Military
One Of A Kind
This guest post is courtesy of Jennifer, author of In Jennifer’s Head. If you’ve got any information about her grandfather’s ashtray, please head on over to her site and let her know. I’m sure she would be very appreciative of any information you could provide. My grandfather was a WWII vet. He didn’t really talk…
Read MoreNavy Vows to Fight for Its Superlaser, Hypersonic Gun
Rear Adm. Nevin Carr is the Chief of Naval Research, in charge of hundreds and hundreds of different R&D programs — about three billion dollars’ worth of science projects, next-gen gadgets, and upgrades to the Navy arsenal. But of all those many efforts, there are two that get Carr really pumped: a superlaser and a…
Read MoreSenate Zaps Navy’s Superlaser, Railgun
The Senate just drove a stake into the Navy’s high-tech heart. The directed energy and electromagnetic weapons intended to protect the surface ships of the future? Terminated. The Free Electron Laser and the Electromagnetic Railgun are experimental weapons that the Navy hope will one day burn missiles careening toward their ships out of the sky…
Read MoreHappy Birthday US Army
Thank you to all that have put on the uniform of the US Army during the last 236 years.
Read MoreTank Truck
Lybian rebels welded a tank turret to a pickup truck chassis…
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