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• Photos from defunct Russian submarine base

  All text in Russian, but the excellent photography speaks for itself. Link via BoingBoing.

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• eXile - Issue #206 - War Nerd - Super War Preview - By Gary Brecher

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• Philips to Treat War Wounds

  If there is one good outcome of war, then it is the development of technologies that will help and heal the injured. This ultrasound device for fixing internal bleeding may turn out to be one such exa

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• Talk about missing the boat...

  Sandia National Labs in the US reckon that supplying military bases their energy from a number of small renewable energy sources rather than a single power plant would be a great idea. Which may be wh

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• PTSD Treatment: Fear Drug, Virtual Reality

  Soldiers getting post-traumatic stress? The US military's solution - give them drugs and VR re-runs of their tours of duty. Maybe counselling might be a better move? Or, dare I say it, not sending the

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• War Robot Brings Back Injured Soldiers

  Excellent news...a bit of military tech designed with the purpose of saving lives, not destroying them. A trend I'd like to see continue! Link via TechEBlog.

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• Radio's Revenge!

  Tinfoil hats at the ready! DamnInteresting spills the beans on the conspiracist's favourite, the HAARP project.

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• Explosives stolen from US defence facilities

  "In a 2005 audit, hundreds of conventional explosives...could not be accounted for, says a report." How reassuring...not as if the US military have a great track record at finding (other peo

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• Nuclear Weapons Pr0n

  w00t! Loads of old nuclear test videos now declassified and ready for us to enjoy online! They may be evil, but they sure look pretty! Link via NewScientist-ShortSharpScience.

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• Robo-Doggie's New Pal

  US Military has two robot 'dogs', designed for pack carrying duties. Leave them together alone at night, and no doubt there'll be plenty more

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• All-Seeing Blimp on the Rise

  DARPA's latest leftfield military project - the panopticon blimp!

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• Stealth radar system sees through trees, walls -- undetected

  Stealth, stealth, stealh...it's all about the stealth these days. This particular idea sounds like it could have some good non-military applications too, though.

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• Overconfidence is a disadvantage in war, finds study

  Hey, Dubya, c'mere, read this...OK, OK, someone read it out for him. And skip the big words.

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• Jets get Internet ... Finally!

  USAF jet pilots get internet connections in their planes. But will they be rocking Firefox or IE, and how long before someone gets busted for surfing porn mid-mission? And will it be possible to spam

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• US Navy decides railguns might be a good idea

  Real life slowly catching up with science fiction, as always.

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• Labs in Northern California, New Mexico competing to build new nuclear bomb

  Great, just what we need, another bloody arms race.

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• "Imaginary Weapons"

  This looks like a good book...it'll be slipping on to the stock purchase suggestions list at work, methinks.

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• AlterNet: Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State

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• Stealth Technology for soldiers

  That stealth meme is back...but this is a different application using different technology from the one the other week. If it does what the makers claim, it'll usher in a whole new set of tactics and

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• Pentagon's Space Spies

  More US military plans for the world above our heads. This time it's all about the tracking and communications jamming.

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• Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule

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• "Parasitic" Weapon Eyed for Space

  USAF making plans for war in space. Again. Good SF technology ideas though.

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• Set Cammos to Vibrate

  Haptic tactile communications for the military

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• 'Wings' to carry paratroopers 200km

  Swoop like a superhero into battle!

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• India to embark upon robotics, remote tech weapons

  At least robot armies present the prospect of less *people* dying for politics and money

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• Earth's Artificial Ring: Project West Ford

  Junk in space - blame the Cold War USAF

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• Alpha-Testing the Participatory Panopticon

  Soldiers get wired for video, sound and more...spime-tastic!

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• Military Plaques Plaque Deployment Plankowner Military Retirement Shadow Boxes US Box Frame Des

  Military Plaques for the Army, Navy, Air Force, MArine Corps and Coast Guard

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• Modding army boots

  Water-cooled just like a LAN-party machine, d00d!

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• Giant Slingshot: New Way to Space?

  Nowhere near as elegant as the space elevator, though

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