'Bug-Sized' Drones Are The Most Frightening Type Of Killer Robot Yet
In the new issue of National Geographic, John Horgan details the rise of drones after 9/11 and their creep into American airspace.One thing that stands out is that the Defense Advanced Research...
View ArticleThis 68-Ton Steel Demon Is Unequaled On The Battlefield
The Abrams has truly been a scourge on the battlefield in the few times others have been willing to step up to the plate.In fact, the last modern tank battles, those during the first Gulf War, were so...
View ArticleThe Army Estimates Staggering Initial Job Loss From Automatic Budget Cuts
The U.S. Army just released a chart showing what happens if those automatic budget cuts — known as "sequestration"— actually go into effect on March 1.The cuts will affect every Army installation, and...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Determined To Continue With The Controversial 'Drone Medal'
The announcement of the Distinguished Warfare Medal — nicknamed 'The Drone Medal' for its likelihood to go to remote pilots — came as quite a shock to many in the military.Most current and former...
View ArticleChina May Have Intended To Get Caught In The New York Times Hacking Scandal
Earlier this week, Mandiant, a company hired by The New York Times to track down hackers that invaded the paper's database, unleashed a report blaming China for the invasion.The document went on to...
View ArticleThe Syrian Civil War Has Officially Spread Into Lebanon
An October car bombing that killed Lebanon's police chief hinted that the Syrian civil war had spilled over into the neighboring country, but now it appears to be official.Both state and rebel...
View ArticleIf Congress Can't Compromise, Then America Will Have A 'Hollow Army'
Automatic budget cuts that could hit on Mar. 1 have top military leadership scrambling, with Army General Ray Odierno warning that they will reduce the service to a "hollow Army."While the U.S....
View ArticleMali Militants Leave Behind Document With 22 Tips On Avoiding Drones
One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand.The al-Qaida extremists bypassed the...
View ArticleAl Qaeda's 22 Tips For Avoiding Drone Detection
Local Timbuktu mat-seller Leitny Cisse al-Djoumat couldn't hide his shock at the sheer amount of mats these strange fellows bought."It's the first time someone has bought such a large amount,"...
View Article800,000 Defense Workers Are Going To Get A 20 Percent Pay Cut If The...
The automatic budget cuts set to hit every level of the federal government will bring a shortened workweek and a smaller paycheck for the majority of the Defense Department's civilian workers,...
View ArticleLockheed Ad From The 1950s Shows The Defense Industry's Better Days
The military and the defense industry have certainly seen better days (though most of the bigwigs are still making money hand over fist)."Sequestration" has become the bogeyman beneath Washington's bed...
View ArticleAmerica Can't Win The Cyberwar By Hacking
Yesterday we detailed how the U.S. doesn't have any good options in the face of persistent economic espionage by Chinese military hackers, and several readers asked: Why not just hack them back?We...
View ArticleChina's Economic Espionage 'On Track To Become A Major International Problem'
China's full-throated denials of hacking and counter-accusations of its own do nothing to allay growing concern over large-scale cyberspying alleged in a bombshell report this week, Western analysts...
View ArticleChina 'Holds General's Son For Gang Rape'
China has detained the 17-year-old son of a general on suspicion of involvement in a gang rape, reports said Friday, the latest allegation against the privileged children of officials to spark public...
View ArticlePrestigious London University Asks For Volunteers To Do Cocaine For Study
The email specifies that potential participants must be: 'Fit and well, have no past medical history and not be users of recreational drugsA prestigious London university has asked for volunteers to...
View ArticleChinese Hackers Have A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That No One Is Talking About
The rousing report out of Mandiant about Chinese internet exploitation focused primarily on the widespread, systematic, state-sponsored thievery of proprietary data.What it also mentioned (almost in...
View Article100 US Troops Are Setting Up Near Mali To Support French Fighters
About 100 U.S. military personnel have been sent to the African nation of Niger, according to a report from the Associated Press.In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama said troops will focus...
View ArticleThis Assault Breacher Might Be The Most Bizarre Thing You'll See All Weekend
I honestly did not know this mechanized contraption was in the field, let alone in active use.The Marine Corps M1 Breacher shoots this Spiderman-like rope high in the air, that falls a hundred or so...
View ArticleJoin Us On This 30-Ton Amphibious Assault Craft As We Storm The Beaches
I remember like it was yesterday, though it was 2003 when I was standing inside the well deck of the USS Essex amphibious assault ship. I was a U.S. Marine, sailing off the coast of Hawaii on a...
View ArticleThe Deputy Secretary Of Defense Is Doing An Incredibly Classy Thing To Stand...
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carterannounced to the Senate that if his employees in the Department of Defense suffered a pay cut because of Sequestration, he'd voluntarily give the Treasury the...
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