American troops in Iraq are near-suicidal. Or maybe they couldnt be happier. It all depends on the flavor of blog you read, I guess. But what I found in my time in Iraq didnt cling to any neat political storyline. Over three weeks in and around Baghdad this July, I spoke to dozens and dozens […]
October 2005
It’s as if the U.S. Navy added 30 destroyers in three years. That’s how much the Pentagon is beefing up Tawain’s fleet, with two pairs of retired Kidd-class anti-air destroyers. The first set was transferred on Oct. 29. The second pair will be handed over in 2007. The Kidds were retired by the U.S. Navy […]
This is my first post here at Defense Tech. Noah was kind enough to let me play in the Defense Tech sandbox for a couple of days, because I’m down here in DC to cover the Serious Games Summit. My normal gig is as Technology Correspondent for The World, an international news program co-produced by […]
Granted, the thing looks fake. And no, I can’t find this supposed press release anywhere else on the web — which is usually a bad sign. But… c’mon. How could I resist posting about this alleged Air Force super-duper laser dazzler, especially when it’s called PHaSR? (That’s short for “Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response,” by […]
* Infrared vs. snipers * Laser tag for Marines * Ice, ice, Osprey * B-2 engineer = spy * “Smart dust,” for real? * UK’s nuke city (background here, kinda) * “Boeing’s heritage building UFO spacecraft“ * “How to Survive a Robot Uprising” (Big ups: RC, JQP, KR)
