Military / Defense

TM4-1, Glossary of Nuclear Weapons Material and Related Terms

The purpose of this publication is to provide a reference of unclassified terms and definitions, abbreviations and acronyms without undue…

March 9, 2022

United 93 Wreckage Photographs and Videos “Exempt from Disclosure” Nearly 21 Years After 9/11

After many denials over the years through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and after a Mandatory Declassification Review case…

March 5, 2022

The Sinking of the K-141 “Kursk” Russian Submarine

Background Here is, according to Wikipedia, what is believed to have happened to the Kursk: The Kursk submarine disaster occurred…

February 15, 2022

Benghazi Attack, 9/11/2012

Introduction On September 11, 2012 in Libya, a heavily armed group executed an attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in…

January 26, 2022

Alleged Misconduct By Senior DoD Officials Concerning The Able Danger Program and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. Shaffer, U.S. Army Reserve, September 18, 2006

This report provides the results of an investigation into allegations that DoD officials mismanaged an antiterrorist program known as "Able…

January 26, 2022

Project Coast – 1980s Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Program by South African Government

Project Coast Background Project Coast was a top-secret chemical and biological weapons (CBW) program instituted by the South African government…

January 26, 2022

Emissions From Reactions in Nuclear Weapons, 29 June 1963

These records were provided by the family of anthologist and transparency activist Russ Kick, from his papers, facilitated by the…

January 16, 2022

Department of Defense Budgetary Appeal Letters, FY 2016, 2017 & 2018

Below, you will find the Department of Defense Budgetary Appeal Letters for fiscal years 2016, 2017 and 2018. They were…

January 13, 2022

Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Closed Investigation Lists

The Office of Special Investigations has been the Department of the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug.1, 1948. The agency…

December 29, 2021

Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Program Plan, April 1994

The Congressional Authorization Conference in November 1993 sent a message that was clearly received by the Department of Defense (DoD).…

November 13, 2021