![]() ![]() Last fall, for instance, he checked out the military’s “Joint Urban Operations, 2007” conference to find out how the Pentagon was planning on fighting wars in the planet’s cities for the next century. Last month, with the backing of the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, TomDispatch Associate Editor Nick Turse, author of The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, went to another of the Army’s gatherings - the 26th Army Science Conference. Army held a three-day conference in Portsmouth, Virginia, to look at new developments in military science and hardware.” And what was it called? The “2008 Mad Scientist Future Technology Seminar.” Seriously! You can’t claim the Pentagon doesn’t have a sense of humor. ![]() Just recently, Wired Magazine’s Danger Room blog reported that “ast August, the U.S. Don’t forget, for instance, the military money that goes into conferences to talk about carrying out more technological and scientific research to create more weapons and equipment. It’s not just weapons and equipment, nor even technological and scientific research. The Pentagon pours vast sums of money into many things - and it isn’t only what you imagine.
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