Military Tech

All forms of military technology

Sep 24, 2010
"An exceptionally sophisticated piece of malware designed to attack programs used in critical infrastructure and other facilities has garnered extensive attention among computer security experts this week as new details about its design and capabilities emerge, along with speculation it was aimed at disrupting Iran's nuclear program."
Sep 23, 2010
"One of the most sophisticated pieces of malware detected likely targeted "high value" infrastructure in Iran, experts tell the BBC."
Sep 9, 2010
"The Pentagon's blue-sky research arm is promising to conduct "remote control" of brain activity using ultrasound. Gulp."
Sep 4, 2010
"A newly developed broad-spectrum laser mounted on choppers could effectively dazzle shoulder-launched antiaircraft weapons in flight, and prevent them from finding and destroying their targets"
Aug 31, 2010
"The Navy has to pay HP billions to buy the out-of-date equipment and examine blueprints for the network. It's another example of the military's utter reliance on outside contractors."
Aug 24, 2010
"The USAF X-37B space plane OTV-1 has apparently boosted itself into a new orbit."
Aug 10, 2010
"The U.S. Army wants to build nanomissiles, souped-up small rockets, to launch the smallest satellites more affordably."
Jul 28, 2010
"The military wants working laser weapons. So it's reaching out to businesses to make the lasers smaller, brighter and better at cutting through the air."
Jul 26, 2010
"Unmanned planes that unleash missiles have become an effective but expensive weapon for US forces and the RAF"
Jul 22, 2010
"The process of removing landmines from a current or former war zone is a dangerous, time-intensive and expensive proposition thanks largely to antiquated technology and methods of detection and extraction. An international team of researchers and engineers is hoping to change this with the help of a holographic radar system that sends continuous microwaves into the ground and creates subterranean images revealing what lies buried in a particular area."