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The Tricky Part Of Defending Data Centers From Strikes And Drone Attacks

“According to a report from Bloomberg, recently released satellite images appear to show damage done to two Amazon data centers in Bahrain, which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) previously claimed to have hit.” gizmodo.com

With satellite imagery now appearing to corroborate the recent strikes on Amazon’s Bahrain data centers, the question of how commercial data centers actually defend themselves has become live.

Amazon’s presence in Bahrain is registered under Amazon Data Services Bahrain S.P.C, located at Bahrain World Trade Center, Level 9, Building B0001, Isa Al-Kabeer Avenue (Road 365), Flat 938, Clock 316, Manama, Bahrain

 Laurynas Šatas, CEO of Aktyvus Photonics, a defence technology company developing laser-based precision targeting systems for NATO tactical drone platforms. thinks data centers should defend themselves against drones, and partner with the state for missile defense.

A repeat of another attack

“A very similar attack on AWS data centers happened in March. But it’s worth separating the two events, because they involved different weapons. The confirmed March strikes used one-way attack drones. The July strikes on the Bahrain facilities appear to have involved missiles, and while Amazon hasn’t confirmed the extent of the damage, independent satellite imagery now appears to corroborate that it was significant.

“The March strikes marked a genuine shift. Commercial cloud facilities were never designed to sit inside a kinetic threat environment, and now they are being treated as legitimate military targets. That changes the security conversation for the whole industry.

The Bahrain World Trade Center (where the attacked Amazon data center is said to be housed) makes for a clearly visible and easily targeted object.

Transferable Model Of Defence

“It is important to be precise about the threat, though, because it is not one threat. Slow, low-flying, low-cost drones and high-speed missiles call for very different defences. Against the cheap and persistent drone threat, a layered counter-UAS approach – detect, track, then mitigate – is realistic and increasingly affordable. We already see this in Ukraine, where the private sector has taken on a real part of the air defence task against low-speed threats, using a mix of effectors. That model is transferable to critical civil infrastructure such as data centres.

“Faster-flying threats are a different problem. They require significantly more complex and far more expensive systems, which we cannot realistically expect a commercial operator to afford, or to be cleared and trained to operate. That part stays with state militaries.

“So the practical sequence for data centres is: defend yourself against drones first, and coordinate with the state for the missile threat. I expect this level of protection to become a standard part of how such sites are built and operated.”


For the Silo, Darija Grobova.

Connections Between UFOs, UAPs and Presidents Of The United States

Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, mason and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States.
Theodore “T.R.” Roosevelt, Jr. was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, mason and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States.

Remember last year, when there was ongoing UAP/Drone activity hitting the news cycle and without any official explanation of what was happening over the skies of New Jersey and the rest of the world? There is still no answer and  it is fascinating to consider that this phenomena is in fact not new and has been reported for over one hundred years.

The drones have become unsettlingly frequent in Monmouth County, New Jersey (Picture: Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Dec 2024)

When one thinks of U.S. Presidents and UFOs several of our Chief Executives come to mind. Firstly, there is President Eisenhower purportedly meeting aliens at Edwards Air Force Base in 1954.

Then there is JFK’s memo to the CIA asking for disclosure on UFOs ten days before his assassination:

More humorously but perhaps true is the story of Richard Nixon treating comedian Jackie Gleason to a view of dead alien Grays at Homestead Air Force Base in 1974. 

But what about Teddy Roosevelt?

Is anyone in the UFOlogy Community even aware of a documented UFO sighting over the 26th US president’s home, Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, New York on August 1, 1907 when he was in his second term of office?

Teddy Roosevelt Globe

According to an old clipping found by UFOlogist Kay Massingill from a newspaper called the D.C. Evening Star dated August 2, 1907, two events of a mysterious nature occurred in the town of Oyster Bay in a twenty-four hour period and both concerned Mr. Roosevelt.

In the latter, the town librarian Miss Denton opened up the library on the morning of the 1st and discovered a beautiful mahogany chair donated by Teddy to the museum from his days as Governor of New York had split down the backside sometime the night before. More peculiar was the fact that on the reverse back of the chair was the Bald Eagle Seal of the United States of America and it was split in half! An ominous sign indeed! Was it an omen?

Newspaper Headline Lights Over Sagamore

However, the main event occurred the evening before between the hours of 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. when a brilliant white light was seen to hang motionless over Sagamore Hill.

According to the dispatch, it was a light “considerably larger than a star” and hung about 300 feet in altitude over the house according to numerous witnesses. It was an “intense white light” and after 11 p.m. it began to fade to a spark and then extinguished. Meanwhile in the library a short distance away, a chair associated with Sagamore Hill’s occupant was coming undone in a most mysterious way.

The home on Sagamore Hill
The home on Sagamore Hill

Was Mr. Roosevelt home the night of the UFO sighting? The article doesn’t say and we’ll probably never know but it is known that Sagamore was called Roosevelt’s Summer White House and it was the middle of summer.

So the main question to ask is why would a ball of light attend to Mr. Roosevelt in the heat of 1907? Two clues can be found concerning his agenda as President that year.

One clue was his December 3, 1907 Annual Address to Congress.

The speech is mundane for the most part dealing with anti-trust actions, railroads, the Department of Agriculture, conservation, unions and such but near the end of it Roosevelt begins to lay out the groundwork for creating the world’s most dominant modern navy. It seemed Roosevelt had a great grasp of what was happening in the world concerning Japan, Germany and China and their eventual rise on the world’s stage. He specifically recommended dredging Pearl Harbor to make it a world class naval base and increasing Alaska’s defenses. Did he know something about the world no one else did? His maneuvering just months after the Sagamore Hill incident directly led to America’ emergence as the modern world’s greatest Suprerpower. Did he have help from E.T. whispering in his ear? During his tenure America’s Navy grew from 5th to 3rd in the world in size.

The second clue is the very interesting coincidence of the Second International Peace Convention held at The Hague, Netherlands that year from June 15 to October 18, 1907 which was during the Sagamore Hill sighting. That convention was the brainchild of none other than Teddy Roosevelt! It was an attempt to codify the rules of war – particularly naval warfare. More importantly, it was seen as the world’s first attempt at an international governing body – a forerunner to the League of Nations and the United Nations.

The Tin Foil Hat Question 

Are aliens attempting to lay out the groundwork for, or interfere with, the earth’s direction in the 20th and 21st centuries? And might they have been in contact with American Presidents long before Eisenhower’s 1954 encounter? To see the complete newspaper clipping go to http://www.worldufowatch.com/historical_newspaper_clippings    For the Silo, Robert Spearing.

NORAD & U.S. Northern Command Will Conduct Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 23

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colorado – The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will conduct its annual homeland defense exercise, VIGILANT SHIELD 23, Apr. 11-19, 2023.  

Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD is a bi-national exercise between the United States and Canada designed to assess and enhance the readiness of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, its components and mission partners to defend North America from attack.

Personnel from across the United States and Canada will participate, including the commands’ Headquarters, the Alaskan, Canadian and Continental NORAD Regions, USNORTHCOM components (U.S. Army North, U.S. Air Force North, U.S. Navy North, U.S. Marine Forces North, and Special Operations Command North), and other subordinate units and mission partners.  

VIGILANT SHIELD 23 provides NORAD and USNORTHCOM opportunities to examine and refine strategies, evaluate processes and procedures, and demonstrate the ability to address threats in various environments and domains. It is primarily a Command Post Exercise using simulated forces and involves the commander, the staff, and communications within and between headquarters. While the overall exercise scenario is classified, it is designed to assess and enhance NORAD and USNORTHCOM’s ability to defend North America across all domains, which include air, land, maritime, space and cyber. 

NORAD is a bi-national command formed by a partnership between Canada and the United States. NORAD provides aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America. USNORTHCOM conducts homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the U.S. and its interests. The two commands have complementary missions and are co-located together on Peterson SFB, Colorado.

An earlier example of a Canada-United States bi-national command exercise. A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 long range patrol aircraft flies in formation with two U.S. Air Force F-16s and a RCAF CF-18 during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 22 and 23, 2021. The exercise will run from March 20-26 and range from the Beaufort Sea to Thule, Greenland and extend south down the Eastern Atlantic to the U.S. coast of Maine. Amalgam Dart 21-02 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, U.S., and NATO forces operated together in the Arctic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs a network of space-based, aerial and ground-based sensors, air-to-air refueling tankers, and fighter aircraft, controlled by a sophisticated command and control network to deter, detect and defend against aerial threats that originate outside or within North American airspace. NATO E-3 Early Warning Aircraft, Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter aircraft, CP-140 long-range patrol aircraft, CC-130 Search and Rescue and tactical airlift aircraft, CC-150T air refueler, and CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue helicopters; as well as U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, KC-10 Extender refueler, KC-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft will participated in the exercise. (Photo credit:RCAF)