* Israel’s tragic mistake * Middle East ceasefire: over before it began? * US encouraging Israeli attack on Syria? * UN in Lebanon: “indefinitely postponed” * UN nixes Iran enrichment * Taepodong-2 didn’t get far * Iran out of TD-2 picture? * Counter-terror catches crabs? * China building our black tech? * India begins exporting […]
From the monthly archives:
July 2006
Picture floating nuclear reactors sailing the seven seasgenerating emergency power at disaster sites, providing fresh water during droughts, and warming the shivering citizens of Siberia. Now, add indomitable ice floes, highly enriched uranium, hellacious weather, and terrorists slavering over lightly guarded nuclear fuel. Apply a “Made in Russia” stamp and file these titans under Technological […]
Ft. Irwin, California — It’s 110 degrees here on the southern edge of Death Valley when Alpha Company storms Medina Jabal. On July 27, twelve days into their two-week exercise at the National Training Center, the Soldiers of Alpha Company are resigned to the heat, if not accustomed to it. After just a few minutes […]
Right now, a pair of mysterious, highly mobile microsatellites dubbed MiTEx are roaming about in geostationary orbit (GEO). Their mission and their capabilities are unknown; even their orbital position is classified. Lockheed Martin and Orbital Sciences each built one of the 225kg microsatellites for DARPA, and the Naval Research Lab built the propulsive upper stage. […]
I’m getting married next week. Then, it’s off to Italy for the honeymoon. Which means no blogging for me until late August — my biggest break, I think, since the site started. But Defense Tech will be in good hands, never fear. An A-team of guest bloggers is lined up to take over while I’m […]
