Chicken-Powered Nuclear Landmines
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
My favorite quote from this article: “Hiding nuclear weapons in an allied country was deemed ‘politically flawed’ by military leaders.”
Archive for the 'Military' Category
The Soldier Who Kept On Fighting
Sunday, December 11th, 2005
An interesting read about a Japaneses soldier who kept fighting a guerrilla war for 29 years after World War II ended. I recall hearing about this back when he finally surrendered.
Just When You Thought The Water Was Safe
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction (thanks to Josh):
Laser Weapons for Fighter Planes
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
This is definitely the stuff of science fiction:
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…
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The article mentions the comparison to Star Wars, but it’s completely obvious that the weapons in Star Wars are not lasers—most likely they’re some sort of plasma. First, they’re visible, which lasers are not unless there’s dust in the air. Second you can see them move, which is definitely not the 186,000 miles/second speed of light. Third, they combine and change direction (think Death Star #1), while real light beams simply pass through each other and continue moving in the same direction as before.
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