* Ford: Hybrids? Never mind… * Electrolux death ray * Nuke clowns: Keep chasing, ABC * Raptor export ban over? * More heavy-breathing over Nork missile * Pentagon wind farm fight heats up * Gurkhas in Afghanistan * AT&T main source for NSA database? * Bank-tapping: “A Secret the Terrorists Already Knew“ * Gitmo ruling […]
June 2006
Check it out, frauleins: The German Federal Armed Forces are experimenting with a prototype, satellite-controlled robot that can go on recon missions, while its human operator hangs out in Berlin. The satellite link, which can transmit video at 2 Mbps and receive control channel data up to 128 Kbps, makes the RoboScout something of an […]
After a few soldiers started wearing Dragon Skin body armor, the much-hyped alternative to the standard Interceptor defenses, the Army banned the flexible armor — and allegedly threatened to cut off the life insurance policies of anyone wearing it. Then, the Army took a different tack, saying it would start testing the Skin, to see […]
* Buffalos, Cougars take Manhattan * Supremes: Gitmo trials no-go * Russia and China get littoral warships, too * Ultrasound to treat war wounds (background here) * Raptor goes 108 and 0 * Stealth radar can’t be spotted * Heart-rending goodbye in Ramadi * Mmmmmm… astroturf! * VA employee had take-home OK * Homeland net: […]
You hear a lot of big claims in this industry. So when I read about a 31-inch, 64-pound weapon that’s supposed to have more killing power than a 1,000-pound cluster bomb, I was more than a little skeptical. After all, a typical cluster bomb distributes over two hundred BLU-97 bomblets over a wide area. Together […]
