Category: War
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iRobot Demonstrates New Weaponized Robot – Roomba Is So Lame
iRobot released today new video of its Warrior robot, a beefed up version of the more well-known PackBot, demonstrating use of the APOBS, or Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System, an explosive line charge towed by a rocket, with a small parachute holding back the end of the line. The APOBS, iRobot says, is designed for “deliberate breaching of anti-personnel…
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Photos from Afghanistan (May 2010)
Another great set of photos from May. Check them out – HERE As you can see in the photo above (#13 in the group), the Army Sargent is preparing to crawl into a cave with the knife clenched between his teeth. Is that common practice? Or was he just fooling around for the photo? I…
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DARPA Advanced Sighting System – One Shot Sniper
The DARPA “One Shot” program at the Pentagon was originally aimed to give snipers the power to hit a target from 2000 meters away in winds as high as 40 miles per hour. In the first phases of the 3-year-old program, shooters used prototype rifles dressed with lasers and fancy computer hardware to do damage…
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Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders In Iraq At Camp Victory
Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders visit soldiers May 20th at Camp Victory in Iraq: OMG trigger discipline! I guess the girl on the left doesn’t like her fellow cheerleader who is holding the M9 :P More at the 1st Armored Division’s facebook page – HERE Hat Tip: Murdoch