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Can Killer Drones Land on Carriers Like Human Top Guns?
The Navys top admiral told a think-tank audience yesterday he wants more unmanned aircraft in the sea service, and he wants em in a hurry. In particular, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead said hed like a robotic attack aircraft that can land and take off from a carrier. As it happens, …
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U.S. Needs Hit Squads, ‘Manhunting Agency’: Spec Ops Report
CIA director Leon Panetta got into hot water with Congress, after he revealed an agency program to hunt down and kill terrorists. A recent report from the U.S. militarys Joint Special Operations University argues that the CIA didnt go far enough. Instead, the American government should set up somet …
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Danger, Colbert Report!
Our own Nick Thompson tries valiantly to have a serious talk about his book with Stephen Colbert: The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Nicholas Report Full Episodes Political Humor Religion
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Five for Fighting 11/3/09
# Chinas Air Force chief: military competition in outer space is a historical inevitability # Hulking, hybrid trucks to ease Armys gas addiction? about 22 hours ago from web # U.S. military tracker-droids to consider humans as fluid # Russia simulates nuclear attack on Poland # New civilian-militar …
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Video Fix: Fort Huachuca vs. Halloween
Over the weekend, Military Police at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., were on alert, standing ready to defend their installation from tiny, trick-or-treating terrorists. This Halloween public service announcement comes courtesy of Fort Huachucas Department of Emergency Services. Score another one for the cultu …
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Russia Expands Its Chemical Arsenal, Exposing Treaty’s Faults
Seven years ago this week, Russian Special Forces killed 120 hostages trapped in a Moscow theater, after pumping the place full of a supposedly non-lethal knockout gas. Since then, the Kremlin has only expanded its arsenal of these chemical agents, a new report reveals. And Russia isnt the only coun …
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Karzai ‘Wins’ a 2nd Term in Afghanistan. Oh, Crap.
If you think the Afghanistan war effort was screwed up before, just you wait. President Hamid Karzai has won, by default, a second term as president after his main rival decided the elections were too corrupt to run in. That means Afghanistan avoids a messy, logistically challenging runoff vote. Bu …
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Five for Fighting 11/2/09
# Shady Karzai wins new term # Nuke bomb commander sacked # 1,600 suggested daily for FBI watch list # Runway lack hurting Afghan ops # Video: South Koreas unmanned fleet
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Iron Eagle: Pakistan’s Awesomely Bad Ordnance Factory Ad
Iron Eagles, Danger Rooms collection of awesomely bad videos from the military-industrial complex, knows no borders. Weve had Israeli arms merchants selling their wares to a Bollywood soundtrack, John Elway scaring the citizens of Colorado, and the Defense Intelligence Agency reaching out to foreign …
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Afghanistan’s Election Runoff: Disaster in the Making?
This weeks deadly insurgent attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul along with the attack on the Serena Hotel seemed to have one very specific goal: To disrupt Afghanistans upcoming presidential runoff election, which is scheduled for Nov. 7. After Afghan President Hamid Karzai fell short of the 50 per …
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Breaking News: Air Force Officer Speaks Pashto!
File this one under pet peeves. American Forces Network Afghanistan just posted a video: The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Teams public information officer speaks Pashto! The fact that this is considered newsworthy and exceptional a U.S. military officer speaks one of the official languages of A …
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Airmen Bomb Silly Safety Belt Rules, on Facebook
Youd think men and women who handle heavy weapons, fly the planets most advanced airplanes, and take care of multi-million dollar equipment could be trusted to go outside at night without wearing a day-glo safety belt. The United States Air Force would beg to differ. Instead, airmen are ordered to …
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Did Qaeda Just Release New Bin Laden Pics? (Updated)
This may be something. It may be nothing. But if you check out al-Qaedas latest video, theres a blurry image that bears a striking resemblance to a certain son of a Saudi construction magnate. Either that or I need new glasses. Last night, al-Qaeda’s media unit, As-Sahab productions, released a vid …
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‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles
The Emdrive is an impossible electromagnetic drive that generates thrust from a closed system. To critics, its flat-out junk science, not even worth thinking about. But its inventor, Roger Shawyer, has doggedly continued his work, and, as Danger Room reported last year, Chinese scientists claimed t …
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Поехали! Russia Plans Atomic-Powered Spaceship
News agency RIA-Novosti reports on the latest Russian super-villain scheme: A nuclear-powered spacecraft. According to the report, Roscosmos, Russias Federal Space Agency has a new design for a manned spacecraft powered by a nuclear engine. Anatoly Perminov, the head of the agency, told reporters ye …
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‘Impossible’ Drive Designer’s Dream: Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles
The Emdrive is an impossible drive that generates thrust from a closed system. To critics its a flat-out junk science, not even worth thinking about. But its inventor, Roger Shawyer, has doggedly continued his work, and, as Danger Room reported last year, Chinese scientists claimed to have validate …
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Diplos Get Their Own Armored Vehicles, War Zone Survival Gear
As part of a push to create a cadre of muddy-boots diplomats ready to serve in conflict zones, the State Department is buying a fleet of fully armored vehicles along with range of communications, first-aid gear and protective kit. The new equipment is supposed to help government civilians work wher …
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Five for Fighting 10/29/09
# U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan # Troubled L.A. Laker star Ron Artest releases a hip-hop ode to my Afghan women # Pentagon: open source software just as good as commercial code, maybe better # Germany to use Israeli drones in Afghanistan # Anti-missile porn
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U.S. Military Turns to ‘Vader’ to Hunt Rebel Scum in Afghanistan
For years, the U.S. military employed Ground Moving Target Indicator technology to track potentially hostile vehicles on the ground. Now, the U.S. military is working on a new sensor customized for service in Afghanistan that can spot individuals at a distance and track them on a digital map. Lt. …
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National Security, One Microbe at a Time
Weve entered an era where security threats can be hidden in a microorganism and pandemics can be mitigated from a laboratory. Biotechnology means new dangers, whether to personal health, international relations or in combat - but the same technology can also offer new solutions. World Politics Revie …
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