 aircraft. Terrorists on one side, Russians and the US on the other. Who knows what the Chinese are up to. Fortunately, we can die only once.

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