Flares Create Smoke Angel
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Anti-missile flares on military planes create really cool smoke “angels”. Also, here’s a video of the flares being set off.
Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/…
(via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)
Archive for the 'Military' Category
Silly String And The US Marine Corps
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
US Marines have found that Silly String is useful for detecting the near-invisible trip wires used to set off explosive traps in Iraq. Now that’s improvisation!
Link: http://www.time.com/…
(via digg)
Air Force Expands To Cyberspace
Monday, November 6th, 2006
In 2005, the US Air Force added cyberspace to its list of operational areas (i.e., air, space). Now it is planning to create a cyberspace command.
Cheyenne Mountain To Be “Idled”
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
The Cheyenne Mountain complex, an icon of the Cold War, is to be abandoned with its operations moved to nearby Peterson AFB. The facility will, however, be kept in a state of readiness, just in case it turns out to be needed after all.
The Start Of World War III?
Monday, July 31st, 2006
Newt Gingrich has made the news recently by stating the we are currently in the early stages of World War III. The linked article discusses this idea in depth.
Flying An F-15 With One Wing
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
This Israeli F-15 pilot was in a mid-air collision that tore off his plane’s right wing. Yet he managed to recover from the crash and safely land.
US Soldiers Prefer AK-47s
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
It’s a Bus! No, It’s a Tank! No, It’s Both!
Sunday, March 12th, 2006Pretty impressive. There are additional combat stories on the manufacturer’s web site.
Chicken-Powered Nuclear Landmines
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
My favorite quote from this article: “Hiding nuclear weapons in an allied country was deemed ‘politically flawed’ by military leaders.”
The Soldier Who Kept On Fighting
Sunday, December 11th, 2005
An interesting read about a Japaneses soldier who kept fighting a guerrilla war for 29 years after World War II ended. I recall hearing about this back when he finally surrendered.
Just When You Thought The Water Was Safe
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction (thanks to Josh):
Laser Weapons for Fighter Planes
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
This is definitely the stuff of science fiction:
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…
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The article mentions the comparison to Star Wars, but it’s completely obvious that the weapons in Star Wars are not lasers—most likely they’re some sort of plasma. First, they’re visible, which lasers are not unless there’s dust in the air. Second you can see them move, which is definitely not the 186,000 miles/second speed of light. Third, they combine and change direction (think Death Star #1), while real light beams simply pass through each other and continue moving in the same direction as before.
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