Military Prepping for a Ray-Gun War
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Blasters aren't a reality yet, but the military is funding research into lasers that can destroy incoming rockets and bomb-laden Jet Skis.
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Flying wastebin wardroids a taste of things to come? Monster Pentagon contractors Boeing and SAIC jointly announced today that two of their latest offerings for the future robot armies of America have entered military testing early. The machines in question are a relatively dull lightweight groundcrawler job and a frankly splendid ducted-fan flying Dalek.â¦
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The U.S. military on Saturday  launched a five-day war game to see how space-based assets such  as satellite communications and precision bomb guidance systems  would fare in a hypothetical war against terrorism in 2020.
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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Could the rock island arsenal be called upon to help even more with production for our US military? Currently workers are busy making armor plated doors Like these for hum-vees in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 18--NEWPORT NEWS -- The search for a weapon that could knock down an incoming cruise missile drew the Navy. A possible cure for adult acne attracted a Harvard dermatologist.
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Troops in Iraq are getting a fresh load of MRAPs for protection. But will new enemy technology make them obsolete?
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Darpa has developed some of the coolest weaponry for the U.S. military. Now it's going to upgrade the soldiers. By Noah Shachtman from Wired magazine. Plus: "national security
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Boeing has mounted a high-energy laser weapons system into the belly of a C-130 aircraft. Watch for aerial tests next year in New Mexico.
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In Washington, in the tense months before war in Iraq, Charles Duelfer was confident. &#39;&#39;Of course he is developing his weapons of mass destruction,&#39;&#39; the American arms expert wrote of Saddam Hussein.
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Recruit the soldier. Retain the family. That's been common wisdom at the Pentagon for ages.
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Â· President tells of new generation of weaponsÂ· 'Grandiose' plan to combat US missile shield
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By Jim DeBrosse Staff Writer  For parents losing the war against children who spend too much time in front of TVs, video games and computers, there are high- tech weapons available to fight back.
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The Corps orders up a passle of new South African-designed and Israeli-made bomb-deflecting vehicles. Plus: Walter Reed is not the only problem -- so many docs deployed to Iraq means a military MD shortage at home. In Danger Room.
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The robot army is coming, and it's well armed. Wired tours the military robotics labs of the Space and Naval Warfare System Center, which is part junkyard, part high-tech weapons laboratory.
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Bullets, trucks and armor -- the meat and potatoes of the defense industry -- are back in fashion.
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The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade.