Senior Nato military commanders have been pressing for the unmanned Us planes to strike Gaddafi forces in besieged Misrata
The White House has approved the use of missile-armed Predator drones to help Nato target Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya.
Coalition commanders have been privately urging the Americans to provide the specialist unmanned aircraft, which have become a favoured – if controversial – weapon in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Their ability to hone in on targets using powerful night-vision cameras is considered to be one way of helping rebels in the besieged city of Misrata, where a humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the last week.
The Us defence secretary, Robert Gates, said Barack Obama had approved the use of the Predators which are armed with Hellfire missiles, signalling a marked growth in the Us contribution to the Nato effort.
Gates told a Pentagon news conference that the Predator was an example of the unique...
The White House has approved the use of missile-armed Predator drones to help Nato target Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya.
Coalition commanders have been privately urging the Americans to provide the specialist unmanned aircraft, which have become a favoured – if controversial – weapon in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Their ability to hone in on targets using powerful night-vision cameras is considered to be one way of helping rebels in the besieged city of Misrata, where a humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the last week.
The Us defence secretary, Robert Gates, said Barack Obama had approved the use of the Predators which are armed with Hellfire missiles, signalling a marked growth in the Us contribution to the Nato effort.
Gates told a Pentagon news conference that the Predator was an example of the unique...
- 4/22/2011
- by Nick Hopkins
- The Guardian - Film News
The controversy surrounding one of the biggest games coming out this fall will see it removed from all stores located on Army and Air Force bases. "Medal of Honor" revives EA's wartime first-person shooter series, moving the focus from World War II to the present-day for the first time. The new game's set in Afghanistan, during the military actions there shortly after 9/11. The flashpoint in the new "Moh" comes from the competitive multiplayer modes where players will control Taliban fighters.
While it's been a staple of shooter games to have their respective bad guys be playable in faction-based combat, nothing's rubbed up against contemporary political sore spots in quite the way that "Moh" does. The Taliban have proven to be a difficult enemy to engage, both ideologically and strategically and the war in Afghanistan is still a conflict that's being fought, exacting a grim toll from the coalition forces. British...
While it's been a staple of shooter games to have their respective bad guys be playable in faction-based combat, nothing's rubbed up against contemporary political sore spots in quite the way that "Moh" does. The Taliban have proven to be a difficult enemy to engage, both ideologically and strategically and the war in Afghanistan is still a conflict that's being fought, exacting a grim toll from the coalition forces. British...
- 9/7/2010
- by Evan Narcisse
- ifc.com
The Government has responded to defence secretary Liam Fox's call to ban Medal Of Honor. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has distanced itself from Fox's comments made earlier today, labelling it a "personal viewpoint" and backing the rating certificate given to the game. "Dr Fox was expressing a personal view and we understand why some people might find the subject matter of the game offensive," read a statement issued to Eurogamer. "There is a ratings system in place which exists to categorise games appropriately. In this case the game in question is rated 18 so should only be sold to, and played by, adults. "There is a clear choice for consumers which they can exercise when making decisions about purchasing video games." Publisher Electronic Arts, who had previously commented on the call to ban the game, issued (more)...
- 8/23/2010
- by By Matthew Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Defence secretary Liam Fox has called for a ban of Medal Of Honor. Fox was outraged by the first-person shooter set in modern-day Afghanistan, which allows players to kill British troops while playing as the Taliban in multiplayer. "It's shocking that someone would think it acceptable to recreate the acts of the Taliban," he told Pa. "At the hands of the Taliban, children have lost fathers and wives have lost husbands.I am disgusted and angry. It's hard to believe any citizen of our country would wish to buy such a thoroughly un-British game. "I would urge retailers to show their support for our armed forces (more)...
- 8/23/2010
- by By Matthew Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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