The U.S. Navy’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) force — based on Aegis-equipped missile cruisers and destroyers — is being increased. The Navy currently has 3 cruisers of the Ticonderoga (CG 47) class and 15 destroyers of the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class configured for ballistic missile intercept. One of the former, the USS Lake Erie […]
From the monthly archives:
January 2009
Our colleague Greg Grant was also at last week’s AUSA Air Warfare Symposium and reported an interesting update on how the Army is picking up the pieces of the cancelled Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. The requirements have changed a bit since the ARH’s demise, adding 2,000 feet to the “high-hot” hover requirement…a change intended to, and […]
[SEE ADDED WARNING BELOW] A fairly active cyber militia within Israel wants you! These cyber activists (Help Israel Win) are actively recruiting pro-Israeli computer users to aide in their cyber attacks against Hamas websites. These efforts appear to date back to the very early days of the latest conflict in Gaza. The militia developed and […]
DT’s good friend and SpouseBUZZ founder Andi forwarded an “opportunity” currently posted at DoD Tech Match with the following objective: “To develop a highly interactive PC or web-based application to allow family members to verbally interact with virtual renditions of deployed Service Members.” The opportunity frames the challenge to killer app designers with the notion […]
All I’ve got to say for this is…“DUDE!?“ Flyby (Gouge: MP.net) – Christian
