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Futuristic Railgun Weapon Sets US Navy Record [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 10) -- This is not a video game. The U.S. Navy shattered its record for firing velocity today when it demonstrated the force of the electromagnetic railgun during at test exhibition in Dahlgren, Va. The futuristic weapon fired at a phenomenal 33-megajoules, more than tripling the Navy's previous record set in 2008. What on earth is a railgun, you might ask? Firing at more than two to three times the velocity of a conventional weapon, the railgun employs an electromagnetic current to "accelerate a nonexplosive bullet at several times the speed of sound." Shots fired by the weapon can ...
Gates Calls Out Dangerous Gaps in US Defense Exports
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(April 20) -- In the fight to keep sensitive government technologies and equipment out of the wrong hands, the Obama administration plans a radical overhaul of a Cold War-era system more alert to the likes of Soviet spies than modern terrorists. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, discussing a review ordered by President Barack Obama last summer, said the current Defense Department and Commerce Department systems for licensing the export of such technologies are so deeply flawed, in fact, that they pose a national security threat. Susan Walsh, AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates discusses a review ...
The Iraq War: Suddenly, It's Not So Bad After All
By Peter Wehner - Politics DailyThat sound you hear is of Conventional Wisdom cracking on the Iraq war. A few weeks ago Vice President Biden stated that Iraq "could be one of the great achievements of this administration." (That's right; one of the greatest achievements of the Obama administration.) Then last week came the much-commented upon Newsweek cover story, which declared that "something that looks mighty like democracy is emerging in Iraq. And while it may not be a beacon of inspiration to the region, it most certainly is a watershed event that could come to represent a whole new era in the history of the massively ...
Russian Aircraft Purchase Draws Congressional Ire
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Jan. 7) – In December 2007, the Pentagon gave a no-bid contract worth more than $300 million to ARINC, a Maryland company, to buy 22 Russian helicopters that were urgently needed for Iraq's nascent military. Two years later, even after all of the money has been paid out, none of the helicopters have been delivered, the costs have increased and it's unclear when, if ever, the helicopters will be delivered. Now, the Pentagon's quiet purchase of nearly a billion dollars worth of Russian helicopters for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan is drawing fire from Congress. Democrats and Republicans ...
Next-Generation Robots Ready for Combat
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Nov. 9) -- A new robot may soon become a lifesaver to beleaguered infantry troops in Afghanistan. It's called a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or SUGV, and unlike the thousands of robots already sent to war to fight their own fights, this one will actually work on the front line to make "first contact" with the enemy. The SUGV was developed as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat System, an ambitious collection of manned and unmanned systems that were supposed to be linked together through a single network. After that estimated $100 billion program was canceled last year, mainly out of ...
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