The World Trade Organization has apparently issued a final ruling saying that Boeing did indeed recieve unfair — not illegal — subsidies that benefit the development of its aircraft fleet. According to the New York Times, the WTO ruled, in a confidential report, that Boeing received about $5 billion in subsidies. The WTO focused on about $24 […]
From the monthly archives:
January 2011
By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyber Warfare Correspondent As you may recall back in November 2010 President Ahmadinejad publicly admitted problems caused by the Stuxnet malware. Stuxnet is said to have impacted the Russian built nuclear enrichment equipment and is thought to have delayed their nuclear program between 1 and 3 years. Late last […]
Here’s China’s latest in crowd, I mean, fire suppression tech. A massive, jet-powered water cannon that’s capable of shooting four tons of water per minute at a range of 400 feet. If this were ever used on protesters instead of fires, it might not fall under the less lethal category. Via Gizmodo
In case you haven’t seen this already, it’s footage that Chinese state TV officials may have tried to pass off as the results of a recent military exercise. Too bad it’s probably stolen from of one of the dog fight scenes in Top Gun. Happy Friday!
Here you have it, folks. A shot of yesterday’s first flight for the fifth and final F-35B short take-off and vertical landing Joint Strike Fighter test jet at Lockheed’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, TX. The jet will be leaving for NAS Patuxent River in Maryland where it will join four other F-35Bs in flight testing […]
