China's Newest Stealth Fighter Takes Flight
If these pictures are real, then China has flown two new types of stealth fighters in less than two years. You're looking at what's supposedly the newly unveiled Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's J-31...
View Article'Seal Team Six,' The Movie, From A Tech Perspective
The former host of MTV's "Pimp My Ride," Xzibit plays one of the SEALs. We thought about titling this post "Pimp My Stealth Chopper," but Nat Geo didn't even try to match their choppers to those used...
View ArticleAmazon To Provide The CIA With $600 Million In Cloud Computing
Web commerce giant Amazon is apparently building a cloud-computing network for the CIA.
View ArticleSoldiers Are Moving Nuclear Bombs With Forklifts Because Of Stupid Regulations
A report by the Defense Science Board says that arcane safety procedures are actually making some aspects of the way the Air Force handles its nuclear weapons more dangerous.
View ArticleThe 23 Places The U.S. Will Bomb If There's A Syria No-Fly Zone
If the White House really wants to alter the course of the Syrian civil war, it may well need to impose a no-fly zone. The good news is it probably won't be too hard to pull off, given the battered...
View ArticleRussia's Mysterious First Stealth Fighter Found On Bing Maps
This might be the easiest ever find of an MIA airplane. You're looking at a Bing Maps image of the Mikoyan (MiG) Project 1.44, Russia's first attempt at building a flyable stealth fighter and the jet...
View ArticleThe USSR's Electronic Spy Posts Are Still Eavesdropping On You
The world has been somewhat surprised by recent reports of the National Security Agency's massive electronic spying operations around the globe. But they're not the only ones with their ears to the...
View ArticleHow Geese Will Save The Air Force Millions Of Dollars
The Air Force is seriously considering flying planes in formation like geese in order to potentially trim hundreds of millions of dollars off its staggeringly high fuel bill.
View ArticleThis Is Probably China's First Domestically-Built Aircraft Carrier
China's military — especially its navy — is getting more sophisticated by the day.
View ArticleThe Air Force's $40 Billion Space Push
America's civilian space program may be on life support now that the Space Shuttle's gone. But its military space program is very much alive — and about to get much, much bigger.
View ArticleMapped: 34 Places In Syria Likely To Get Hit With A U.S. Cruise Missile
It seems more and more likely that the United States will take some kind of military action against the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad. With that in mind, here are the most likely targets.
View ArticleThe Military Forces Gathering On Syria's Doorstep
While the United States is ready to strike a handful of targets on the ground in Syria, any international conflict there will take place on a much larger stage. The entire region is full of a witches'...
View ArticleHow Did Syria's Hacker Army Suddenly Get So Good?
At first glance, they may seem just like pro-Assad thugs and online vandals, commandeering Web sites in the name of their favorite dictator. But the hacker group known as the Syrian Electronic Army is...
View ArticleThe Air Force Now Has A Drone Base In A Box
Drone bases, they can pop up anywhere nowadays. The U.S. Air Force's special operations command now has mini bases for drones that can be packed in a cargo plane and transported anywhere in the world,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda's 'Conference Call' Of Doom Was Deciphered By An Enlisted Airman
The mysterious "conference call" of al Qaeda leaders that led the United States to close its embassies around the Middle East in August was deciphered by a low-ranking enlisted man in the Air Force,...
View ArticleWhy The SEALs Aborted Their Somalia Raid
Here's why the Navy SEAL team deployed to grab a terrorist in Somalia backed out.
View ArticleMeet The Army's Tricked-Out, Super-Fast Stealth Copters Of 2030
In the not-so-distant future, U.S. special operators, like those who used scuba gear and SUVs to go after terrorists this weekend, may be carried into combat by quiet, ultra-fast helicopters.
View ArticleThere's $230 Million In Spare Military Parts Missing In Afghanistan
The purchase of spare parts by the U.S. military is a big business, with more than $25 billion worth of screws and widgets kept in storerooms. It is also a notoriously sloppy one.
View Article@NatSecWonk May Have Also Been Soliciting Prostitutes On Twitter
Onetime National Security Council staffer Jofi Joseph is under investigation by the Justice Department for his alleged social media activities -- both as @NatSecWonk and also possibly as @DCHobbyist, a...
View ArticleMeet The Marines' New Pirate-Hunting Team
Armed pirates have run rampant off Africa's west coast for years, overtaking Somali pirates as the biggest maritime marauders in the world. But they may have a new outfit to reckon with: The U.S....
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