The following was released by the U.S. Navy about the “Shock Trial” event: On Friday, June 18, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed the first scheduled explosive event as part of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship. The U.S. Navy has conducted FSSTs over several decades, most recently for the Littoral Combat Ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Faced with a rise in wildlife crimes around the world, the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, co-chaired by the Departments of State, Interior and Justice, hosted a symposium at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s William Allder Auditorium in Springfield, Virginia, June 28-29 of 2016. The Black Vault filed a FOIA request on July 15, 2016, for all the symposium handouts given at the event. It would take nearly FIVE YEARS, but the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) finally released the records in May of 2021 (the letter is erroneously marked 2020). Document Archive Wildlife Trafficking Symposium,…
Background The 1953 Iranian coup d’état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d’état was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953. It was orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project or “Operation Ajax”) and the United Kingdom (under the name “Operation Boot”). The clergy also played a considerable role. Below, you will find the CIA FOIA records released on the topic. Document Archive Operation Ajax – 1953 Iranian coup d’état [275 Pages, 84.9MB] …
Background This Final Report summarizes the biological effects research conducted by Veridian Engineering personnel under contract F41624-96-C-9009 in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Radio Frequency Radiation Branch from April 1997 to April 2002. Biological effects research and consultation were provided in five major areas Active Denial System also known as Vehicle Mounted Active Denial System, radio frequency radiation RFR health and safety, non-lethal weapon biological effects research, the newly formed Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Human Effects Center of Excellence, and Biotechnology. The report is organized by research efforts within the major research areas, providing title, objective, a brief description,…
Background This is part of the document’s introduction, one of the few pieces actually released: Document Archive Chemical Warfare Capability of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya – July 1985 [9 Pages, 0.8MB]