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From the monthly archives:
March 2009
The Obama administration, looking for potential budget cuts, may take aim at the trouble-plagued Navy surface ship programs. As well documented, the San Antonio (LPD 17) amphibious ships and littoral combat ships (LCS) are far behind schedule and over cost. Indeed, the San Antonio herself took almost three years from when the Navy placed her […]
Wired reports: Huge news for real-life ray guns: Electric lasers have hit battlefield strength for the first time — paving the way for energy weapons to go to war. In recent test-blasts, Pentagon-researchers at Northrop Grumman managed to get its 105 kilowatts of power out of their laser — past the “100kW threshold [that] has […]
The Army has let slip one of the worst-kept secrets in the world — that Israel has the bomb. Officially, the United States has a policy of ambiguity regarding Israels nuclear capability. Essentially, it has played a game by which it neither acknowledges nor denies that Israel is a nuclear power. But a Defense Department […]
Iran still determined to catch an ass whupping SECDEF harshes my mell “Guess what? Dragonskin doesn’t work.“ Phrogs Phinal Phlight Badassery of the day includes the line “using only his bayonet…“ Vid: Goosebumpy USAF ad –John Noonan
