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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus New Yorker Apr 2021 50min Permalink

Pentagon’s Top Official for East Asia Led Think Tank Funded by Defense Contractors and Foreign Governments

One expert warns that policies advanced by the think tank could lead to military conflict with China.

Jay Cassano, Alex Kotch Sludge Jun 2018 25min Permalink

The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons

When American and Iraqi soldiers were exposed to leftover chemical munitions from Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran, the Pentagon kept silent.

C.J. Chivers The New York Times Oct 2014 Permalink

The Soft-Kill Solution

The future (and past) of non-lethal weaponry deployed against civilian populations.

Ando Arike Harper's Mar 2010 30min Permalink