Yesterday we received a call on our new Tip Line wondering if the Russians and US were working on submarine technologies that create an air bubble in front of the sub that allows it to travel 3x the normal speed. Here’s what our readers asked: This is more of a “Is it true” tip?? Someone […]
From the monthly archives:
November 2009
This article first appeared in AviationWeek.com. The U.K.‘s Mantis medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator has completed a series of test flights using the range at Woomera in Australia. The first flight was made Oct. 21, but was only revealed today. Several mission-representative trials have since been carried out, marking the culmination of phase […]
Reports have recently made it into the public domain that back in May of 2007 President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to launch a sophisticated cyber attack on the cellular phones and computers of insurgents in Iraq. This cyber attack created the ability for U.S. forces to plant false information that […]
As the Russian Ilyushin-76 remains grounded, India has realized that sometimes buying cheap is not the best option. In a sign of increasing Indo-US military ties and India’s increasing defence budget, India has started negotiating the purchase of C-17 globemaster aircrafts from the US government in a deal worth approximately US$1.7 billion. Wing Commander Raghu […]
Warning folks, this will get your blood boiling. And you talk about a flashback to 1986… An alert DT reader tipped me off to this video reportedly taken by Taliban insurgents before and during the assault on Wanat. Looking at it makes you wonder how the US base wasn’t totally overrun given the insurgents’ commanding attack position […]
