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Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Before the War
The military has launched a new program thatll use genetic testing and brain scans to figure out whether troops are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress before they head off to war and experience that stress. The initiative is a cooperative venture between the Marine Corps, Department of Veterans Af …
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Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PSTD Before the War
The military has launched a new program thatll use genetic testing and brain scans to figure out whether troops are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress before they head off to war and experience that stress. The initiative is a cooperative venture between the Marine Corps, Department of Veterans Af …
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Navy’s ‘Affordable’ Shoreline Ship: $477 Million Overbudget
It only took an extra half billion dollars, but the Navy is now inching closer to having a fleet of stealthy, shore-hugging surface ships. The future USS Independence, the Navys second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), this week completed acceptance trials, a sort of test drive for the Navys Board of Insp …
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Military Video System Is Like YouTube With Artillery
Making footage shareable and searchable online has sparked a revolution in the cute animal, stupid human, and delicious tamale communities. New software just might mean a similar upgrade for military video intelligence: Think of it as a real-time YouTube with heavy artillery. The release of the new …
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Gates: Expect a Slow-Mo ‘Surge’ to Afghanistan
In early 2007, the U.S. military was able to surge five additional brigades to Iraq in relatively short order. But in Afghanistan, any major troop increase wont happen overnight. Speaking yesterday to reporters at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates tamped down expectations of a rapid, acro …
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Caption This: The Governator in Baghdad
Caption contest! Heres California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visiting the gym at Camp Victory, Iraq. Tell us whats really going on [PHOTO: U.S. Department of Defense]
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Afghan Prez Pinky-Swears: No More Corruption
Months after the countrys tainted national elections, foreign dignitaries flocked to the locked-down capital of Afghanistan to see Afghan President Hamid Karzai sworn in today for a second term. And Karzai gave his visitors what they wanted: A pledge to stamp out corruption. The BBC has this key exc …
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Five for Fighting 11/19/09
# U.S. turns to local guns-for-hire to secure three more bases in Afghanistan # CIA black site prison found at fancy riding academy # Los Alamos shuts down plutonium facility after fire safety concerns # DNI vs. CIA over drone strikes # G.I.s vs. space invaders in Afghanistan [High five: @boingboing …
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In Nod to Global Warming, Navy Preps for ‘Ice Free’ Arctic
The dwindling Arctic ice cap has launched an international race for control of northern waters: Russia, Canada, Denmark, and even China are hustling to expand their military presence, plant flags and eye those 90 billion barrels of natural gas under the cap. Now the U.S. Navys getting ready for the …
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U.S. Ship Repels Pirates With Sonic Blaster, Bullets (Updated)
Months after its skipper was rescued at sea by the Navy, the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama repelled an attack by suspected pirates today off the northeast coast of Somalia. Back in April, the Maersk Alabama was boarded by pirates, who took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips …
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U.S. Ship Repels Pirates With Sonic Blaster, Bullets
Months after its skipper was rescued at sea by the Navy, the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama repelled an attack by suspected pirates today off the northeast coast of Somalia. Back in April, the Maersk Alabama was boarded by pirates, who took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips …
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Air Force Zaps Drones in Laser Test
In a recent series of tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif., a trailer-mounted laser was able to knock five unmanned aircraft out of the sky. The demo, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, was a test of the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (M …
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U.S. Ship Repels Pirates with Sonic Blaster, Bullets
Months after its skipper was rescued at sea by the Navy, the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama repelled an attack by suspected pirates today off the northeast coast of Somalia. Back in April, the Maersk Alabama was boarded by pirates, who took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage. Phillips …
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Video: Tricked-Out Copter Becomes DIY Bomber
While hanging out at the Dubai Air Show, Danger Room pal Steve Trimble got to sit in on a strangely fascinating briefing by a Lebanese officer. He described how the Lebanese military turned an old UH-1 Huey helicopter into a jury-rigged bomber during a 2007 battle against Islamic militants holed up …
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Darpa’s ‘Liquid Laser’ Gunship Program Pushes Ahead
The Pentagons mad science arm is moving ahead with a project to build a laser weapon compact enough to be carried on board a tactical aircraft - say a B-1B bomber or an AC-130 gunship, Aviation Week reports. Darpa is getting ready to hand out 24-month research contracts to defense contractors Textro …
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Army Eyes Missiles Filled With Flying Spy Bots
The Army wants to instantly get eyes in the sky to watch over a potential enemy. But spy drones or satellites or even fighter jets can be too slow to handle the job. The answer: missiles that carry surveillance drones inside. Thats right. The military wants to shoot off loads of flying, spying robot …
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Army Eyes Missiles Filled with Flying Spy ‘Bots
The Army wants to instantly get eyes in the sky to watch over a potential enemy. But spy drones or satellites or even fighter jets can be too slow to handle the job. The answer: missiles that carry surveillance drones inside. Thats right. The military wants to shoot off loads of flying, spying robot …
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Syria to Nuke Watchdog: Nothing to See Here, Move Along
Two years ago, Israel bombed a suspected nuclear site in Syria. Now the UNs atomic watchdog agency is pressing Damascus for a return visit to the bombed facility along with access to other military sites, where the Syrians have been up to some suspicious landscaping. According to the latest report …
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Special Forces Ready to Unleash the PDAs of War
Right now in Afghanistan, most U.S. infantrymen dont have a personal radio, or a way to digitally keep tabs on their fellow troops. One brigade has got the right gear - but it means strapping on an extra eight pounds worth of radios and computers. But next month, 10 or 20 extremely lucky troops will …
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U.S. Turns to Local Guns-for-Hire to Guard Afghan Outpost
The U.S. military is turning to guns-for-hire to guard one of its outposts in an increasingly-violent corner of Afghanistan. But Blackwaters of the world, take note: simply hiring former G.I.s or American cops or even Nepalese Gurkhas wont do the trick this time. At least half of the 50-man force ha …
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