Us Military Technology

Eco-Explosives, a Bleeding BEAR, and the Armani-Clad Super Soldier

Nick Turse | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics


Nick Turse

When I got to the 26th Army Science Conference, all that potentially glittered, it often seemed, was nowhere to be found - except, perhaps, in the threads of the unlikeliest of military uniforms.

One Way to Find bin Laden

Keith Thomson | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Keith Thomson

2008-11-21-combay_bat.jpg One solution might be sending in this six-inch-long robotic micro-aerial vehicle known as the Com-Bat. In concept, similar to a radio-controlled toy.

Industrial Base

Ray Kimball | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business


Ray Kimball

The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.

Army Researches Mind-Control, Awards Multi-Million Dollar Contract Toward "Thought Helmet" Development

Time | Mark Thompson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home


Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought...

Jason Linkins

CBS Reporter Shot With Raygun

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


This Sunday, 60 Minutes will report on a new non-lethal crowd control device, which they refer to as a "raygun." And the best part is: they "shoot" i...

US Military Technology Increasingly Being Exported Illegally

Washington Post | Robin Wright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pentagon investigators thought they had discovered a major shipment of contraband when they intercepted parts for F-14 Tomcat warplanes headed to Iran...