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Army Again Turns to Depleted Uranium for New Weaponry
For decades, depleted uranium (DU) has been the material of choice for anti-tank projectiles — despite a series of controversies about its potential health hazards. But for the near future, at least,...
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The new American approach to Afghanistan has curtailed airstrikes using 500-pound bombs, and alternative weapons have been slow in coming. But if the U.S. military-industrial complex can get its act...
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Aussie Hovering Drone is Straight Outta Avatar
Jamers Cameron’s Avatar opens this week, with trailers featuring some funny-looking aircraft that resemble helicopters, but with ducted fans instead of the traditional rotor blades. While there are no...
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Court to Cops: Stop Tasing People into Compliance
The use of Tasers has become increasingly controversial over the last year, following high-profile cases such as the Tasering of a 10-year-old girl who had refused to take a shower and video of a...
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Air Force Completes Killer Micro-Drone Project
The Air Force Research Laboratory set out in 2008 to build the ultimate assassination robot: a tiny, armed drone for U.S. special forces to employ in terminating “high-value targets.” The military...
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Crack New Scanner Looks for Bombs Inside Body Cavities
The “underpants bomber” has renewed calls for new and more invasive security measures. Already, there’s a push to install scanners that show travelers’ naked bodies through clothing, using either...
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Pentagon Scientists Target Iran’s Nuclear Mole Men
Iran’s nuclear facilities may be deeply-buried in a “maze of tunnels” — making them hard to find and even harder to destroy. But the Pentagon is working on some new technological tricks for exactly...
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Whaling Protesters Pioneer Non-lethal Warfare
An altruistic millionaire spends a fortune on high-tech vehicles and an arsenal of non-lethal weaponry — including sonic blasters and photonic disruptors — for a vigilante battle against...
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A Sonic Blaster So Loud, It Could Be Deadly
All kinds of of devices have been dubbed “sonic blasters” — from the Long Range Acoustic Device super loudhailer to the piercing Banshee to the Inferno (“most unbearable, gut-wrenching noise I’ve ever...
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Taser to Cops: Never Mind the Courts, Keep on Zappin’
Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to restrict police officers’ use of Tasers, ruling that the stun guns should only be fired when the situation “compels the employment of such...
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