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Sharon Weinberger

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Sharon, a national security reporter based in Washington, has been a contributor for Wired's Danger Room and has written for Nature, Discover, The Financial Times and Slate.

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European Firm May Compete for US Tanker Contract

posted: 2 days 5 hours ago

(March 19) -- In yet another twist in the Pentagon's nearly decade-long effort to replace its fleet of Eisenhower-era flying refueling tankers, the European maker of the Airbus aircraft now says it m ...

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Boeing Proposes Missile With Global Reach

posted: 2 days 21 hours ago

(March 18) -- For nearly a decade, the Pentagon has grappled with finding a way to field a weapon with the speed and range of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but without the political ramifica ...

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Could Virtual Worlds Make Better Spooks?

posted: 1 day 7 hours ago

(March 20) -- Realistic video games are being used to help surgeons make fewer errors, train U.S. military forces to operate in urban areas, and even assist soldiers dealing with traumatic memories. ...

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Homeland Security Avatars Simulate Stadium Stampede

posted: 5 days 1 hour ago

(March 16) -- Imagine 70,000 people trying to exit a sports stadium after a bomb explodes during the game. That sort of mass chaos is precisely the idea behind a new computer program that tries to pr ...

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Pakistan Returns Free Helicopters to US

posted: 5 days 22 hours ago

WASHINGTON (March 15) -- Less than a year ago, the United States rushed four Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters to Pakistan after an urgent request from the country's senior leadership. Now those helico ...

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Roadside Bombs in Afghanistan Are Crude but Deadly

posted: 6 days 6 hours ago

(March 15) -- Even as roadside bomb attacks are decreasing in Iraq, U.S. and NATO forces are facing more of the crude bombs in Afghanistan as a resurgent Taliban has made them its weapon of choice, s ...

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Unauthorized Israeli Settlement Looks to Expand

posted: 8 days ago

AVIGAYIL, West Bank (March 13) -- As Maor Wiener tells the story, the settlement of Avigayil started in 2001 when the head of the regional council pointed to the top of the hill south of Mount Hebron ...

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US Faces Helicopter Shortage in Afghanistan

posted: 11 days 6 hours ago

(March 10) -- As the threat of roadside bombs and ambushes has escalated in Afghanistan, U.S. and coalition forces have been forced to move everything from food supplies to mail delivery away from th ...

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Pentagon Hit by Fake E-mails on 'North Korean Missile'

posted: 13 days 4 hours ago

(March 8) -- The Pentagon warned its employees over the weekend of a new threat to its cyber security: e-mails that look like they were sent by the U.S. government but weren't. Calling it an attempt ...

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Cursing Female Navy Captain Booted From Ship

posted: 17 days 2 hours ago

(March 4) -- In a blow to the public image of women in senior military positions, a female Navy captain was removed from command of a destroyer after an inspector general investigation found that she ...

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