WNEP: Special NBC Guard Units Formed and Deployed
WESTOVER, W.Va. West Virginia has another weapon in the war on terror: A new 200-member National Guard unit has been trained to help handle a nuclear, biological or chemical attack on the homeland. |  |
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SpaceWar: Russia & Georgia are on a 'War Footing'
MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 04, 2004 - Russia and Georgia were on a war footing Wednesday after Moscow hinted it could resort to military action in response to a Tbilisi threat to open fire on vessels that "illegally" entered the waters of its breakaway region of Ab | |
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Heritage: Nuclear EMP Might Defeat our Military Forces
A nuclear-generated electromagnetic pulse "is one of a small number of threats that has the potential to hold our society seriously at risk and might result in defeat of our military forces." The Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from E | |
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AP Photo: X45A Unmanned Jet in Flight, with F-18 Escort
An X-45A unmanned jet, bottom, is shown flying in formation with an F-18 chase aircraft during a GPS-guided weapons demonstration flight on April 18, 2004. Two X-45As made a coordinated flight under the control of a single pilot-operator, Boeing researche | |
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WP: Pentagon Looks to Directed Energy Weapons
A few months from now, Peter Anthony Schlesinger hopes to zap a laser beam at a couple of chickens or other animals in a cage a few dozen yards away. If all goes as planned, the chickens will be frozen in mid-cluck, their leg and wing muscles paralyzed by | |
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Strategy Page: How to Fight a War in 2034
How will warfare change in the next 30 years? Military leaders, and the people they protect, are always trying to figure this out. Theres an easy way to get a good insight on the future. Simply go back to 1884 and note the state of warfare and military t | |
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Missoula News: Gimme Shelter
Earlier this month, while exploring the gallerys new digs on the Dixon-Duncan block of Higgins, Dana Gallery employees uncovered a cache of unusual items apparently left behind by the buildings former occupants: | |
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Globe & Mail: Israel Deploys New Weapon
TEL AVIV, Israel Israeli troops in Gaza are using a new weapon a rifle mounted on a tower attached to an armoured vehicle, for firing at Palestinian fighters not visible from the ground, an Israeli publication reported Thursday. | |
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ScienceDaily: Silicon Photo Detector Senses UV Light
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By depositing thin films of silicon nanoparticles on silicon substrates, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have fabricated a photodetector sensitive to ultraviolet light. Silicon-based ultraviolet sensors cou | |
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SpaceWar: China Use War Games to show Air Superiority
BEIJING (AFP) Jul 12, 2004 -- China will use military drills this month to demonstrate its ability to dominate air space over Taiwan, an essential element in any invasion of the island, state media and analysts said Monday. | |
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The Ledger: America's Army Video Game is a Run away Hit
The game is called "America's Army" and was developed two years ago by the Army for public relations and recruiting. The Army believed that expensive TV advertising was not working, and wanted to get potential young recruits where they live: on the comput | |
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