19 October 2007

Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter-Bomber

 Aircraft         25 comments

 
Apparently the nations of Europe aren’t planning on going to war with each other anytime soon. If they did, they would be fighting against each other with the exact same aircraft, I guess it comes down to the pilot’s skill at that point. The Eurofighter Typhoon, or Europe’s …

16 October 2007

German Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank

 Tanks         12 comments
Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank

German Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank
Manufacturer:  Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)
So the Germans have a tank that is comparable to the American Abrams line of tanks.  Big deal right?  Of course not!  The Leopard is fighting side by side with the American Abrams in Afghanistan and Iraq right now!  The Canadians in particular …

12 October 2007

CheyTac Intervention M200 Sniper Rifle – .408 Caliber

 Rifles         184 comments
Shooter

If you haven’t seen the movie Shooter yet, then you probably aren’t really familiar with the longest range sniper rifle in the world. That’s right, this rifle, the CheyTac M200 Intervention has beaten out the Barrett M107 and Accuracy International AS50 (whose longest ranges were negligably similar at approximately …

9 October 2007

Future Robot Army Technology

 Military         12 comments
Terminator Robots

Today’s battlefield little resembles those that your grandpa could tell you about from either WWII or Vietnam.  Lasers, satellites, encrypted channels, infrared radar, and myriad other advanced technology permeates the battlespace.  Bascically, we have finished weaponizing the electromagnetic spectrum.  Next must come the weaponization of the combination of this electro-optic …

2 October 2007

Missile Defense Agency = Star Wars

 Military         4 comments
missile defense agency

Everyone has heard in the news about how Russia is furious over the US decision to go ahead with implementing a missile defence shield. A major point not emphasized in popular media relevant to these press releases is the shadowy US agency responsible for devising the missile defence plan. Named …

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