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Video: F-35B supersonic stealth jumpjet hovers in midair like a UFO

Video: F-35B supersonic stealth jumpjet hovers in midair like a UFO

The F-35B supersonic stealth jet has a nifty trick the likes of which few other planes can boast of: VTOL,...
 
Boeing's robot helicopter almost ready to resupply tomorrow's military

Boeing's robot helicopter almost ready to resupply tomorrow's military

Boeing's A160T "Hummingbird" robotic helicopter looks like it's almost ready for prime time, as the company tested its military vehicle...
 
Mysterious robot shuttle blasting into space next month

Mysterious robot shuttle blasting into space next month

Just when we were thinking the United States was getting out of the space shuttle business, here comes the Air...
 
Show your true intentions with the hand grenade cane

Show your true intentions with the hand grenade cane

Protecting yourself is important. And a great way to protect yourself is with this absolutely-insane cane, which features a hand...
 
Super listening device hears and identifies any sound

Super listening device hears and identifies any sound

The subtle art of listening, allegedly the keystone of successful marriages, has a defensive role in the chaos of war,...
 
Real-life <cite>Hurt Locker</cite>: how bomb-proof suits work

Real-life Hurt Locker: how bomb-proof suits work

Say you're a professional bomb defuser, like the soldiers in the Oscar-nominated film The Hurt Locker — and the bomb...
 
DARPA wants military App Store for Android, 3G for battlefields

DARPA wants military App Store for Android, 3G for battlefields

We've written about "war apps" before, but now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, aka DARPA, is getting down to...
 
Navy SEALs get new combat sub, keep dry during wetwork

Navy SEALs get new combat sub, keep dry during wetwork

Elite SEAL commandos will get to enjoy a new toy soon in the shape of an enclosed, roomy minisubmarine. The...
 
'Anti-Terrorist Assault Cart' protects the golf courses of tomorrow

'Anti-Terrorist Assault Cart' protects the golf courses of tomorrow

With a name like the "MetalTech A-TAC," you'd think this little buggy deserved to be on a B-movie set. Then...
 
Here's a video of Boeing's missile-hating airborne laser

Here's a video of Boeing's missile-hating airborne laser

Boeing straight-up stepped out of our dreams and into our hearts with its 747-mounted airborne laser designed to shoot down...
 
Russian 'strap-on tank' turns any car into a monster

Russian 'strap-on tank' turns any car into a monster

You'll only have to take your wheels off for this one: simply drive your car onto this crazy continuous tracked...
 
Shotgun revolver makes Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum look wimpy

Shotgun revolver makes Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum look wimpy

Dirty Harry might have thought that his .44 Magnum was "the most powerful handgun in the world", but I guess...
 
World first: 747-mounted laser blasts missile out of the sky

World first: 747-mounted laser blasts missile out of the sky

For the first time ever, an airborne laser weapon mounted aboard a Boeing 747-400F blew up a sea-launched liquid-fueled ballistic...
 
New 'armored sandbags' stop bullets, RPGs and mortars

New 'armored sandbags' stop bullets, RPGs and mortars

McCurdy's Armor is a new "armored wall" system that could make cumbersome sandbags a thing of the past. While a...
 
Smart handgun won't fire unless you're wearing the right watch

Smart handgun won't fire unless you're wearing the right watch

Now here's a clever way to make guns safer: only allow them to work for the right person. This new...
 

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