Pentagon Official: We Didn't Need Test of Bunker-Buster Bomb
Several years ago, the Pentagon fought a pitched battle over a test, called "Divine Strake," that was designed to study the use of a massive conventional explosive against hardened underground...
Somali Pirates Fired Grenade, Then Killed 4 Americans, US Says
WASHINGTON -- A surprise attack on a U.S. warship preceded gunfire that killed four Americans in what is now the deadliest pirate incident to date, according to a senior U.S. military official. On...
Scientists: A Solar Storm Could Have the Power of Katrina
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Worsening solar storms could shut down telecommunications, ground airline service and even lead to global blackouts, scientists and government officials warned in Washington, D.C. People need to be...
Pentagon's Tiny New Spy Drone Mimics Hummingbird
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Like a real hummingbird, the Pentagon's newest spy drone can fly up and down, side to side, and forward and backward. In fact, in a new video released this week by the company that produces it, the...
British Aid Worker's Death During Rescue Ruled Accidental
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An official U.K. inquest into the death of a British aid worker killed by a grenade amid a failed rescue attempt ruled the death accidental. At an inquest held in England, the coroner, David Ridley,...
Lawyers Seek to Shield Twitter Accounts From WikiLeaks Investigation
Lawyers today asked a federal court in Alexandria, Va., to quash the Justice Department's attempt to obtain the records of Twitter users linked to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks. The...
Amid Budget Cuts, Air Force to Develop New Bomber
The Pentagon's new budget request ends a number of sophisticated weapons development programs that military leaders believe are ill-suited to current global threats, but there's at least one new...
Big Defense Budget Request Actually Down in Total Dollars
Defense Secretary Robert Gates today unveiled the Pentagon's proposed 2012 budget, the department's largest-ever spending request, calling it "a reasonable, responsible and sustainable level of...
Army Seeking a Rifle to Replace Controversial M4
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The Army is poised to select a new rifle after years of debate about the effectiveness of its M4, which has been in use since the 1990s. "Is there something better than the M4 out there? Let's go...
Report: Marine Corps Delayed 'Urgently Needed' Laser Weapon
The military needlessly delayed by six months an urgently needed, nonlethal laser weapon that could have saved the lives of U.S. Marines and Iraqi civilians, according to a report released today by...
Air Force Backs Off Legal Threat Against WikiLeaks Readers
Teenage children of U.S. Air Force personnel no longer face the threat of being charged with espionage for reading secret diplomatic cables freely available on the Internet. The Air Force Materiel...
Legislation Would Make Sharing TSA's Body Scan Images a Crime
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Proposed new legislation would protect travelers who worry that images taken of them by airport scanners could end up on the Internet. An amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration...
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