1…………> Merry Berlin Christmas: Ammo Cache Found
“Due to the proximity of ammunition(200 new 7.65 caliber bullets sealed in plastic bags in their original boxes) found near a Christmas market, and the fact that above the underground car park is a mosque, a dangerous situation is [being] assumed,” Berlin police spokesperson said after authorities deployed dog units and searched a nearby park for additional weapons or ammunition stockpiles.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201712111059883204-ammunition-found-near-Berlin-market/
2…………> Ban The Killer Robots: 3rd Wave
“Many people underestimate the extent of automation and computerization of warfare today. The use of modern sensors and munitions has already generated greater distance between the human and the battlefield in some cases. Any discussion of autonomous weapon systems should start by understanding how they are similar to, and different from, existing military technologies,” professor at the University of Pennsylvania Michael Horowitz said after more than 100 leaders in the artificial intelligence industry warned in August that these weapons systems could lead to a “third revolution in warfare.”
“Once developed, they will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend.The deadly consequence of this is that machines — not people — will determine who lives and dies,” the signatories said in a letter.
3…………> PLA On Guard: Saber Rattling?
Tens of thousands of new recruits of China armed forces in Xinjiang held combat drills, one of many during the the last two months. Are there winds of war in the air?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/11/c_136816472.htm
4…………> Nosy Parkers: China Intelligence.
“This is a broad-based attempt to infiltrate in particular parliaments, ministries and government agencies [of the Islamic Merkeldom of Germany],” intelligence agency (BfV) chief Grand Ayatollah Hans-Georg Maassen said about China use of fake LinkedIn profiles to gather information on officials and politicians to control the top-level German democratic process.
5…………>Applied Global Warming: Southern US States Snowfall
It is extremely rare to hear the words “snow” and “Florida” in the same sentence, but a large portion of America’s Deep South, stretching as far as northern Mexico, has been blanketed with several centimetres of snow.
The early December snowstorms rolled through on late Thursday evening, knocking out power to thousands of customers across the south.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-10/early-winter-storm-coats-us-deep-south-in-rare-snow/9244418
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