Tagged Questions
6
votes
2answers
515 views
Do Elite US military units use Kalashnikov weapons?
From Spiegel:
This automatic weapon [Kalashnikov], known in Russian simply as an "avtomat," even receives the highest praise from Americans, Rogozin reported. Elite US military units use it, he ...
5
votes
1answer
438 views
Did the US military pay $600 for a hammer?
I have heard this story for years now, about how the US military paid $600 per hammer for everyday garden-variety hammers.
Today, for the first time, I saw an article debunking the story.
But that ...
2
votes
1answer
137 views
Does the Defense establishment have plants in vast majority of Congressional districts?
One of the commonly cited reasons for the ratcheting of defense spending in the United States is that it's an easily justifiable kickback (tugging on patriotic heart strings) to representatives' ...
8
votes
0answers
369 views
Is the US Army Field Manual 30-31B a forgery?
Wikipedia describes content of the US Army Field Manual 30-31B:
It identifies a strategy of tension involving violent attacks which are then blamed on radical left-wing groups in order to convince ...
5
votes
1answer
845 views
Was Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by mistake?
Iran Air Flight 655 is allegedly a case of "mistaken identity".
Is it possible for AEGIS with most advanced radar system ever put on a ship, not to be able tell a difference between an F-14 and ...
6
votes
2answers
3k views
Did Obama have a marine demoted for correcting him?
Someone sent me the following claim: a US Army person who had met with President Obama had suggested that he was wearing his American Flag lapel pin upside down. Obama had the woman removed from her ...
2
votes
5answers
2k views
Could the USA have a secret colony on mars?
I've read a number of articles suggesting that the USA has a mars colony, including (if I recall correctly, but I can't find the link now) one where an official in China stated that they believed the ...
77
votes
4answers
10k views
Is it possible to fly 4 helicopters anywhere in a country without official knowledge?
According to reports, there were 4 helicopters used in the raid on Osama Bin Laden. They apparently left from Ghazi.
Is it conceivable that even one helicopter could be flown so close to the capital ...
9
votes
1answer
946 views
Is there evidence to support that Area 51 was just a cover-up for a much larger operation?
Area 51 is frequently mystified in popular movies, stories, alien investigations, and sometimes, even the media. If the US really wanted to keep this a secret, why would they allow the media to ...
