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This Rock Could Spy on You for Decades [Military]
America is supposed to wind down its war in Afghanistan by 2014. But U.S. forces may continue to track Afghans for years after the conflict is officially done. Palm-sized sensors, developed for the American military, will remain littered across the Afghan countryside - detecting anyone who moves ...
Commandos Now Play Digital Brain Games as War Prep [Video]
U.S. special operations forces carry out some the military's toughest, most high-stakes missions. To pull them off, the commandos need speed, agility and swift perception skills akin to those of top-tier professional athletes. That might explain why the military's latest commando training progra...
The C-RAM Centurion Tears Up Warheads With a Stream of Hot Lead [Video]
The US Navy's Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) is the last line of defense against inbound rocket and missile attacks. When it detects inbound threats, it automatically unleashes a torrent of armor-piercing rounds. And, not content to let the Navy have all the fun, the US Army is currently ...
On-The-Fly Ammo Swapping Will Make Tomorrow's Apaches Even More Deadly [Guns]
Swapping ammo types at the press of a button has been a feature of FPS games for years but has never actually made it into real combat. But the US Army thinks that with recent advances in computerized high-speed sorting, flipping between warheads could become nearly automatic.More »
The World's First Bionic Foot Mimics Flexion to Aid Gait [Video]
Using traditional lower leg and foot prosthetics is like walking in sand. Since the user can't push off with that foot, there's no muscle for power or an Achilles tendon to pull against. The BiOM prosthetic, however, supplements user effort with robot power.More »
The Viper Strike Glide Bomb Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like a Kilo of High Explosive [Video]
As war moves off the battlefield and into urban areas, carpet bombing becomes decidedly less effective. The Viper Strike glide bomb was built for just such an occasion. It locks on with lasers to take out targets without nixing the whole neighborhood.More »
AT&T offering on-contract unlocks to US Armed Forces on deployment
It sounds like off-contract iPhones aren’t the only ones AT&T has begun to officially unlock — they’re also quietly offering unlocks to on-contract members of the US Armed Forces on active deployment. MacRumors says they’ve confirmed what’s taking place. Carrie...
Army rolls out proprietary app marketplace for Apple iOS devices
he U.S. Army on Friday launched a custom mobile app marketplace ...
US Military To Get Secure Android Handsets [Android]
In a war zone, a standard mobile phone, with its countless possible security flaws, is no use — which is why the military doesn't rely on them. But now that's changing, as the US military is investing in secure Android handsets.More »
The Army's New Individual First Aid Kit Will Save Life and Limb without Getting in the Line of Fire [War]
The Army's IFAK—Individual First Aid Kit—used to be built into a SAW ammo pouch. This was a terrible solution as the pouch would continually get caught on other equipment—not what you want in a fire-fight. But no longer! The US military has just overhauled this life-saving acces...
