Posted on 07/14/2002 8:46:23 PM PDT by dubyaweluvya
Another human experiment is coming this month, planned by the US Navy. A public notice was filed in today's San Diego Union Tribune which stated the Environmental Assessment "EA has determined that the proposed action will have no significant adverse impacts on the human environment." What is the experiment? Local residents would like to know.
It's called "Juliet" and "will be conducted from July 24 to August 15, 2002 in the southwest region of the U.S. and offshore waters of southern California" "including San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands, offshore of Camp Pendleton, and at the Naval Air Warfare Center land range at China Lake, California."
What will the human and wildlife effects be of this mysterious 3-week long experiment?
B/attlefield A/wareness and D/ata D/issemination, per following, and a couple of recent related speeches and working papers:
Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination (BADD)
(User sponsor: U.S. Atlantic Command)
Purpose: To develop, install, and evaluate a prototype operational system that allows commanders to design their own information system; delivers to warfighters an accurate, timely, and consistent picture of the battlefield; and provides access to any transmission mechanisms and worldwide data repositories. Pre-BADD ACTD efforts were briefed to the Defense Science Board as a possible option to enhance intelligence dissemination in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. This resulted in the creation of the Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation (BC2A) currently operating in theater. This represents a significant enhancement in data dissemination capabilities using the Joint Broadcast System.Phase I of BADD is being developed by DARPA, with CECOM as executive agent, and is focused on demonstration of key capabilities to disseminate data to battalion Tactical Operations Centers during the Task Force XXI Advanced Warfighting Experiment. Phase II will enhance and mature these systems to develop a pilot information management service in support of the Global Broadcast Service on UHF Follow-On (UFO) satellites 8, 9, and 10.
Indeed.
I'm sure that the Bild-A-Burgers want us to believe that "UFO" stands for "UHF Follow-On." :o)
That'll depend a lot on what the Pentagon spokesman looks like, whether he's afraid of birds [Ack! Ack!] and if his first words are *Klatu, Borada, Nicktoe....*
Someday I'll tell you about the aliens with weird eyes I saw at Roswell back in the 1970s....and it's not a story that begins with *Once upon a time....*
You're speaking with an accent.
You're speaking with an accent.
[Shhh. The Earth people will never know the difference if you don't let on.]
Why, I don't know what you're talking about....
[pssst! guys... We've got another one who's getting suspicious....]
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