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Bullet counter leaps off PC FPS shooter screen and lands on real weapon

, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

One of the things that most FPS gamers are used to are bullet counters that tell you how much ammo is left in your digital weapon. I reckon that is an important bit of info to know in the real world too if you are in some sort of firefight. Read The Full Story

US Military Employs Greatest Weapon Ever: Solar Power

, Jan 24th 2011 Discuss [2]

What wins wars? Fuel. Have you ever seen or read the investigation titled "Guns, Germs, and Steel?" It's all about how the most common root between all successful societies is climate zone, the ability to grow crops and settle have made all great groups prosper. Here's a microcosm of that - US Marines using solar panels, cutting their fuel consumption by 90 percent. You think groups with fewer resources have the same ability to save energy? There's a plateau these troops have reached that just make them better, isn't there? The fuel they're saving is diesel fuel, and the place they're sitting is Afghanistan. Read The Full Story

Navy Free Electron laser Program is 9-months ahead of schedule

, Jan 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

The US Navy isn't going to let the Air Force be the only branch of the US armed forces wielding frickin' laser beams. The Air Force is far along in the testing of an airborne laser for blowing missiles out of the sky and the Navy has now announced that its own Free Electron Laser (FEL) program is nine months ahead of schedule. Read The Full Story

Zap Cane Hides a Flashlight & One Million Volt Charge

, Dec 30th 2010 Discuss [4]

Canes have been a good way to conceal weapons for a long time. Usually, though, it's a blade of some kind in there. Or, maybe the cane itself is your weapon of choice. Either way, it's a trick that's been tested, and proven effective. The Zap Cane, though, may take things a bit too far. And not because it has a flashlight built-in, either. Read The Full Story

BAE borrow Batman Tumbler style for concept battle bots

, Dec 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

BAE Systems has admitted to have borrowing stylistic cues from the Tumbler Batmobile used in the rebooted Batman franchise for some of their latest ground warfare concepts. The team responsible for the Future Protected Vehicles project told The Engineer that one particular unmanned assault vehicle, Raider, was inspired by the Tumbler's motorbike-style turning system and wheel configuration. Read The Full Story

$45.8Million Awarded to Lockheed Martin by US Navy for Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter

, Dec 14th 2010 Discuss [6]

You love war, right? Everyone does. You know who does the most? Robots. Robots love to go to war because even if their body is destroyed, their mind can be transferred back to the mainframe. It's a fact. Building on that idea (or not) is Lockheed Martin, now creating a helicopter that'll run entirely unmanned. The contract they're working on is called K-MAX and this helicopter's been given a $45.8 million dollar go-ahead by the US Navy. Read The Full Story

XM-25 Airburst Smart Gun Fielded on US Troops in Afghanistan

, Dec 3rd 2010 Discuss [4]

I can imagine my friend Josiah wouldn't have minded having one of these terrifyingly amazing death-launchers around when he was on his first tour of that gorgeous country. This is the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, aka XM-25 Airburst weapon, otherwise known as a smart gun or smart grenade launcher, designed by Heckler and Koch, is what the US army expects to be a "game-changer" in Afghanistan. Program manager for the XM25 Lieutenant Colonel Chris Lehner had the following to say about this weapons epic abilities: "You get behind something when someone is shooting at you, and that sort of cover has protected people for thousands of years, ... Now we're taking that away from the enemy forever." Read The Full Story

Rubber Band Gatling Gun Costs $499

, Sep 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

We've seen Do It Yourself weapons made to track heat and shoot on contact, but some how this hand-made rubber band gatling gun just takes the cake. The majority of the construction is created from aluminum, and each one of the weapons is hand-made by those folks at Gadgets & Gear. And, as the title suggests, it will set you back a few pennies, but how can anyone pass up on a rubber band gatling gun? Read The Full Story

DARPA gives Lockheed Martin $3.9M to develop new scope for soldiers

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

Lockheed Martin is one of the biggest arms contractors that supplies all manner of high tech gear for the military. The name is most closely associated with aircraft, but the company is much more than that. Lockheed Martin has announced that it has won a new DARPA contract to develop a scope for soldiers. Read The Full Story

K’nex AK-47 assault rifle replica probably not for kids

, Aug 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

You may recall the bizarre back-mounted K'nex gattling gun from all the way back in September 2008; K'nex builders obviously have a secret fetish for homemade weaponry, as another has put together this working replica of an AK-47 assault rifle. Not something you'd find in the K'nex instruction book, perhaps, but a pretty close impersonation of the real thing all the same. Read The Full Story

Taser X3 triple shot electro-shock weapon launches

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Remember that entertaining-yet-disturbing video of three Taser employees being taken down by the company's latest "less lethal" weapon?  Well, the device responsible is the Taser X3, capable of firing three cartridges without reloading together with putting on an intimidating "warning arc" lightshow without requiring the cartridges' removal first.   Read The Full Story

Taser demo three-way X3 electro-shock on own staff [Video]

, Jul 17th 2009 Discuss [2]

Working in the Taser office has to be one of the more unusual places you can put on your CV, especially when under "key duties" you can list "three-way tase subject".  The company has released a video demonstrating their latest "less lethal" device, the X3, which is capable of not one but three shots in short-succession with simultaneous application of up to 400 to 1,200 volts. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story
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