Several years ago, the military was working on ways of delivering drugs via paintballs . We’re not sure what ever happened with that (probably because they don’t want us to know), but now the Army is interested in paintballs again, this time for detecting bombs.
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Army turns to paintball guns for bomb detection
A little window on the marketing and communications side of the military-industrial complex: How to Be a Retronaut’s gallery of ads for missiles and rockets. Rocket Ads, 1947-1974
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Rockets and missiles in advertising
The Army’s MREs (Meals, Ready-to-Eat) have a bit of a bad rap, as you might expect from any food products that have been engineered to remain edible and nutritious after three years in the desert and a thousand foot parachute drop. But the Army has put some work into them recently, adding in things like caffeinated beef jerky and something called “zapplesauce.”
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Army spices up MREs with caffeinated meat sticks, zapplesauce
You see it all the time in the movies: someone finds a pile of shredded documents proving just how evil the evil bad guys is, takes a picture, and sends it to their lame computer geek sidekick. Much clicking of mice and typing on keyboards ensues, and lo, the documents are magically reconstructed. DARPA thinks this is cool and wants to make it happen for real.
Rabies is a potentially fatal virus carried by mammals. You can get it from being bitten or licked by an infected animal, no matter how cute , and last month, a soldier in Afghanistan died from a dog bite. The Pentagon is fighting back with this series of posters warning deployed troops about the dangers of cute animals.
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U.S. Army: ‘even kittens can be deadly!’
Because what could be better than a bunch of unmanned flying death machines getting infected with a a computer virus , a bunch of unmanned flying death machines have been infected with a computer virus. *crosses fingers for something terminal* The virus, first reported by Wired magazine’s defense blog, is allegedly logging pilots’ every keystroke as they carry out their missions. “Military network security specialists aren’t sure whether the virus and its so-called ‘keylogger’ payload were introduced intentionally or by accident; it may be a common piece of malware that just happened to make its way into these sensitive networks,” the article says. “The specialists don’t know exactly how far the virus has spread.” Reuters posted a story that says the drones continue to carry out missions even with the virus. The article also quotes an unnamed source who said: “Something is going on, but it has not had any impact on the missions overseas.” “Meh, they got a virus — no biggie.” NO BIGGIE?! That’s like sending a kid to school with chicken pox! Or, even worse, no lunch . Don’t forget to pack them, parents — it’s the most important meal of their day. Get it?! Because you didn’t make them breakfast either. Combat drones’ computer systems reportedly infected with virus [latimes] Thanks to Jeff, Admiral Tits (I’d serve under you any day!) and Colin, who once used keystroke loggers to get their roommates’ Facebook passwords, then changed all their profile pictures to penises. OMG — CLASSIC!
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This Will End Well: Unmanned Combat Drones Infected With Computer Virus
New York City’s police commissioner made news last weekend when he claimed that the NYPD had the capability to bring down a plane. That was impressive enough, but now comes word that the feds have heat-seeking stinger missiles ready to go in Manhattan that could bring down a large passenger jet.
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The feds have a secret stinger missile stash somewhere in NYC
The difference between this picture, and a picture of a futuristic fighter jet (or space fighter!) out of a video game or movie, is that this concept comes from Northrop Grumman, and it may show the next generation of long-range strike aircraft. In other words, it could be real.
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Northrop concept looks like a space fighter, probably isn’t
In a small trial test, a team of U.S. Marines revealed they were using ditching 60 to 80 pounds worth of maps and using 32 iPads to provide more accurate air strike assistance to ground troops. iPad — good for mom and dad, and good enough for war.
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iPads to aid U.S. Marine pilots in bombing the right buildings
If this didn’t come straight from the White House, I wouldn’t have believed it: the Air Force Research Lab just paid $25,000 for the rights to start building R/C cars that can chase down and immobilize fleeing vehicles with giant explosive airbags. Sweet!
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Air Force getting 130 MPH exploding R/C cars
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