No matter what question faces mankind, someone always answers with, “nuke it.” The Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Nuke it. Launching spacecraft to the moon? Why, there’s a nuke for that. So, why didn’t we nuke Irene? Well, rather than just dismiss the no…
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Category Archives: Military
Make a grappling hook launcher using a fire extinguisher
Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
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Looking for a weekend project that’ll get you a little closer to being like Batman? Well, why not turn a fire extinguisher into a fully functioning grappling hook launcher?
All you need is a fire extinguisher, a Nerf gun, and a bunch of …
Navy’s new explosive material makes bangs five times bigger
Posted by admin on August 20, 2011
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The Navy, being the Navy, is never satisfied with the amount of blowy-uppyness demonstrated by its weapons. The Office of Naval Research has come up with a new material that turns the structural casings of things like missiles and artillery shells into…
DARPA: Mach 20 test vehicle made ‘stable flight, controlled descent’
Posted by admin on August 18, 2011
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Last week, DARPA carried out the second test of an unmanned hypersonic vehicle that can travel at Mach 20. The test ended when controllers prematurely lost contact with the vehicle, but data now shows that the vehicle flew stably for three minutes, and…
China’s first aircraft carrier sets sail after a decade of waiting
Posted by admin on August 10, 2011
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For a country with over 9,000 miles of coastline, it’s kind of surprising that China is just now welcoming its first aircraft carrier into its maritime defense fleet. The new addition has some of its neighbors nervous, though China is assuring the worl…
How to build a spy drone-launching flare gun in your basement
Posted by admin on August 9, 2011
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For some stupid reason, you can’t just go out and buy yourself a 40mm grenade launcher nowadays, which is a real bummer for enterprising civilians who want to play around with explosively launched single use video cameras. So it’s a good thing you can …
Army wants smart t-shirts that can adapt to heat or cold
Posted by admin on August 2, 2011
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We’ve all got closets full of dumb clothing. I say “dumb” because it doesn’t do anything, you just put on however much of it you need to be comfortable. The U.S. Army has had it with all these stupid bulky heavy layers of clothes, and wants someone to …
This could be the Air Force’s 2030 jet fighter
Posted by admin on August 1, 2011
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This fuzzy slide made an appearance during a public Air Force briefing at AirVenture last week, showing something called the “F-X,” which would be a sixth-generation jet fighter that’s due to replace the F-22 Raptor by 2030. We found a non-fuzzy pictur…
Navy combines a high-speed 25mm gun with a laser
Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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What do you get when you combine two of the most deadly weapons out there? No, not a machete duct taped to a nuke. You get the Navy’s new gatling gun/laser hybrid.
The Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System, developed by Boeing for the Navy, …
Soviets probably didn’t have pain-immune titanium super soldiers
Posted by admin on July 20, 2011
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Pravda, the well-known and questionably legitimate Russian news source, has just published an article citing a book by an American historian who doesn’t seem to exist about a top-secret and highly experimental program that turned 300 Soviet volunteers …
