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Police stand guard at Herat bombing site

Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in Herat on August 3, 2009. A bomb targeting Afghan police exploded in the
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[Blog] Picture This: Crazy Ivan Hits Eject

The picture, above, was no accident. The back-seater in this Russian SU-35UB prototype supersonic jet got paid to eject — part of a series of ...
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[Blog] Teaching Drones to Fly in Formation

In a clever bit of viral marketing, a few weeks ago Lockheed Martin released artwork on-line depicting the company’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter painted in ...
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[Blog] Wireless Gun Gagdet May Let Commandos Shoot Around Corners

Nobody wants to expose their head while shooting around a corner, and there have been plenty of attempts to solve the problem from WWII to ...
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[Blog] Lightning Gunners Take to the Skies

Once, a company called Ionatron promised to build the military real-life lightning guns that would blow up improvised bombs in exchange for tens of millions ...
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[Blog] U.S. Ships in Sim North Korea Missile Smackdown

Earlier this month, North Korea fired off a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles as part of an ongoing demonstration of its military might. While the ...
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[Blog] Training the Israeli Army’s Robot Squads

At the Israeli army’s Counter Terror School, a team of veteran soldiers is helping train some of the world’s first infantry teams specially dedicated to ...
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[Blog] How Not To: Handle Unexploded Ordnance

A cringeworthy moment in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, as an Afghan National Police officer picks up an old Bouncing Betty mine found on a rooftop. A bounding ...
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[Blog] Australia's role in Afghanistan

Australia has approximately 1,090 defence personnel working in Afghanistan, as part of Operation SLIPPER.In April, 2009, the Australian Government announced an additional 450 troops would ...
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[Blog] British Army Launch Final Start Thinking Soldier Challenges as Public Takes Part in 1 Million Missions

The concluding Start Thinking Soldier mission launches on the 27th July, giving the public an opportunity to test their physical aptitude and mental fitness in ...
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Michigan weapons company Trijicon takes flak for rifle scopes with Bible verse

A Michigan weapons company is under fire for branding thousands of rifle scopes used by U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan with passages from the
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Britain bans Islamist group at centre of march row

Britain will outlaw an Islamist group that provoked anger with a plan to march through a town where British troops killed in Afghanistan are honored, the interior minister announced Tuesday.
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The danger of hired guns

Private security contractors are set to make up half of the military presence in Afghanistan, but has the US lost control of them?
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Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most U.S. Warplanes (Updated)

Tapping into drones’ video feeds was just the start. The U.S. military’s primary system for bringing overhead surveillance down to soldiers and Marines on the
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The fallacies of military intervention: Obama on Afghanistan and Vietnam

Yet this argument [the similarity of Vietnam to Afghanistan] depends on a false reading of history.” President Barack Obama
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Afghanistan Hub Gets Half-Billion-Dollar Facelift

Southern Afghanistan is the initial focus of the military’s rapid, six-month troop buildup. And in recent months, Kandahar Airfield, the main logistics hub in southern
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All Blacks to mark Remembrance Sunday with poppy

The All Blacks will mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend by wearing red poppies embroidered on their jerseys for the Test match against Wales at Millennium
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Airbags vs Rocket-Propelled Grenades

Airbags have saved countless lives over the years in car crashes. Now they’re set to save lives in another way: by stopping rocket propelled grenades.
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China’s Unmanned, Knock-Off Air Force

America’s robotic air force gets all the attention — especially with U.S. drones continuing to blast suspected militants in Pakistan. But China is developing its
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Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’

The military’s got spy drones and surveillance cameras all over Afghanistan, and they’re looking to add even more. But the heaps of footage are already
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