Tag: U.S.

  • U.S. ARMY old M16 video

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    Part 1: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2x8Oot-x88[/youtube] Part 2: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ui288P4pGU[/youtube] I really like the look of those old videos.  I want that M-16 cutaway that they are using for the demonstration of the internals! Is it just me, or does the person narrating the video sound like Robert Stack, the guy from: Hat Tip: GunPundit

  • Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones with off-the-shelf software

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    Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown planes’ systems. Shiite fighters in Iraq used software programs such as SkyGrabber — available for as little as $25.95 on the Internet — to regularly capture drone video feeds,…

  • Joining U.S. Customs And Border Protection

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    A man is seeking to join the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs And Border Protection The agent conducting the interview says: “Your qualifications all look good, but there is an attitude suitability test that you must take before you can be accepted.” Then, sliding a pistol across the desk, he says: “Take this pistol…

  • Remember Pearl Harbor – 68 years ago today

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    Photo source: Corbis-Bettmann 68 years ago, on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese war planes attacked Pearl Harbor, the forward base for the United States in the Pacific, effectively drawing the United States into war with Japan.  This picture of the sinking battleship USS West Virginia, illustrates the extent of the physical destruction.  The crew of the…

  • M.I.T. wins the DARPA Network Challenge

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    On December 4th I blogged that DARPA was holding a competition (On Dec. 5th) where you could win $40000 in prize money. My Predictions: My guess is the correct answer is submitted in less than 30 minutes, on behalf of some sort of tightly knit organization.  It will be interesting to see how this plays…

  • DARPA competition – Win $40000 in prize money

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    DARPA Network Challenge The competition kicks off Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, when DARPA ( Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ) will display 10 8-foot, red weather balloons at undisclosed, publicly accessible sites around the continental United States. The balloons will remain at their locations throughout the day, until sunset. The first…